Short on space but looking for something spectacular? Munstead lavender will flourish in containers. It blooms twice in the growing season, starting in late spring or early summer—so be ready  …

Hidcote is a popular choice in lavender. It smells wonderful, and its bright purple flowers make a lovely contrast with its blue-green evergreen foliage. You can plant Hidcote lavender as  …

Tending your lavender plants or cooking with lavender means having the right tools to do the job in both the garden and the kitchen.  …

Pests on your lavender, left unchecked, can damage and destroy your developing plants. Keeping a close watch on your plants during regular daily inspections will help you spot any pests  …

Like all herb and food crops, lavender is susceptible to various fungal diseases. Your strongest weapons against these are best planting practices, which help prevent disease in the first place.  …

It’s important to prune your lavender so that it can maintain (or grow into) a pleasing, mounded shape. Plants will be modestly shaped in their first year.  …

If you have fresh lavender flowers you’d like to use in a recipe but you’ve cut them ahead of time, you can keep them fresh for a few days in  …

If you’re growing lavender for use in the kitchen, then you really want to start harvesting your lavender stalks just before the buds open.  …

Once your lavender is settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—give it some water once a week if it doesn’t rain. Remember, lavender is drought  …

Lavender is easy to grow in containers—as long as it gets a full day of sun. Make sure the container has a drainage hole at the bottom, and that you  …