Melissa officinalis LEMON BALM (plant)

Lemon balm, also known as lemon herb, bee balm, or Melissa officinalis in Latin, is a very hardy, aromatic perennial plant that is incredibly easy to cultivate.
This species reaches 80 centimeters by the end of the year. Its form is upright, more or less branched.

It blooms with white flowers at the end of summer.

Its leaves are very fragrant.

- Uses:

Botanical and asset for biodiversity

Lemon balm is an essential perennial plant, renowned for its unique lemon-scented foliage.
It is a first-class honey plant: it structures your flowerbeds while fostering biodiversity by attracting a multitude of pollinators to the garden.
Robust and very easy to cultivate, it offers lasting ornamental elegance and a generous botanical presence that requires very little maintenance.

Culinary pleasures and freshness

In the kitchen, lemon balm is a source of infinite creativity.
Its fresh leaves, with delicate citrusy notes, exquisitely enhance your mixed salads, white meat marinades, and fish.
It is also highly appreciated for flavoring desserts, sorbets, or making refreshing iced infusions in summer.
An essential of the aromatic garden to enhance your recipes with originality.

- Planting and cultivation:

• Plant the rootstock in a 3-liter pot with soil rich in organic matter.
• Pack down well when planting and then water copiously.

It also grows very well in the garden directly in open ground in a sunny location.
Cut back what is dry at the end of the year.

• Simple to grow.
• Grows very fast.