Plant lavender (Lavandula spp.) where it will grow best and you will be rewarded with a beloved perennial that blooms from early summer into fall. With more than 45 known species of lavender and ten ...

If winter has you worried about your lavender (Lavandula spp.), a smart fall trim is your best defense. Cold winds and heavy snow can snap or bend stems in no time, but shaping the shrub now makes a ...

Learning how to prune lavender can keep it from becoming overgrown, leggy and less abundant. “Annual pruning will improve flowering and prevent lavender becoming woody,” plant expert Sarah Raven told ...

A bundle of fresh lavender lies in a basket. - Nataliya Nazarova/Shutterstock Lavender growing wild and profusely in your outdoor space can add abundant color, texture, and scent to your yard. If you ...

Summerhouse Lavender Farm in Fennville holds an annual festival the first two weekends in July to celebrate all things lavender. FENNVILLE, Mich. — If all this wildfire smoke and poor air quality is ...

SEATTLE — "I love the livin' tweedle outta Lavender — it's so fragrant!" said Seattle gardening expert Ciscoe Morris. "But if you don't do a special thing you're gonna develop bare stems, and before ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Welcome to another edition of ...

There were some people that decades ago discouraged Cynthia Sutphin from growing lavender on Cape Cod. It wasn’t as popular a plant as it is today, and there were challenges getting the Mediterranean ...