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A native-style blue star with sky blue spring stars and a dense green mound that frames lavender from the back of a sunny border.
Read this field note : Starstruck Blue Star: A Shrub-Sized Green Mound Behind Lavender
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A low, silvery blue-green sedum mat that thrives in lavender's hot, dry ground and adds rosy pink flowers when most of the garden is done.
Read this field note : Steel the Show Stonecrop: A Silver Carpet at the Lavender's Feet
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The classic compact gold daylily, blooming from early summer into fall as a cheerful, low edging in front of a sunny lavender bed.
Read this field note : Stella de Oro Daylily: The Gold Edging That Keeps Blooming
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A compact lemon yellow daylily that reblooms from midsummer on, making a bright, low border in front of lavender in full sun.
Read this field note : Stella Supreme Daylily: Lemon Yellow Rebloom for Lavender Edges
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Huge silver heart-shaped leaves and spring sprays of sky blue flowers for the shady, moist corners of a garden plan built around lavender.
Read this field note : Sterling Silver Brunnera: Silver Hearts for the Shady Side
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A tender herb with naturally sweet leaves for tea and drinks that grows happily in a sunny pot or herb bed beside your lavender.
Read this field note : Stevia Plants: A Sweet-Leaf Herb for the Lavender Tea Garden
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Near-black stems, silver-veined dark leaves and pale periwinkle stars make this wide native blue star a striking backdrop for lavender.
Read this field note : Storm Cloud Blue Star: Dark Foliage and Pale Stars for Sunny Beds
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Large mauve daylily flowers with a deep eggplant eye and picotee edge that echo lavender's purple in the same sunny, well-drained bed.
Read this field note : Storm Shelter Daylily: Mauve Blooms with a Bold Eggplant Eye
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An award-winning pink daylily with a raspberry red eye and ruffled edges that pairs softly with lavender in full sun and good drainage.
Read this field note : Strawberry Candy Daylily: Ruffled Pink with a Raspberry Eye
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A compact Arkansas-type blue star with threadlike green foliage that softens lavender in summer and turns golden orange in fall.
Read this field note : String Theory Blue Star: Feathery Texture and Golden Fall Color
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One of the few bee balms in lavender-blue, this compact, mildew-resistant plant keeps the purple-blue color and the bees going near your lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Blue Moon Bee Balm: Lavender-Blue Blooms Next Door
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A broad, hot pink bee balm that fills its space without running wild, bringing midsummer color and bees to the bed beside your lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Bubblegum Blast Bee Balm: Hot Pink That Fills Space
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Compact cherry-red bee balm that draws hummingbirds through midsummer and adds a bold red note to the bed beside your lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Cherry Pops Bee Balm: Red Blooms Hummingbirds Love
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A tight, compact magenta bee balm that stays put in containers and borders, carrying purple-toned summer color beside your lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Grape Gumball Bee Balm: Magenta for Pots and Borders
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One of the shortest Sugar Buzz bee balms, so thick with pastel pink heads that the leaves vanish, for the front of a bed near lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Pink Frosting Bee Balm: A Short, Pastel Pink Blanket
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Deep raspberry-purple bee balm over nearly black-green foliage, with extra flower heads that stretch the show near your lavender.
Read this field note : Sugar Buzz® Rockin' Raspberry Bee Balm: Deep Color, Dark Leaves
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A tight, glossy mound of ruffled black-purple leaves that makes a dramatic low edging at the shadier, moister end of a lavender bed.
Read this field note : Sultry Night Coral Bells: A Black-Purple Mound to Edge Lavender
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A huge chartreuse-to-gold hosta that takes more sun than most, best grown in its own rich, moist bed rather than beside dry lavender.
Read this field note : Sum and Substance Hosta: A Giant Gold Hosta for the Other Bed
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A tall, free-flowering pink Peruvian lily for a sunny cutting bed near lavender, with long-lasting stems for bouquets from July to frost.
Read this field note : Summer Break Peruvian Lily: Pink Cut Flowers All Summer Long
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Peach and sunny yellow Peruvian lily flowers on dark, purple-black tinged stems, blooming from July to frost in a sunny bed or patio pot.
Read this field note : Summer Breeze Peruvian Lily: Peach and Yellow over Dark Leaves
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A vigorous variegated hardy hibiscus with 7-inch magenta flowers in late summer, for a moist, sunny bed near your lavender rather than in it.
Read this field note : Summer Carnival Hardy Hibiscus: Variegated Leaves, Magenta Blooms
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A tall scarlet Peruvian lily with a golden yellow flare that keeps flowering through hot summers, a bold focal point near lavender.
Read this field note : Summer Heat Peruvian Lily: Scarlet Red with a Golden Flare
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A full, shrub-sized hardy hibiscus with 7 to 8 inch hot cerise flowers along the whole stem, for a moist, sunny bed within view of lavender.
Read this field note : Summer in Paradise Hardy Hibiscus: Cerise Blooms Top to Bottom
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A compact perennial baby's breath that shares lavender's sun and lean soil and wraps purple spikes in a cloud of tiny white flowers.
Read this field note : Summer Sparkles® Baby's Breath: White Froth for Lavender Beds
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