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.
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Companion Plants
Huge white-and-pink pinwheel flowers on a tidy 4-foot bush that wants full sun like lavender but far more water, so give it its own bed.
Companion Plants
Oversized 4.5-inch creamy daisies cover a compact dome almost to the ground, a heat-tolerant front-row partner for purple lavender.
Companion Plants
An early spring lungwort whose buds open salmon pink and turn blue over silver-speckled leaves, for the shady beds away from lavender.
Companion Plants
A Shasta daisy with narrow, fringed petals that splay into airy 4.5-inch snowflakes, adding fresh texture beside purple lavender.
Companion Plants
An award-winning gold hosta with dark green margins and fragrant late-summer flowers that takes more sun than most, but not lavender's bed.
Companion Plants
A non-vining, bushy clematis hung with nodding blue bells in late spring and early summer, a soft companion near the lavender bed.
Companion Plants
A bushy, non-vining clematis whose dark purple buds open into lavender-purple bells, a near-perfect color match for lavender plants.
Companion Plants
Nodding rose pink bells on a bushy, non-vining clematis that pair with lavender's purple spikes in a classic early-summer cottage look.
Companion Plants
A reblooming daylily with distinctive triangular pale yellow flowers and wine purple eyes that echo lavender on tall 34-inch scapes.
Companion Plants
A hardy hibiscus with near-black, maple-like leaves and huge speckled pink flowers that needs a moist bed of its own away from lavender.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
The classic compact gold daylily, blooming from early summer into fall as a cheerful, low edging in front of a sunny lavender bed.
Companion Plants
A compact lemon yellow daylily that reblooms from midsummer on, making a bright, low border in front of lavender in full sun.
Companion Plants
Huge silver heart-shaped leaves and spring sprays of sky blue flowers for the shady, moist corners of a garden plan built around lavender.
Companion Plants
A tender herb with naturally sweet leaves for tea and drinks that grows happily in a sunny pot or herb bed beside your lavender.
Companion Plants
Near-black stems, silver-veined dark leaves and pale periwinkle stars make this wide native blue star a striking backdrop for lavender.
Companion Plants
Large mauve daylily flowers with a deep eggplant eye and picotee edge that echo lavender's purple in the same sunny, well-drained bed.
Companion Plants
An award-winning pink daylily with a raspberry red eye and ruffled edges that pairs softly with lavender in full sun and good drainage.
Companion Plants
A compact Arkansas-type blue star with threadlike green foliage that softens lavender in summer and turns golden orange in fall.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
A broad, hot pink bee balm that fills its space without running wild, bringing midsummer color and bees to the bed beside your lavender.
Companion Plants
Compact cherry-red bee balm that draws hummingbirds through midsummer and adds a bold red note to the bed beside your lavender.
Companion Plants
A tight, compact magenta bee balm that stays put in containers and borders, carrying purple-toned summer color beside your lavender.
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