That's because lavender's growth habit makes it quite easy to gently trim and shape into a stunning informal hedge, and it's been used for just this purpose around the world for centuries.

Most of the time when a lavender has gone woody, it is time to renew. Dig it out and replace it with a new plant. Unlike ...

Thriving in zones 4-9, I once replaced a failing lavender hedge with Russian sage for a client in zone 4, and the transformation was remarkable. Not only did it survive, but it attracted even more ...

You can use the dried flower to make sleeping pillows, or you can use it to make homemade candles or soaps. By adding this ...

A mature lavender hedge can become quite a scene. The basking skippers attract bug-eating birds, which in turn attract cats, which attract dogs. Curiously, hummingbirds, those quick and clicking ...

but if you’ve a small hedge a small blade will work really well.” For lavender and other low-growing hedges Lavender can be pruned back in late summer after flowering and, depending on the ...

Both varieties bloom in summer, and pruning will encourage a second bloom. Lavandin is sometimes known as hedge lavender because of its height and rangy growth. It is a large and extremely ...

a lavender hedge or a medieval-style knot garden, which rely on uniform plantings, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Gaps will appear, and the uniformity will be lost. Instead ...

Lavender is a plant most everyone loves. Whether it’s the purple flowers, the fragrance, or even the images of a lavender harvest in French lavender fields, lavender is a loved plant. It’s also a ...

If your lavender hedge is planted in shade, then unfortunately you’ll need to relocate it elsewhere. Even if it’s growing in full sun, is the soil heavy, wet, and/or compacted and inclined to ...

“The paths are stone and the lavender hedge makes the walls of the labyrinth so you’re always walking with lavender on either side,” Doreen King said. Lavender Festival also offers a glimpse ...