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13 Aug 24, Nathan Schwartz (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I don’t actually mind that it's a bit invasive. I guess it depends on how your garden works for you, but I love its scent, especially in the middle of a really warm summer when it just fills the garden with fragrance, and it’s super easy to pull up if it does self seed. If you’re ever worried about that sort of maintenance, it’s honestly not a problem, and it’s such a great plant for bees. There’s tons more info on how to grow and propagate it, as well as preventing its spread if you’re worried here: https://aussiegreenthumb.com/how-to-grow-lemon-balm/

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21 Mar 16, Levi Michelson (Australia - temperate climate)

Where can I buy lemon balm seeds or cuttings in the South Melbourne area?

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16 May 16, Tom (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Lemonbalm seeds aren't particularly rare, I think i even picked mine up at Kmart or a 2 dollar shop!

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29 Jun 15, Matthew Gerlach (USA - Zone 2b climate)

Your website is showing that lemon balm is the same thing as bee balm when in fact they are two different genomes entirely. This could be very misleading and someone could mix up the two and possibly have a very different experience (Possibly not pleasant) if they were to start using bee balm instead of lemon balm as a supplement. I think this should be changed immediately. (That's done - thank you for the comment, Liz)

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30 Jan 13, mia (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Leesa, thsnks for the tips.

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30 Dec 12, Leesa (Australia - temperate climate)

Hope it's not too late but I had the same thing - mine was going wild then suddenly went in reverse and very fast deteriorated to seemingly hopeless. It's now back better than ever. Here's what I did. Maybe it'll work for you. It seems to like being very wet in the soil, but plenty of air and sun on the centre base of the plant. Self defeating almost. The more it grows dense, the heart starts going yellow, white mildewy and tiny black spots. I cut away any of the affected leaves at the base (tiny new leaves that immediately went bad) - this was a lot. Also any bigger top leaves and whole 'branches' that were shadowing the centre. There wasn't much left, but what did I have to lose. It started recovering, and as long as it was in that weird bowl shape it kept getting better. During this stage you need to keep the water and feeding up because the centre is drying out and losing water to the soil underneath. After a while I let it grow back in the middle, still pruning when it got too clustered in the centre or the middle was shadowed from above. Now it has found its new legs and grows evenly as long as I occasionally do some of this 'middle air' maintenance and keep the water up. Hope this helps. I use a lot of it for Thai cooking - it's a great substitute for lemongrass, so I need mine to be thriving. Now happily, it is once more.

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08 Nov 12, nik (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi, my lemon balm is dying fast, and is covered (underneeth the plant) with what appears to be white mites perhaps? Not sure if it is mites or mildew... What to do? Thanks! PS I have one small plant that seems unaffected next to it, should I rapidly move it?

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23 Sep 10, Jay (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Lemon balm is the most amazing healing plant. I have used it as a herbal infusion (handful brewed in a teapot or even just a teacup) for tick bite, respiratory problems, inflamation, stress, fever and many others. Fantastic herb for the garden. I love it!

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