Organic Lemon Balm
Seeds
As low as €3,90 per package
- Traditionally valued as a medicinal herb
- Lemon Balm can be grown indoors or directly outdoors.
- Fresh or dried leaves make a great cold or hot tea
- 0.5g per pack (enough to plant 15 square meters!)
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Like to grow a garden filled with the aromatic Lemon Balm herb, from freshly harvested Melissa officinalis seeds? Lemon Balm is a highly sought after herb, used mainly for its leaves. The aromatic foliage can be used to make refreshing lemon balm tea or added to soups and oils for a tangy lemon flavour. Lemon balm flowers are particularly attractive to bees giving rise to its other name, bee balm.
Lemon Balm plants will produce small white flowers, during the summer months. These flowers can attract all sorts of beneficial insects to the garden, such as butterflies, bumblebees, honeybees and even hummingbirds as well.
Lemon Balm is categorized as a perennial flowering herb, which produces year after year. The plants grow quickly in the first season, establishing a deep root system to later return after the killing frost has passed. Flowers for the Lemon Balm herb may not appear until the second successful growing season.
Fast Facts
- Article number:
- DB-LEM26-1
- Botanical Name:
- Melissa officinalis
- Common Name:
- Lemon Balm, Bee Balm
- Days to germinate:
- 10-14 days
- Days to maturity:
- 70 days
- Flowering time:
- June, July, August, September
- Hardiness and Longevity:
- Hardy Perennial
- Height:
- Up To 80cm
- Ideal For:
- Patio, Ground Cover, Cottage Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Kitchen Gardens
- Spread:
- Up To 45cm
- Starting Indoors:
- Place the seed tray in a propagator at a temperature of 20-25C or seal it inside a polythene bag.
- Starting Outdoors:
- When lemon balm plants are well grown and all risk of frost has passed, acclimatize them to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days.
- Sunlight:
- Full sun