Beautiful, fragrant lavender is native to hot, dry, Mediterranean climates. But this hardy small shrub adapts to the challenging growing conditions of the Midwest, too. These tips will help you add this perennial bloomer to your garden.
Lavender plants need plenty of sunshine (blazing sun is not too much), room to spread and perfect drainage; lavender rots when planted in soil that holds too much moisture.
If you've got the right setting, lavender rewards you lavishly. Plants bloom for weeks, and their silvery foliage gleams from spring through frost.
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I have had Munstead and Hidcote Lavender growing in my garden for 3 years now. I am in MN, zone 4. I did find that I had to raise the bed to keep it from year to year and I cover it in the fall with straw. It is doing great and I hope to expand my garden this year.
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