Lavender (Lavandula spp.) is an asset in any garden. It's highly fragrant, produces beautiful blooms, attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators, and performs equally well in herb, flower and ...

With its dreamy hues of purple and nostalgic scent, lavender (Lavandula) is a timeless shrub. It evokes cottage gardens and quaint countryside villages with its charming simplicity. But you don't need ...

Lavender thrives in full sunlight. Place your indoor plant in a sunny window where it can receive at least 6-8 hours of light per day Lavender is relatively pest-resistant but can be susceptible to ...

Get expert instructions for growing lavender in your backyard or indoors. This fragrant perennial can thrive in many areas of ...

14:40, Thu, Jul 10, 2025 Updated: 09:36, Tue, Jul 15, 2025 The scent of lavender makes it such an attractive plant to many gardeners, but the blooms put on a real show. Vibrant purple blooms and ...

Pink lavender refers to specific varieties of the herb plant, primarily English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), which ...

Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Swedish ivy 'Velvet Elvis' * Botanical name: Plectranthus 'Velvet Elvis' * What it is: A new variety ...

There’s one plant you really shouldn’t be without this summer – and that’s lavender. Better still, push the boat out a bit and have a small collection. Why? Well, lavenders have it all. They are ...

Direct-sow hardy biennials such as wallflowers, foxgloves, sweet rocket and honesty. These all seem to do better when sown widely spaced in rows in the garden. First, rake the soil over to make sure ...

It's vacation time and while we all love to get away, it can bring up a little concern over our plants, and whether they will survive our absence. Yet that need not be the case with these low ...