The label says it is good in hanging baskets and has small pink flowers. It prefers a well-drained soil in a sunny or partially shaded position; ideal for tubs and pots. It achieves a height of 5cm (2in) but does not say how far it spreads. Mine will be grown in a pot, so its spread will be restricted. Another webpage said it spreads to about 60cm (24in).
I assume it is hardy but mine will be overwintered, like my other pots of herbs, in my mini-greenhouse.
The label also says that it is can be used with meat and poultry, and also added to pastry. I intend to try a little in the lemon verbena and lemon balm herb tea that I make every summer. The lemon balm, by the way, is massive now and grows in a large tub. Good. The more of those fragrant, lemony leaves, the better. The lemon verbena is the stronger flavoured of the two though but that's struggling a bit and at the moment I am not sure if it is going to produce much this year. Even so, some green shoots are appearing following a dormant winter.
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