A very aromatic herb with an essential oil content up to 4% and with little, light yellow flowers. The dried or fresh lightly lemon flavoured leaves are often used as tea. The fresh leaves can be used to give a slight lemon flavour to beverages, sauces, fruit salads or fruit juices. It has a good resistance against mildew. This hardy perennial can get up to 25-30 cm tall.
Outdoor sowing: april - may
Sowing depth: ½ to 1 cm
Germination: 14 - 21 days
Germinationtemp.: 18 - 20°C
Planting distance: 25 cm
Plant position: sunny/ half shaded
Days till harvest: from the 2nd year after sowing
Sow outdoors from april on (avoid frosts) in a sunny, sheltered spot with some early afternoon shade. Cover the seeds with about 1 cm sowing soil. Keep moist and weed free.
Thin the seedlings, when they are large enough to handle, to 25 cm apart. This perennial can stay outside in the winter when planted in a sheltered, sunny spot.
