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

Woman holding a starter pot with lavender flowers - Irina Shatilova/Shutterstock Plant lavender (Lavandula spp.) where it will grow best and you will be rewarded with a beloved perennial that blooms ...

Lavender is a popular perennial plant that can add fragrance and beauty to your yard or container gardens. However, before you add this herb to your yard or keep a potted lavender in your home, it’s ...

In 2020, the National Garden Bureau named lavender (Lavandula spp.) its perennial of the year, citing its "texture, scent, attractiveness, and overall usability." The plant's flowers and foliage are ...

The deep freeze of early winter has left my lavender plant truly bedraggled. The slender gray leaves are drooping, and some of the lower ones are black. It’s a reminder that lavenders have a difficult ...

* What it is: This new variety of hardy geranium (cranesbill) is an offshoot of the popular geranium ‘Rozanne,’ selected for its very long bloom time as well as a habit that’s more compact than ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

Winter gardens can feel like a quiet, gray world, but the truth is, a little patience can transform them into something ...

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