The flavor is best when harvested right before it blooms in delicate upright spikes of small lavender-white to mauve flowers. The leaves are frequently used in potpourri, teas (tisanes) or to flavor chilled water, sauces, fruit salads, marinades for fish and poultry, in drinks and on vegetables. Some of the lemony flavor is lost in cooking, but it can be used in almost any dish where a dash of lemon is required. Lemon verbena ( Aloysia triphylla the synonym citriodora is still sometimes incorrectly used for this species) is a tender deciduous woody shrub native to South and Central America (Zones 8-10) with a strong lemon scent to the foliage, which is retained even when dried. Lemon verbena is a tender deciduous woody shrub. Some of the most common and easy to grow, lemon-flavored plants – all of which can be cultivated in containers – include: Most of these have to be crushed to smell the lemon scent. And even if they aren’t used for these practical applications they can still be enjoyed just for the fresh scent of lemon while working in the garden.
Many plants that have a lemony scent are naturally repellent to insects and some have been incorporated into mosquito repellents, while others (such as lemon balm) can be effective when leaves are crushed and rubbed onto skin. They can also be incorporated into household cleaners, soaps, and potpourri.
Not everybody can grow a lemon tree but anyone can have lemon scent and flavor in their garden by planting lemon scented herbs to impart a bright citrus flavor to teas, salads, pasta dishes, cookies, vinegars, marinades, and many other foods. Different combinations and ratios of these chemicals produce a range of fragrances which all suggest lemon in a variety of intensities and unique notes from floral to fruity. Many other plants besides citrus contain the same chemical compounds – including d-limonene, citral (and its naturally occurring isomers neral and geraniol), citronellal and various terpenes – that we perceive as a citrus-like smell from the foliage or flowers.
#SPIKE PLANT TASTES LIKE CHICKE SKIN#
Essential oils in the leaves and skin of citrus fruits include several aromatic compounds which impart that lemony smell. The taste and scent of lemon is distinctive but not restricted just to lemon fruits. Essentials oils in the foliage and peel of lemon fruits impart the distinctive “lemony” flavor and scent.
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