Lavender Provence

In the early spring there's nothing more refreshing to me than to walk through a greenhouse like this and see so much potential growing.

Just look at these gorgeous herbs. This greenhouse can hold between 40,000 and 45,000 of these plants. They are just getting ready to ship them out to your garden.

Now what I love about this plant, which is lavender 'Provence', is that it has an incredible bloom on it. It typically blooms in the summer and 'Provence' for me performs best in really well drained soil. My garden soil is heavy clay so I amend the soil with lots of sand. The idea is to give the soil excellent drainage.

Now if your garden has heavy clay and you don't have raised beds what you might try is growing 'Provence' in a container. I did this several years ago. I put 3 plants in a 24 inch terra cotta pot and they were gorgeous. As the plant grew together, which was up to about 24-inches tall it looked like one giant plant. Very dramatic.

Now if you think lavender grown this way is a feast for the eyes, just wait until you smell the foliage. The foliage is so incredibly aromatic, but the blooms, well, they are just off the charts. Honeybees love them. They love the nectar. Lavender honey is very sought after.

If you don't have room to plant all these lavender plants to create a beautiful field of lavender plants like we've seen in postcards of Provence, France, take a little Provence, France, place it on your patio by just planting three of these lavenders in a container. You'll be glad you did it.

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[febboy09]

He is doing it specifically for lavender. I'm no expert, but some if the healthiest lavender I've seen was in sandy soil near a beach.

[TireHome]

I'm sorry everyone knows that you don't put sand in clay soil! it makes very hard dirt you put Gypsum, Iron sulfate and compost or just lots of compost. If you don't believe me.... ask your local state AG office or any real farmers not sidewalk farmers that looks cool on TV... but know nothing I'm not trying to be rude but you just made a lot of people very sad bye telling them to put sand with clay you should take this down!