There is something so romantic about the scent of lavender on a hot summer’s night. Commonly called English Lavender (though native to the Mediterranean region), this semi-evergreen herb with a sweet, earthy scent that herbalists claim promotes relaxation. Lavender’s blue-gray-green leaves and cool purple spikes of flowers add beautiful pastel shades to the garden or planters. This plant does best in well-draining, sunny conditions and actually prefers nutrient-lean, sandy soil over rich, loamy soil. Lavender blooms in mid-summer and often will produce a second showing of blooms if the first is cut back once the flowers have died back.
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Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Pollinators, Colorful Foliage, Container, Deciduous, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Dry, Edging, Fall Color, Fall interest, Filler, Fragrant, Fragrant Flowers, Fragrant Foliage, Full Sun, Good for Accents, Good for Borders, Good for Butterfly Garden, Good for Cottage Garden, Good for Cut Flowers, Good for Dried Flowers, Good for Mass Planting, Good for Rock Garden, Groundcover, Low Maintenance, Medium, Mounded, Naturalizing, Normal Soil, Perennial, Prairie Garden, Rabbit Resistant, Showy Flowers, Tolerant of Loamy Soil, Tolerant of Sandy Soil, Well-Drained Soil
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