It grows very happily in one of my customers clay soil gardens. We also take cuttings every year for insurance but have never needed to replace the original. I took a stem and stuck it in a corner of my garden watering occasionally and that has now turned into a happy little plant.
Tried to take cuttings but they always fail so would like to know how @raisingirl manages it.
I take 5 short semi-ripe side shoots, pulled gently off so they have 'heel', stick them in a small clay pot with gritty soil, put it on a shady shelf on the side of my shed (outside but under cover) and water when I remember. I always do 5 on the assumption a few will fail but they have a habit of all taking, so everyone I know now has at least one and there are half a dozen or so scattered round the garden.
They like sun and shelter, they grow best tucked slightly under bigger shrubs, on the sunny side. My soil is clay, acidic enough to grow blueberries. They are always one of the last plants to come in to leaf, so you think they're dead, but I'm a lazy gardener so don't get around to taking them out and then the next time I look they've sprouted. (Oh is used to hearing me say 'oh, hello' when wandering round the garden, when I come across something I thought had gone. It's often another lemon verbena).
I think it's the best lemon scent of all the lemony herbs and @didyw, you really should make tea with it - just a few leaves in a mug - it's a summer treat right up there with ripe strawberries
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They like sun and shelter, they grow best tucked slightly under bigger shrubs, on the sunny side. My soil is clay, acidic enough to grow blueberries. They are always one of the last plants to come in to leaf, so you think they're dead, but I'm a lazy gardener so don't get around to taking them out and then the next time I look they've sprouted. (Oh is used to hearing me say 'oh, hello' when wandering round the garden, when I come across something I thought had gone. It's often another lemon verbena).
I think it's the best lemon scent of all the lemony herbs and @didyw, you really should make tea with it - just a few leaves in a mug - it's a summer treat right up there with ripe strawberries
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”