Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon flexuosus · Lemongrass
Herbs · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
This seed-grown lemongrass has long narrow blades and thickening grass-like stalk bases.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water generously during warm active growth, letting surplus water drain away. Reduce watering in cool indoor conditions.
Soil & drainage
A large, draining container with fertile compost; a warm sheltered bed can be used in summer.
Fertilizer
Give the large container adequate nutrition during warm active growth; follow the label for a suitable nitrogen-containing plant feed.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Start with bottom heat. Move outside only when nights are above 10°C; keep roots undisturbed when transplanting.
Harvest
Cut whole, thick outer stalks when their bases are well developed; retain the centre to regrow.
Through the seasons
Bring the plant into a bright, frost-free place for winter. It needs sustained warmth to make thick usable stalks.
When your plant needs help
- Give it a large warm container and harvest thick outer stalks, leaving the centre to renew.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.