While many lavender plants are cold hardy, some still need winter protection. Here are tried-and-true ways to winterize your ...

Lavender (Lavandula spp.) is a popular woody perennial plant commonly kept in flower gardens and vegetable gardens. That's because it's an excellent companion plant, with aromatic purple flowers that ...

Lavender is a small ornamental and culinary herb that grows to about 30 inches tall and wide. The name lavender comes from the Latin word “lavo”, meaning ‘to wash’. Romans used leaves and flowers of ...

Do you have lavender plants in your garden? If so, how are they looking? It turns out that some local gardeners’ lavender isn’t doing very well after our very tough winter. About 20 years ago, my ...

Of all the flowers in the garden, lavender is probably one of the most popular and easily recognized for its beautiful purple spiked blossoms and aromatic fragrance. Native to the dry slopes that ...

As the weather cools, lavender begins to dry up and turn brown. To keep your plant looking its best, it's important to give ...

Of all the flowers in the garden, lavender is probably one of the most popular and easily recognized for its beautiful purple spiked blossoms and aromatic fragrance. Native to the dry slopes that ...

Growing lavender at home sounds really simple. You just need to find a bright and open patch of land in your garden, plant it, and wait for all the fragrant blooms to appear, right? Well, not quite.