Anise Hyssop
- Product number: 830998.1
- Origin: South America
- Latin: Lippia alba
AVAILABLE EACH YEAR FROM MAY, JUNE UNTIL STOCK RUNS OUT. This attractive Verbena has firm, strongly scented leaves and lilac with white flower clusters. Enjoy a delicious, potent tea, but it also makes an excellent drink in warm milk! In the kitchen, it provides a unique freshness to fish and meat dishes. This flavor is caused, among other things, by the essential oils carvone (30-35%) and limonene (25%). The Mayan Indians have used this herb for centuries as a de-stressing and regulating agent. The plants are not frost-hardy; overwintering is possible at a minimum of +2̊C.
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Latin: Lippia alba
Dutch: Anijsverbena
Also known as: Mexican lemon verbena
English: Anise Verbena
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- Flower colour: Lilac with white flower clusters
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Multi-year
- Hardy: Not frost resistant
- Origin: South America
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Lippia alba
- Dutch: Anise Hyssop
- Also known as: Mexican lemon verbena
- English: Anise Hyssop
