Deadheading lavender is a task that is not always seen as essential, but it does offer great benefits. It can prompt a second flush of flowers in some lavender varieties, keep the shrub looking neat ...

If you're looking for some easy-care perennials that will fill your garden with glorious color, take a look at these ...

Lavender is popular in gardens for its silvery foliage and soothing scent. Loved for its fragrance, lavender is often used for aromatherapy and in many culinary recipes. There are 45 species and more ...

If you’re not able to jet off to Provence this summer to tour the lavender fields, why not grow your own? This Mediterranean herb has been cultivated for thousands of years for both medicinal and ...

There's still time to do one simple job in your garden to help lavender grow 'indefinitely' in the future - and it's a cheap ...

My feeling is one can never have enough lavender in a garden. I have lavender in my perennial bed and my herb garden. Two favorites are “Munstead” and “Hidcote.” Both are Lavandula angustifolia, ...

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 ...

Pruning needs: Prune after flowers are spent or in early fall. Water needs: Water until established, then drought tolerant. Snapshot: Lavender is a versatile garden herb with fragrant, colorful blooms ...

Lavender remains a garden favourite thanks to its stunning blooms and soothing fragrance, and proves remarkably straightforward to maintain provided it receives proper pruning at the correct time.

Most gardeners trust lavender and coneflowers to attract bees, but I've found that pollinators in my garden are making a beeline for one unexpected bloom: verbena. The low-maintenance perennial, ...