BERGAMONT, LEMON

Monarda citriodora

Sale price$3.75

A hardy annual with attractive lavender coloured flowers and bright green leaves that have a minty scent when crushed. The leaves are excellent for making herbal teas, flavouring salads and add great flavour when cooked with fish or gamey meats. The flowers are two tiered and the seed heads can be dried and used in arrangements. 100 seeds.
 

Size: 1 pkt
Sowing Instructions

Sow direct to garden after frosts have passed or into pots to transplant once frosts have passed. Keep moist and warm (18+˚C). Slugs love seedlings so provide some protection.

Climate

Cold, Temperate, Hot Arid, Tropics/SubTropics

Sowing Method

Direct

Height

0.6m

Spacing/Spread

0.4m

Sowing Periods

  J F M A M J J A S O N D
Cool
Temperate
Sub-Tropical/Tropical