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Lemon Balm 4"

Lemon Balm 4"

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  • 10-12 weeks mature
  • Certified Organic
  • recommended
  • Ships as a 4" plant

Growth Timeline

  • Growing Season: Most herbs and flowers have a peak growing season that starts in Spring and extends through Fall. Some herbs, such as parsley and cilantro, continue to thrive outside of these seasons. Most herbs can survive year-round. However, they will be dormant during the mild winter months.
  • First Harvest: Herbs grow slower and can take 1-2 months to get to a harvesting stage. Take frequent cuttings once reaching this point for the longevity of the plant.
  • Final Harvest: Herbs will last easily through a season. Many varieties are perennials and will become dormant in the winter before popping back into action in the spring.

Growing Zone

Lemon Balm 4" grows best in zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, but may do well outside that range as well.

Most Herbs prefer warmer temperatures and will be dormant or grow very slowly in the winter. There are different edible floral varieties that grow throughout the seasons. Be aware of the extreme temperature ranges in your region:

COLD CLIMATES

  • If you live in a location where the temperatures dip below freezing, then you will want to wait to grow herbs until night temperatures are in the 50's consistently.
  • On the occasional dips into the 40's or 30's, you can cover your seedlings with a sheet overnight.

WARM CLIMATES:

  • Herbs do just fine in the heat!

To find out what extreme temperatures your location experiences, check out the USDA zone for your region.

More Herb & Floral Tips

Watering: Herbs don't need as much water as lettuce and leafy greens. In fact, most varieties like to dry out in between watering.

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About this plant

Lemon Balm is a certified organic live 4-inch plant of Melissa officinalis, a soft mound of crinkled green leaves that give off a clean lemon-sherbet scent the moment you brush past them.

Keep it near the kitchen door where you can grab a handful for tea, a jug of water, or a bowl of summer fruit. The bushy stems travel steadily, so a container is the tidy way to enjoy it in a border, and regular picking keeps growth compact and leafy. Sun or part shade, soil kept consistently moist, compost at planting, and a hard cut back after the small summer flowers — which the bees find long before you do.

Fun fact: Melissa is Greek for honeybee. Beekeepers once rubbed the crushed leaves inside empty hives to coax a swarm into staying, so the plant is named for the insect that adores it.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall × over 24" wide
  • Harvest Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial
  • Hardiness Zones: 3–9
  • Attracts: Bees

Certified organic, and guaranteed to arrive healthy or the replacement is on us.

We take great care to ensure our seedlings are healthy and well-established before they’re shipped. We pre-germinate the organic seeds and grow herbs up to 10-12 weeks before shipping them as young plants. Seedlings typically arrive within 1-4 days. For more information, see our shipping policy.