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Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus

• Category: Annual, Herbs
• Hardiness Zone:10-11
• Height:24-36 Inches
• Spread:24-36 Inches
• Foliage Color: Green

This herb stands tall with lemon-scented, green foliage. This clumping, tender perennial grass is loaded with lemony scent and flavor, and hints of ginger! Easy to grow and will produce a good crop of leaves to make teas, beverages, salads, fish, poultry, herbal medicines and Eastern inspired soups and other dishes. Harvest the tightly rolled new leaves inside the base of a single sprout for culinary use. Preserve by air-drying.