Nothing is more lovely than the scent of lavender carried on the breeze on a sunny summer day. And not only is lavender a well-known herb used by gardeners to add a pop of purple color to their ...

Borders need fragrance! When you walk by a garden pathway, you expect to smell floral and herbal notes as you brush up against the plants. A border without fragrance is like a garden without plants.

Several springs ago I planted some Phenomenal Lavender. Word got out that the lavender called Lavendula x intermedia Phenomenal was to outshine all other lavender. It is a hardy lavender developed and ...

A new hybrid of lavender, Phenomenal is tougher and more winter hardy than any other lavender. It does not die back as much in winter and is overall more tolerant of varied conditions, with great ...

In South Louisiana gardens, lavender is treated as a seasonal flourish -- if it's planted at all. It rarely does well in our hot, wet climate. After seeing fields of fragrant lavender in bloom in ...

My feeling is one can never have enough lavender in a garden. I have lavender in my perennial bed and my herb garden. Two favorites are “Munstead” and “Hidcote.” Both are Lavandula angustifolia, ...

Before I sat down to write this column, I took a walk around to see what was in bloom and what was happening in the garden. Although things were slow starting this cold spring, everything seems to be ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Photo provided by Peace Tree Farm The lavender variety Phenomenal. The deep freeze of early winter has left my lavender plant truly bedraggled. The slender ...