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Lemon balm is one of my favourite herbs. It's very useful for many cooked dishes but I find that the flavour is most evident in salads. My kids love to crush a few leaves in their fingertips and sniff the lovely lemon scent.
I grow it in moist fertile soil, preferably in semi shade. Keep up the water particularly in hot summer weather.
Propagate by removing sections from the base of the plant, making sure there is some root attached. Plant this division into a pot or directly into the backyard and keep soil moist until the plant is established.
Lemon balm also sets seed readily and can become a weed. I find seedlings popping up as much as 10 metres from the parent plant. You can leave these seedlings where they are, or gently transplant into a pot or to another part of the garden.
Lemon balm usually dies back in winter. Trim off the long dried out stems and wait for it to burst back into life in spring.