Growing Lovely Lavender Herb Plants, Easy, Fragrant Herb Plants for Dry Gardens

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Lavender herb plants make great additions to any drought tolerant garden

French lavender (Lavandula dentata) blooms all year and is drought tolerant. These aromatic, dependable plants can takes full sun to partial shade. They can take moderate water in the garden, but can also survive on less water once established (usually after a year).

Mature lavender plants reach 3 to 4 tall and 4 to 6 feet wide with narrow green or gray green leaves. They are great in rock gardens, herb gardens or as low, informal hedges. They add structure to gardens with their evergreen leaves.

The entire plant is strongly fragrant and the leaves can be sticky with essential oils.

The purple flowers bloom on long thin, squarish stalks and the buds can be 1 to 1 1/2" long. The flowers are great in fresh bouquets or dried for arrangements. The dried blooms make excellent potpourri and can be used to freshen linen closets and drawers. Wrap up a few fresh blossoms in cotton, or other clean fabric and tuck it into your drawer.

Lavender is a great insect repellent. The branches are highly fragrant and I like to tuck them into my woodpile to keep out bugs.

Lavender has been used in love potions for centuries. It is also worn to magically attract love and elevate mood.

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KimGiancaterino wrote...

I love lavender! There are 3 plants growing near our front parch and they smell heavenly. Very nice lens.

ReplyPosted August 22, 2008

AGC_2008 wrote...

Love gardening! Hope you add more gardening lenses!!!

ReplyPosted June 09, 2008

Help4You wrote...

I love your lens! Lavender is one of my favorite plants/flowers. I didnt know they were a natural insect repellent! Thanks for the great information!

ReplyPosted February 29, 2008

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