Place outside as soon as the danger from frost is past.
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Plant in full sun in moist, loam soil, preferably with high organic content. Grow lemongrass in containers or as an annual during the growing season. These are not ornamental and rarely set seed. Plants will flower with a branched cluster of stalked flowers but usually not when grown as an annual.
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It is not as attractive as many other ornamental grasses but clumps can develop into imposing specimens. The coarse, strap-like leaves are ½-1” wide, finely serrated on the edges (rough enough to cut skin), tapered at the end and have gracefully drooping tips. They require warm, humid conditions in full sun to thrive. The plants grow in dense clumps up to 6 feet in diameter, with leaves up to 3 feet long. This perennial herb is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics but can also be grown as an annual in cooler climates. Lemongrass grown as an annual herb in a Wisconsin vegetable garden. nardus) is the source of commercial citronella oil, which is used in soaps, as a mosquito repellent in insect sprays and candles and in aromatherapy. Extensive breeding programs have developed many varieties of lemongrass but few are available in North America. When crushed, the fragrance resembles the scent of lemon. citratus), is of a Malaysian origin and is more typically used for cooking. flexuosus) (also known as cochin or Malabar grass) is native to India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, while West-Indian lemongrass ( C.
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The so-called East-Indian lemongrass ( C. There are two of the 55 species in the genus Cymbopogon that are used almost interchangeably as lemongrass.
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Lemongrass is an aromatic tropical grass cultivated primarily for culinary use. Lemongrass growing in the tropics (Zanzibar).