Property News · August 18, 2023

Lavender is a fragrant, low-effort addition to your garden – if you plant it correctly


With the evocative scent of an English summer, it will thrive in a dry sunny spot with minimal watering, and is bound to attract beesIt’s funny how our pasts catch up with us. I grew up in a house that looked out on to the main thoroughfare of the village. From the kitchen you could see people doing the school run or popping to see a friend. Between the window and the pavement was a small flower bed, the size of the kitchen table, which my mum filled with lavender. In high summer it hummed with bees and was ruffled by the hands of passersby trying to catch a whiff.This might have been what was going on when, last April, I bought a tray of lavender plants from east London’s Columbia Road market after lunch at a friend’s and plonked them, slightly heady with red wine, into the gravel of our front yard. A year and a season later and they have filled out tremendously: big long spires, pale purple drumsticks, a delirious number of bees. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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