Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman holding a starter pot with lavender flowers - Irina Shatilova/Shutterstock Plant lavender (Lavandula spp.) where it will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite lavender’s luxurious reputation, it's one of the most low-maintenance plants you can grow. This Mediterranean native ...

Submitted photo With its soft purple hues stretching across the garden, lavender has long held a place in human culture as a symbol of tranquility, healing and beauty. Nothing is as soothing as the ...

Besides its many uses in cooking, a lavender plant adds fragrance and color wherever it's planted—along a path, beside a patio, or in a pot on your back deck—thanks to a long blooming season. The ...

Dreaming of Provence and romantic, fragrant lavender fields washed in violet-blue? You can find sweet dreams much closer to home. Texas has a surprising number of lavender farms that offer such an ...

Thousands of bees buzz around the lavender bushes at Harmony Lavender Farm in Atascadero. Lavender attracts plenty of pollinators with its fragrant, colorful blooms. Laura Dickinson ...

Unfurling a brilliance of unusual flower spikes, lavender graces our gardens in shades ranging from blue to white to pink to deep purple to red to pale lavender. If your lavender plants show signs of ...

A large lavender plant blooms with bright purple petals - Katerina Maksymenko/Shutterstock If you're an avid home gardener, you've probably spent your fair share of harsh winters wondering how to ...