The next time the thermometer rises, consider following the example of Victorian women. In summer they would pack lemon verbena leaves in handkerchiefs and get some relief from the heat by inhaling ...

If 1960s supermodel Twiggy were a plant, she might be lemon verbena. The plant: If 1960s supermodel Twiggy were a plant, she might be lemon verbena. With its natural legginess and wild yet delicate ...

If you want to see something new – which, at least where horticulture is concerned, is to learn something new – I urge you to pay a visit to the Sepulveda Garden Center on the corner of Hayvenhurst ...

Some plants should be in everybody’s garden, and lemon verbena is one of them. Lemon is a botanical scent that everyone loves. There is something inherently medicinal and cleansing about it. Lemon ...

Growing a lemon tree in your backyard is near impossible in the Pacific Northwest unless it's grown in a container and brought indoors to spend the winter. But you can grow herbs outdoors year-round ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Every time this reporter enters her house by the side door, she stops to touch and then take a tiny leaf or two from the super-fragrant lemon verbena plant that has thrived in ...

Rose, jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender -- are pure romance. And lemon verbena, that wonderfully aromatic herb with slender green leaves, may be the most romantic of them all. Its captivating perfume is ...

Cocktail writer Warren Bobrow uses the term “gartending” to describe the practice of using seasonal ingredients in cocktails. This is certainly my preferred method of mixing drinks, at least in the ...