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Lemon Herbs
How to Grow and Use 18 Great Plants

ISBN 0811720330
144 pages;· 79 color photos; 71/4 x 91/8; Paperback.

A handbook on herbs with lemon scents and flavors, including lemon catmint, citronella grass, lemon eucalyptus, lemon geranium, lemon grass, lemon mint, and lemon verbena. Offers directions on growing and harvesting each herb, with ideas for using them in the garden landscape, crafts, and recipes. Includes step-by-step instructions for potpourris, wreaths, garlands, topiaries, and lemon-flavored salads, entrees, and desserts.

About the Author
Ellen Spector Platt is the author of several books. She runs Meadowlark Flower & Herb Farm in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where she grows more than 500 varieties of flowers and herbs and teaches dried-flower crafts and fresh-flower arranging.