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
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.
Companion Plants
Deep raspberry-purple bee balm over nearly black-green foliage, with extra flower heads that stretch the show near your lavender.
Companion Plants
A tight, glossy mound of ruffled black-purple leaves that makes a dramatic low edging at the shadier, moister end of a lavender bed.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
A tall, free-flowering pink Peruvian lily for a sunny cutting bed near lavender, with long-lasting stems for bouquets from July to frost.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
A tall scarlet Peruvian lily with a golden yellow flare that keeps flowering through hot summers, a bold focal point near lavender.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
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.
Companion Plants
A bold, shrub-sized gold foliage perennial for moist part shade, lighting up the woodland side of a garden that also grows lavender.
Companion Plants
A miniature, brilliant yellow mouse-ears hosta with lavender bells, made for shade troughs and the cool, moist corners away from lavender.
Companion Plants
A fragrant, near-white daylily that glows at dusk and brightens a sunny lavender bed with ruffled 5-inch flowers from early July.
Companion Plants
A tall, sturdy false sunflower with red-eyed gold daisies that shares lavender's love of hot sun and makes a bold backdrop for a lavender row.
Companion Plants
One of the earliest and deepest yellow Siberian irises, opening in late spring in a moist border near lavender just before it blooms.
Companion Plants
A rounded false sunflower with ball-shaped golden flowers and cream-edged leaves that contrasts with lavender's slim spikes in full sun.
Companion Plants
A compact, cream-and-green variegated false sunflower with golden daisies, sized for the front of a lavender bed or a sunny pot.
Companion Plants
An award-winning late white Siberian iris with 5-inch ivory flowers that bloom in a moist border near lavender just as the lavender begins.
Companion Plants
A low, silvery dianthus smothered in soft pink, clove-scented flowers that loves the same sun and lean soil as lavender.
Companion Plants
A tall, stiff-stemmed catmint that shares lavender's sun and lean soil, blooms alongside it and keeps going after the lavender harvest.
Companion Plants
A vivid tangerine coneflower on dark stems that thrives in lavender's sun and lean soil and makes a bold orange-and-purple pairing.
Companion Plants
An upright blue hosta whose ruffled leaves cascade like a small waterfall, best in a shady pot or bed away from the sunny lavender.
Companion Plants
A wide blue-green hosta with a smooth yellow margin that resists scorch, a handsome focal point for the shady side of a lavender garden.
Companion Plants
One of the largest elephant ears, with blue-green leaves up to 5 feet long, grown as a summer tropical in a moist bed or huge pot away from lavender.
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