Lavender Field Notes
A note for every lavender plant, companion plant and farm-made product: how to use it, care for it and get the most from it.
1848 notes · page 68 of 77
Companion Plants
A shade-loving lungwort with pink buds and sky-blue bells together in spring and silver-spotted leaves, best in a shady bed near the lavender.
Companion Plants
A compact daylily loaded with ruffled, rosy pink flowers from early summer on, thriving in the same full sun as your lavender planting.
Companion Plants
A Japanese iris with soft pink, 7-inch flowers for moist ground and rain gardens, a late-iris partner planted apart from dry lavender beds.
Companion Plants
A rounded hummingbird mint with apricot buds and mauve-pink spikes from July into fall that keeps a lavender bed buzzing after harvest.
Companion Plants
Wide, glowing chartreuse coral bells with tall pink flower stems, made for shady beds that sit alongside a sunny lavender garden.
Companion Plants
A wide, sun-loving fernleaf bleeding heart with blush pink hearts over lacy blue-green leaves that softens the edge of a lavender bed.
Companion Plants
Low, ruffled coral bells in true plum purple with a cream haze of flowers, for the shadier, moister edge of a garden planned around lavender.
Companion Plants
A shrub-sized false indigo with mauve pink flowers fading to near white, thriving in the same dry, lean, sunny ground as your lavender.
Companion Plants
A tall daylily with ruffled golden orange flowers edged in burgundy that pops against purple lavender in the same full sun in July.
Companion Plants
Mid-height lupines in a mix of blue, purple, yellow, red, pink and bicolors that bloom just ahead of lavender in sunny, well-drained beds.
Companion Plants
A compact blue-green stonecrop that blankets itself in salmon-pink stars in late summer, making a tidy succulent edge for lavender beds.
Companion Plants
A compact white coneflower with gold cones that blooms its first summer and brightens blue-purple lavender in the same sunny, lean soil.
Companion Plants
A short, sturdy coneflower in deep berry magenta that holds its color all summer and keeps a lavender garden vivid after the first flush.
Companion Plants
A compact native ironweed capped with rosy purple clusters in late summer that keeps purple in a lavender garden after harvest is done.
Companion Plants
One of the bluest hostas, with thick, cupped leaves and pale lavender flowers, for the shady beds of a property planned around lavender.
Companion Plants
A classic red daylily with 5-inch velvety blooms and a yellow throat that adds warmth in front of lavender in midsummer sun.
Companion Plants
A one-of-a-kind hosta with tightly folded, upright leaves and lavender flowers in August, best on the shady side of a lavender garden.
Companion Plants
A small, closed rosette of cupped dark green leaves that thrives in lavender's sun and drainage as a summer pot, then winters indoors.
Companion Plants
A wide, low lungwort with bright rose-pink spring flowers that stay pink and silver-flecked leaves, for shady beds apart from your lavender.
Companion Plants
A darker take on a popular stonecrop, with deep green leaves and a dark pink mushroom-cap of flowers after the lavender is cut.
Companion Plants
A compact garden primrose packed with huge double flowers in golden yellow and coral red, for cool, shady spots away from the lavender.
Companion Plants
A compact primrose smothered in large, rose-like yellow flowers in mid to late spring, for shady beds that pair well with purple bulbs.
Companion Plants
An award-winning daylily with huge, twisting tangerine orange flowers on tall scapes that stand out boldly behind purple lavender in July.
Companion Plants
A dense, upright Russian sage that starts blooming in midsummer and carries lavender's silvery, aromatic look into fall in the same hot sun.
Free tools and lessons from the farm.
From the field to your inbox
Pick what you care about. We’ll send farm-tested guidance, seasonal recipes and the updates you ask for.
Lavender Field NotesRecipes, growing guides, crafts and farm trips
Farm trip guidesLavender farms and day trips in every state
Lavender PassportCollect stamps at farms, festivals and markets
Simulator wikiEvery crop, tool and quest in the farm game
Grower Q&AReal questions from the Grower Community
Care AcademyFree lessons for every plant you grow
You may also like
Here to help while we’re tending the farm
Hi! I’m Lavender Grower, Great Lakes Lavender Farm’s automated assistant.
I can help with growing lavender, choosing plants, orders, wholesale, claims, reviews, or the Farm Simulator.
