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How to Grow and Care for Pineapple Sage Plants
Learn practical steps to plant, care for, and enjoy Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) indoors or outdoors across USDA zones 8 to 10 and beyond.
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Kitchen and garden herbs: planting, watering, harvesting and keeping them productive, plus how to use them in your cooking.
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How to Use and Care for Thai Basil Plants
Learn practical steps to grow, care for, and use Thai basil plants successfully across USDA zones.
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Using and Caring for Holy Basil Plants (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
Learn how to grow and care for Holy Basil plants, including planting, watering, light needs, pruning, and seasonal care across USDA zones.
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How to Grow and Care for Peppermint Plants and Plugs
Learn practical care for peppermint plants and plugs, including planting, watering, pruning, and winter tips across USDA zones.
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How to Grow and Care for Dill Plants in Your Garden
Learn practical tips for planting and caring for dill plants, including light, watering, pruning, and zone-specific advice to enjoy fresh dill.
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Chives: An Easy Perennial Herb with Edible Purple Flowers
Hardy, clump-forming chives with mild onion leaves and edible purple pompoms that bloom in late spring, just before the lavender.
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Cilantro: Fresh Leaves in Cool Weather, Coriander Seed After
A fast cool-season herb for fresh leaves in spring and fall, with lacy white flowers and coriander seed once summer heat arrives.
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Cinnamon Basil: Purple Stems and a Warm, Spicy Scent
A warm-season basil with purple stems and flowers and a strong cinnamon scent, great for tea, fruit dishes and summer containers.
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Dill: Feathery Leaves, Pickling Heads and Swallowtail Food
Tall, feathery dill for fish, potatoes and pickles, with yellow flower heads that host swallowtail caterpillars and draw pollinators.
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English Thyme: The Classic Cooking Herb for Lavender's Border
Low, evergreen English thyme shares lavender's love of sun and sharp drainage, making it a natural edging plant for the same bed.
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French Tarragon: The Anise-Flavored Herb Grown Only from Plants
True French tarragon, with sweet anise-flavored leaves for vinegars and sauces, grown from cuttings because it sets no viable seed.
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Garden Sage: Soft Gray Leaves and Lavender-Colored Spikes
Hardy kitchen sage with fuzzy gray-green leaves and early summer spikes, a drought-tolerant herb that grows happily beside lavender.
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German Chamomile: Little Tea Daisies That Keep on Blooming
A fast annual with small apple-scented daisies for picking and drying into tea, blooming for months with regular harvests.
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Greek Oregano: The Bold Cooking Oregano for a Sunny Herb Bed
The strong-flavored, white-flowered cooking oregano, a drought-tolerant herb that shares lavender's sun and dry, well-drained soil.
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Holy Basil: Clove-Scented Tulsi for Tea and Summer Pollinators
Tulsi, a clove-scented basil relative grown for fresh and dried tea leaves, with flower spikes that bees visit until frost.
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Lemon Balm: A Lemon-Scented Tea Herb That Comes Back Every Year
A hardy, lemon-scented mint-family herb for fresh tea and fruit dishes that spreads readily, so give it a spot of its own.
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Lemon Thyme: Citrus-Scented Thyme for the Front of the Bed
A low, evergreen thyme with a clear lemon scent for cooking and tea that thrives in the same sun and sharp drainage as lavender.
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Parsley: The Everyday Herb from Spring to Hard Frost
Rich green parsley to pick from spring until hard frost, a cool-loving kitchen herb that also feeds black swallowtail caterpillars.
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Peppermint: The Bold Tea Mint That Belongs in a Pot
Strong, cooling peppermint for tea, drinks and desserts, a fast-spreading herb best grown in a container near your lavender.
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Rainbow Sherbet Coneflower: Orange and Coral Pompoms by Lavender
A fully double coneflower whose pompoms open orange and fade to coral, a warm, bold contrast to cool purple lavender in full sun.
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Spearmint: Sweet, Cool Garden Mint for Tea and Lemonade
The classic sweet garden mint for tea, mint sauce and summer drinks, a vigorous spreader that is happiest in its own pot.
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Sweet Basil: The Pesto Herb for Warm Summer Days
Classic sweet basil with glossy, fragrant leaves for pesto, sauces and salads, a heat-loving annual that grows well in pots near lavender.
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Sweet Marjoram: Oregano's Softer, Sweeter Cousin
A tender, sweet-flavored relative of oregano with soft gray-green leaves, grown as an annual in Michigan beside lavender in sunny, dry beds.
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Thai Basil: Licorice-Scented Leaves and Showy Purple Spikes
A spicy, licorice-scented basil for Southeast Asian cooking, with purple flower spikes that look right at home near lavender.
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