LEMON GRASS
By jules CC BY 2.0 (Photo Credits)Botanical Name: Cymbopogon citratus
Description
Other Names: Lemongrass
Lemongrass is one of the most versatile of herbs. It makes a delicious herbal tea, is often used in cooking, as an effective pest repellent and an almost impenetrable weed barrier. Tie the outer leaves in a loop and cook with food to impart flavour. Be sure to remove before serving. Incredibly fast to become established and drought tolerant. The fleshy, purple part of the stem is used in curry pastes and can be ground into a paste and added to marinades and sauces to impart a fresh, lemony flavour.
Plant Information or Specifications
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Preferred Climate
Tropical, Subtropical
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Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions)
1-2m
Plants required to Pollinate
1 (Self Pollinating)
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Can it Handle Frosts?
Likes Temps above 5deg, Sometimes
Amount of leaves in Winter?
All Leaves (Evergreen)
Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas
WA
Suitability in Pots
Yes
Water Requirements
Moderate Watering
Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest
First Year
Sun or Shade
Full (Sun:80%-100%)
Preferred Soil Type
Good Drainage
Soil pH
Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)
Fruiting/Harvest Months
February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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Customer Comments on Lemon Grass
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Lemon Grass
Grows like a weed in warm, moist conditions. Divide clumps to refresh plants and clean up dead leaves. Low maintenance herb. Nice lemony flavour. Add to Asian cooking and makes a refreshing tea. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 04-Feb-2006
Lemon Grass
In hot conditions this plant flourishes. Place in boiling water to infuse the taste then place in your fridge for a great tasting cold drink in the summer. Or you can drink it hot as a herbal tea. | Correy - Woolloongabba, QLD 07-Jun-2006
Lemon Grass
Do not over water this plant because it will grow to big and make sure you keep it trimed | John Smith - Cairns, QLD 09-May-2007
Lemon Grass
Make sure you plant the grass in a place where your pet dogs or chooks cant chew or pick on. Thats how mine dissappeared! | Ceilidh O'sullivan - Bundaberg, QLD 28-Apr-2008
Lemon Grass
Slice finely and add to burger pattie for tasty a twist | Rebecca Stark - Kaleen, ACT 11-Aug-2008
Lemon Grass
Infuse with ginger for refreshing drink in summer and good for the digestion...and skin. Great when steaming asparagus...just put a few slices on top of asparagus in steamer. | Barbara Gibbs - Picnic Bay, QLD 23-Nov-2008
Lemon Grass
Great to stuff fish just gut fish and pick several leaves and rap up in a bunch and stuff in the stomach cavity | Peter Bloomfield - Port Pirie , SA 29-Dec-2008
Lemon Grass
A great plant to have near your compost bin, water well in summer and slash it to feed the compost bin, it grows back very quickly. plant a few next to the chook pen too, they love it. | Louise Bambrick - Brisbane, QLD 03-Feb-2009
Lemon Grass
My friend´s lemongrass flourished in partial shade and mine in a sunny window. Great pot plant. If your plant runs to seed, gather and spread in a tall or bowl pot. In less than a year you get an elegant fountaining piece for indoors or out! | Diane - Seven Hills, NSW 27-Mar-2010
Lemon Grass
Eat it with pizza fun loving | Yygygfdw - Rewg, ERGWE 29-Nov-2010
Lemon Grass
To get the real taste and flavor of Lemon grass use the bottom portion of the plant, which forms like a bulb, slightly chop and add to your tea infusing water, beverages, culinary preparation, also remarkable as a mosquito repellent.I am a grower of LG | Naheer Taip - Sri Lanka , CEO 04-Jun-2012
Lemon Grass
Freeze well,partially defrost and put straight into what you are cooking or marinade | Lai - Wagga Wagga, AU-NS 27-Dec-2012
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