The essential oil contained in the nectar-rich leaves and flowers of golden lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), a variety with bright yellow foliage, contains a lime, lemony, or even lemongrass aroma, depending on the need in cooking, released at the simple touch. Its bright hues bring an extra dimension to salads and will evoke the color of lemon zest, which lemon balm replaces with disconcerting naturalness. Golden lemon balm is excellent in pure infusion or mixed with all kinds of teas, liqueurs or alcohols. From the family and similar to a mint, it can reseed spontaneously in the second half of the summer, following a discreet flowering.

Harvest it before the seeds, leaving a few layers of leaves for perpetuity, and you will control it instantly, without risking invasion.