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Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)
| Type: Species | Edit History Plant ID - 32565 |
 
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Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Melissa Species: Melissa officinalis |
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To calm your nerves further and avoid excessive maintenance, it may benefit you to plant Lemon balm in a container. Like mint, it tends to spread a bit.
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Using dry leaves, can be made into tea. Also used to calm the nerves.
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One of the previous writers was too kind about lemon balm in saying that "it tends to spread a bit".
We are in southern Wisconsin and it has spread out of the herb garden to take over a large part of the lawn. I like to do mechanical control, but each year, the spread of this plant seems to get worse and worse. A pot is definitely the way to go ! John Joseph I like this opinion 1 person likes this opinion
Lemon balm has a wonderful fragrance, and a nice green colored foliage. I plant it in containers, as it is quite happy to spread all around the garden!
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Lemon Balm came with the house we bought, and after a few years of trying to eradicate, I now "herd" it and weed whack it. It grows under our porch and deck as a groundcover, keeps the other weeds out, and makes a great tea or infusion for tisanes.
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