Description Aloysia citrodora ‘Golden Wind’ is a special golden form of the deliciously aromatic lemon verbena, a fragrant herb native to South America. Prized for its fragrant leaves, this woody shrub happily produces shiny, lance-shaped bright gold leaves that can reach 3-4 inches long offering a strong aroma and taste. In fact, lemon verbena offers one of the best lemon scents in the world of herbs. Open panicles of tiny white to pale lilac flowers are fragrant too and bloom from midsummer to early fall. Evergreen in warmer locations but deciduous in areas where freezing occurs. Treat as a tender perennial and overwinter in a frost-free location or bring indoors as a houseplant. Use for culinary purposes in teas, desserts, fruit salads, and jams, for potpourris, herbal medicines, balms, and aromatherapy. Fabulous in containers for that ‘wow’ factor, in the mixed herb garden, or by paths or doorways where you can brush past the foliage and take in the wonderful aroma. Pollinator attractor.
