Lavender Trails opened in 2020 and has since given back to local organizations all while supporting the local environment.

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

Lavender is starting to grow again, with fresh green shoots emerging around its woody base, and with one simple step, you can help ensure it produces stunning blooms later in the season ...

French and Spanish lavender are more drought tolerant than the English types. Look for plants marked Lavandula dentata or L stoechas. There are many different varieties available of each. (Melinda ...

We recently learned that lavender plants look their best for about 15 years so they’re now on borrowed time. Even though Bill trims them back in late winter every year, there is a lot of dead ...

In my humble opinion, lavender is one of the most amazing plants in the world. It can be tough and soft, fragrant and versatile, healing and tasty. It has an amazingly long history; Egyptians used ...

Five plants to ‘avoid’ growing next to lavender that can ‘harm’ and ‘weaken’ this shrub There are a vast array of plants that grow well beside lavender, but there are also many that do ...

At Battlefield Lavender in Centralia, 14 varieties of the sweet floral plant start to bloom each June. When: Before the field blooms — 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m ...

Pruning lavender can prolong the plant's lifespan by up to several years, but one mistake could see the shrubs go to waste imminently. By Solen Le Net 17:38, Fri, Sep 1, 2023 | UPDATED: 18:39, Fri ...

Lavender plants can live for about 20 years, but after about seven years the plant starts to look woody and produces fewer flowers. However, there are ways to bring them back to life.

Probably not your lavender plants. A fact-based look at scented plants, essential oils and other mosquito repellents. June 4, 2025. 5 min. Summary (Illustration by José L. Soto/The Washington Post) ...