Lemon Balm seeds –

Buy Lemon Balm seeds NZ to grow this delicious and fragrant herb in your own garden. Great for pots or in the garden bed. Grow near your house to pick and make your own, fresh herbal teas.

Lemon Balm is a fragrant, heirloom herb from the mint family. It’s used in both medicine and cooking, primarily for its leaves which have a mild lemon aroma. The plant contains chemicals that may have a calming or mood lifting effect, or used for skin complaints. a perennial herb, grows in clumps up to a metre height, producing delicate white flower stems late summer that bees love.

Lemon Balm it’s commonly used to make a refreshing leaf tea. Add to desserts, salads, stews and soups and as a seasoning. Can be dried for use as a herb, a tea, or made into medicinal tinctures. Considered a safe herb for children – a gentle herbal tranquilliser and can be put in their baths. Powerful and gentle in small doses.

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Buy Lemon Balm seeds NZ:
This pack of Lemon Balm seeds contains 50 seeds in a composable zip-lock bag, along with instructions to sow.
Also includes a plant specific info sheet; with planting tips, growing care, flowering / harvest seasons.

• SEEDS:
  50
• SOWING TIME:
  Early spring
• HARVEST TIME:
  Lemonbalm is a perennial herb, growing throughout the year but thrives through warmer months.
  Look for a fresh flush of leafy growth in spring, then pick leaves through the season when needed.
• CLIMATE:
  Lemonbalm can be grown in a garden bed or pot. Choose a sunny site with compost rich soil, water regularly.
• BOTANICAL NAME:
  Melissa Officinalis
• TYPE:
  Heirloom, Open Pollinated
• LIFECYCLE
  Perennial

Buy Lemon Balm seeds NZ, and download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.