PERENNIAL
ZONE: 8b – 9b
LIGHT: Full Sun/Part Shade
HEIGHT: 36 - 48 in.
SPREAD: 48 – 60 in.
SOIL: Well drained
VALUE:
Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon citratu?) has become a favorite of American gardeners, although it is best known for providing lemon flavoring to Asian cuisine. A versatile herb, slices of fresh stalks are added to salads, soups, stews, stir fries, and seafood dishes (remove the leaves just before serving). Leaves can also be dried to make teas. Lemon Grass is easy to grow and is especially nice to plant along paths and walkways where the leaves release their fragrance when brushed by people walking by. Out in the garden, it forms a loose, vase-shaped clump to 6? across in its first year.
