Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 20 JulyA lemon verbena on 21 July, carrying its narrow leaves in threes at every node with the pale midrib pressed deep into each rough blade, the whole young plant sprawling out over the rim on wiry purple-flushed stems and trailing into the grass.Week of 31 AugustLemon verbena on 3 September, its narrow leaves finely wrinkled and set in whorls of three and four around thin reddish stems that flop out and down, everything beaded with rain and a round-leaved weed sprawling up through the middle.
