lemon verbena
About lemon verbena
lemon verbena is a popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
lemon verbena likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
lemon verbena belongs to the Aloysia genus, and is native to Bolivia to Northwestern Argentina.
Taxonomy
Aloysia citrodora
Aloysia
Verbenaceae
Lamiales
Also known as
lemon verbena, lemon beebrush, Aloysia citriodora and Aloysia triphylla
How to care for lemon verbena
How often to water your lemon verbena
every 9
lemon verbena needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for lemon verbena in your home
a window
lemon verbena love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
lemon verbena does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of lemon verbena in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize lemon verbena
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your lemon verbena after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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From our garden to yours 😊 ✨ wanna share my first batch of lemon verbena. Weather's pleasant and sunny, and they're going off like green rockets in the garden I think i even spotted some first buds! Hopefully, flowering soon! 🌱👀
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How does it look? Hi guys, just wanna share and ask fellow lemon verbena owners... How does my plant look? The context: a bit concerned about overwatering? This fella was left a tad too dry while I was away over the weekend. It was so dry until parts of the soil became abit hydrophobic. I did gave it 373ml water one day prior, which simply just zips through and the parts of the soil remained dry. So, I fixed the hydrophobia by soaking the pot for less than a minute. My plants is five months old (95cm high) #LemonVerbena
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Over watering symptoms? #LemonVerbena Hi, I have a lemon verbena that was left dry over the weekend. I realised the soil became hydrophobic when I tried watering last night (373ml) which mostly flowed straight thru while some parts remained dry. This morning, I tried fixing the issue by submerging the pot for less than a minute. Ok, it fixed the hydrophobic issue but I notice some leaves are curling like this. Will it be ok? The plant is over 5 months old and 90cm high.
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How to water fabric pots? #LemonVerbena First time using these! 👀 Anyone using fabric/woven pots? How do you exactly water them? How much? More frequently? Greg tells me 130ml for this pot with 12cm width but I'm not so sure. I followed the advice but the water didn't flow right through. I get the idea that pots being porous provides excellent drainage, so I'm wondering if I gave them enough? lol
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Propagation 101 #LemonVerbena Hi~ Just wanna share how I've been propagating lemon verbena. Im using these plastic bubble tea cups which provides the best controlled environment. All you need are bubble tea cups with lid, grit (for the water reservoir), rooting hormone, fungicide (optional), bright room, mini pots, peatmoss x perlite. Water the peatmoss -perlite mix, squeeze out excess water before filling the mini pots. Prepare them like in the picture. Next, add a tiny bit of water to keep the grit moist(functions as a water reservoir). Dip your cuttings in rooting hormone and plant. You can use a dropper tool and add one tiny drop of fungicide into the pot. A good sign is when u see condensation in the cup. Place under growlight and wait 2 weeks.
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My lemon verbena has a few brown spots on the leaves. Not sure if it’s a fungus #LemonVerbena
Care Summary for lemon verbena
lemon verbena
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
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