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Vanilla Cream II False Indigo: Creamy Spikes on Charcoal Stems
A compact, drought-tolerant false indigo with creamy spikes on dark stems that thrives in the same lean, sunny soil as lavender.
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Variegatum Solomon's Seal: Arching Cream-Edged Wands for Shade
Graceful arching stems with cream-edged leaves and dangling white bells, a woodland classic for the shady side of a lavender garden.
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Very Van Gogh Spike Speedwell: Rosy Purple Brushes for Midsummer
A bushy speedwell crowned with rosy purple paintbrush spikes that echoes lavender's shape and keeps spiky color going into late summer.
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Victoria Rhubarb: The Classic Pie Plant for a Lavender Kitchen Garden
A heavy-yielding, long-lived rhubarb with huge leaves and tart, red-blushed stalks, best grown in the kitchen garden near your lavender.
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Victoriae Lady Fern: A Lattice of Crested Fronds for Moist Shade
An unusual lady fern with crisscrossed leaflets and tasseled tips that adds fine texture to the shady beds lavender leaves to others.
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Violet Pinwheels Creeping Phlox: A Spring Carpet at Lavender's Feet
A low, tidy creeping phlox with twisted violet pinwheel flowers that edges lavender beds in spring, weeks before the lavender blooms.
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Violet Profusion Salvia: A Compact Two-Tone Edger for Lavender
A compact, reblooming salvia with violet-blue flowers in rosy purple cups that edges lavender and fills the gaps around its bloom.
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Violet Riot Salvia: Dense Violet Spires That Mirror Lavender
A full, neat salvia packed with vivid violet-blue spires in deep purple cups, a sun-loving partner that grows just like lavender.
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Violets Are Blue Delphinium: Midsize Spires Behind the Lavender
A sturdy midsize delphinium in blended violet, purple and blue that rises behind lavender in a richer border close by.
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Vision in Red Astilbe: Compact Red Plumes for Damp Shade
A compact Chinese astilbe with pinkish red plumes and bronze leaves for moist shade beds on the cooler side of your lavender garden.
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Visions Astilbe: Raspberry Pink Pyramids for a Shady Border
A dwarf Chinese astilbe with dense raspberry pink plumes in July, made for moist shade beds while lavender holds the sunny ground.
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Voices in the Wind Hosta: Ruffled Cream Edges on Wide Blue Leaves
A broad hosta with blue-green leaves and very ruffled cream edges that suits a shady walk across the yard from your lavender.
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Vulcan Hosta: A Bright White Center That Holds Up All Summer
A vigorous hosta with glowing white centers and dark green edges that resists summer browning, perfect for brightening deep shade.
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Walker's Low Catmint: Lavender's Most Reliable Garden Partner
The classic catmint, with billowing blue-violet flowers over gray-green leaves, wants the same sun and lean soil as lavender.
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Watermelon Ruffles Hardy Hibiscus: Frilly Magenta for Moist Sun
A rounded hardy hibiscus with 7-inch ruffled magenta pink flowers, best in a watered border or rain garden within view of lavender.
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Watermelon Sugar Coneflower: Double Pink Pompoms Beside Lavender
A fully double coneflower with big magenta-to-pink pompoms that shares lavender's sunny, well-drained bed and cuts beautifully.
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Waterslide Hosta: Rippling Blue Leaves Like Splashing Water
A medium blue hosta with thick, heavily rippled leaves that brings a splash of cool color to the shady beds away from your lavender.
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Web Designer Spiderwort: Big Blue Triangles That Last into Fall
A lush spiderwort with some of the largest clear blue flowers in its group, ideal for a moist border or rain garden near lavender.
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Webmaster Spiderwort: Airbrushed Purple Flowers for Damp Spots
A compact spiderwort with large purple-to-lilac flowers over blue-green leaves, at home in the moist border beside your lavender beds.
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Wedding Crasher Lenten Rose: Speckled Pink Doubles in Early Spring
A double pink hellebore freckled with raspberry spots that blooms in early spring in shade, months before your lavender wakes up.
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Wheee! Hosta: Extreme Cream Ruffles from Leaf Tip to Crown
A playful hosta with wildly ruffled cream edges and purple scapes, a fun shade accent for beds well away from your sunny lavender.
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Whipped Cream Dianthus: Clove-Scented White Edging for Lavender
A low, fragrant dianthus with double white flowers and blue-green foliage that edges a sunny lavender bed with crisp, clean color.
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White Carolina Pineberry: The Pale Strawberry That Tastes Tropical
A white-fruited strawberry hybrid with red seeds and a pineapple-like sweetness, a garden conversation piece near your lavender.
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White Diamonds Fernleaf Bleeding Heart: A Sun-Tolerant White Heart
A sun-tolerant alpine bleeding heart with white hearts from late spring into fall over lacy blue-green leaves, at home near lavender.
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