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 ...

If your outdoor potted plants tend to die of thirst due to your absence or absentmindedness, try selecting less-thirsty species.

Lavender is a herb known for its love of full sun and it evokes images of hot Mediterranean climates. It is a very versatile shrub and can be easy to maintain thanks to the fact it is a very drought ...

Lavender has enchanted gardeners for millennia with its silver-gray foliage and purple flower spikes. From ancient Roman bathing rituals (the name derives from the Latin lavare, meaning to wash) to ...

Q: I am pretty sure my lavender plants bit the dust this past winter. I was going to buy more plants but heard that some lavender varieties are hardier than others. The plant tag says I had the ...

There's no doubt about it: Lavender can be difficult to grow in Texas. Ask any gardener how their lavender is doing and you're likely to hear a tale of woe. They plant the shrubby herb, pamper it and ...

Saturday's article on lavender has produced quite a bit of email. I'm glad others share my fondness for lavender! Although my husband likes English lavender, his favorite type of lavender is Spanish ...

Sometimes, colors are as simple as black and white. Take black and white, for instance. Black is black and white is white (unless you're looking at paint chips, which feature hundreds of both colors).

Dreaming of Provence and romantic, fragrant lavender fields washed in violet-blue? You can find sweet dreams much closer to home. Texas has a surprising number of lavender farms that offer such an ...

This year the National Garden Bureau has chosen lavender as their perennial of the year. The “Lavender Lifestyle” is real! Everywhere you look, people are incorporating this multifaceted plant into ...