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How to Choose the Best Lavender Variety for Your Garden
The best lavender is not the one with the grandest name; it is the cultivar whose cold tolerance, drainage needs, size and purpose fit your garden.
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How to Winterize Lavender in Cold Climates (Zones 4–7)
Cold is only part of lavender winter survival.
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Lavender Plugs: 72-Cell vs 20-Cell, Potting Up & Field Planting
Lavender plugs make large plantings economical, but cell depth, root development, moisture control and finishing skill determine which tray is the better buy.
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How to Grow Lavender: A Beginner's Guide for Gardens & Pots
Lavender is forgiving of lean soil and missed fertilizer; it is much less forgiving of shade, wet roots and a crown buried under mulch.
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Why Great Lakes Lavender Growers Need Each Other
Great Lakes lavender growers share a climate challenge, a specialty crop and a practical reason to compare notes before winter compares them for us.
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From Market Table to Online Farm: Why Local Agriculture Still Matters
The farm's 2023 MIFMA announcement was more than a membership note; it marked a commitment to direct relationships, transparent products and Michigan agriculture.
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Essence Purple Lavender: Growing, Harvesting & Garden Uses
Essence Purple is a compact English lavender with richly colored flowers, an orderly habit and a useful role in borders, containers and harvest gardens.
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Melissa Lavender: The Pink English Lavender Growing Guide
Melissa replaces the expected purple spike with pale pink flowers while keeping the aromatic foliage and cold-climate usefulness of English lavender.
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Grosso Lavender: Growing the Classic Lavandin for Bundles & Oil
Grosso is the classic long-stemmed lavandin: vigorous, fragrant and productive, provided its large mound receives sun, air and excellent winter drainage.
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Why We Joined the United States Lavender Growers Association
Joining a national lavender network connected a new Michigan farm with growers, education and a wider responsibility to improve the industry.
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Great Lakes Lavender Farm: From 30 Plants to a Grower Ecosystem
What began with 30 lavender plants in Traverse City grew into a Rockford nursery, product studio and digital ecosystem for gardeners and commercial growers.
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