🚚 Fast Nationwide Delivery (3–5 Working Days)
📦 Free Delivery Over R750 (R59 Flat Fee Under R750)
🌱 Premium Quality Seeds & Gardening Equipment
🔁 Friendly Support Before & After Your Order
🇿🇦 SA’s Trusted Gardening Specialists
Lemon Balm is a full-sun herb with oval, lemon-scented leaves for fresh kitchen use and aromatic herbal tea.
Quick Grow Facts
-
Plant Type: Herb
-
Scientific Name: Melissa officinalis
-
General Sowing Time: Spring/Summer
-
Position: Full sun
-
Sow Depth: 1mm
-
Spacing: 30cm
-
Germination: 14-21 days
-
Days to Harvest: 90-150 days
-
Height: 40-60cm
-
Seed Quantity - 1g raw seed: Approx 2 000 seeds
-
Seed Quantity - 5g raw seed: Approx 10 000 seeds
Why Grow This Variety
- The leaves bring a refreshing lemon scent to a herb garden.
- Fresh leaves can flavour soups, stews and salads.
- The foliage can also be used for aromatic tea.
- The listed harvest window is 90-150 days.
Garden Uses
Grow Lemon Balm in a garden bed or container, then use the leaves fresh in recipes or dried for aromatic tea.
Growing Notes
- Sow during spring/summer.
- Position plants in full sun.
- Follow the listed 1mm sowing depth and 30cm spacing.
- Allow 14-21 days for germination.
Brought to you by Ubuntuberg Seeds, where our mission is to cultivate humanity & harvest unity. Ubuntuberg Seeds: the highest quality seed stock in all of Southern Africa, sourced from sustainable farms, guaranteeing you the best quality seed stock.
