
BERGAMONT, LEMON
Monarda citriodora
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.
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 | |
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Cool | ||||||||||||
Temperate | ||||||||||||
Sub-Tropical/Tropical |
