3689 Quedlingburger Lemon Balm ( Melissa officinalis )
Fresh leaves burst with lemon fragrance when squeezed. A truly delightful tea made from the dried leaves is our favorite anytime tea as it both traditionally enjoyed as a calming tea and calms the nerves. We urge everyone to try it.
Finely chop fresh leaves into salads, white sauce for fish, fruit drinks, mayonnaise, sauerkraut, pasta, fish, chicken, pork, marinades, ice cream and herbal teas. Add to blended vinegars, try this lemon balm with tarragon. Substitute for lemon juice in jam making. Traditionally used in herbal preparations.
A strong lemon balm tea is a great substitute for lemon juice in many recipes. Quedlinburger Niederliegende is higher in essential oil content than common lemon balm, and is very productive as well. Lemon balm tea, when sweetened with honey, is used medicinally to help with stress, indigestion, and headaches.
Quedlingburger is a taller variety, up to 24 inches tall. Good oil content at about 0.2 percent. Can be grown as an annual or grown outdoors in zones 5-9.