Is this lemon balm?
Is this lemon balm?This is sprouting out all around the edges of the compost heap that was here when we moved in. Leaves and stem are hairy, definite lemony smell when crushed. Does anyone know whether it is lemon balm?
Lemon balm? by LittleBrownFrog, on Flickr "Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..." Thoreau.
Re: Is this lemon balm?Does it smell? I have lemon balm the leaves are slightly different to those, but it could well be
Re: Is this lemon balm?The stem has a definite lemony smell when crushed, but the leaves not so much. It's quite nettle-y in appearance, and the leaves smell nettle-like as well.
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..." Thoreau.
Re: Is this lemon balm?It looks more like a dead nettle (as in lamium not a deceased nettle).
Lemon balm is rounder and less hairy. Are the leaves in direct opposite pairs? and are the stems soft? then definitely dead nettle. Quand je serai vieille je vais vivre en France
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Re: Is this lemon balm?Yes, dead nettle then. Thank you
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..." Thoreau.
Re: Is this lemon balm?With lemon balm, when you crush the leaves it is not just a whiff of lemon scent, but a strong mouth watering tang So unmistakable once you've come across it.
Re: Is this lemon balm?It doesn't look like my lemon balm but the variety I've got is variegated the leaf is a different shape though.
Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg." Re: Is this lemon balm?Have a look at this. There's all different shaped leaves.
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