Lavender Phenomenal Archives - Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles https://www.petscribbles.com/tag/lavender-phenomenal/ Gardening is my sanity Mon, 15 May 2023 15:47:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.petscribbles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Lavender Phenomenal Archives - Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles https://www.petscribbles.com/tag/lavender-phenomenal/ 32 32 When, Why and How to Prune Lavender https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-prune-lavender/ https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-prune-lavender/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:13:23 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=20892 lavender phenomenal plants with hands holding dried flowers

When, why and how to prune Lavender, plus you’ll see what unpruned overgrown Lavender looks like so you don’t make this mistake. This article covers when, why and how to prune lavender. I’ll discuss what time of year is best for Lavender pruning as well as why pruning Lavender is important. Next, I’ll explain exactly...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-prune-lavender/feed/ 0 Lavender Phenomenal: best lavender for heat and humidity! https://www.petscribbles.com/lavender-phenomenal-the-best-lavender-for-heat-and-humidity/ https://www.petscribbles.com/lavender-phenomenal-the-best-lavender-for-heat-and-humidity/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:15:00 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=13579 lavender blooming in foreground and background of photo

Lavender Phenomenal is one of the hardiest evergreen lavenders around. It handles heat, humidity and rough Winter weather with ease! Learn why you will love this lavender! A few years ago, I wrote an article here about how to harvest lavender the easy way. A reader asked what type of lavender I had in my...

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Enjoy this snowy Winter garden tour of our front yard garden beds, filled with evergreens, grasses and gorgeous Winter-blooming heath. There’s also plenty of fox and rabbit tracks! We finally had snow here in southern New Jersey! It wasn’t much, but the snow was enough for me to enjoy! I filmed a YouTube video showing...

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Enjoy this garden tour of our front yard foundation garden beds in Fall. These easy-care foundation plantings provide beautiful color year round. Includes video! My final Fall Garden Tour for this season? The foundation garden beds in our grass-free front yard. Below are several images of the garden beds, and at the end of this...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/foundation-garden-beds-in-fall/feed/ 0 Embracing the green garden when no flowers are blooming https://www.petscribbles.com/embracing-the-green-garden-when-no-flowers-are-blooming/ https://www.petscribbles.com/embracing-the-green-garden-when-no-flowers-are-blooming/#respond Fri, 29 May 2020 14:58:43 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=17738 the green garden without flowers

The green garden comes into its own when no flowers are blooming. Spring is finished and Summer just getting started. Here is my soothing green garden in detail. That space between the Spring blooming bulbs, flowering shrubs and trees, and Summer garden flowers blooming profusely, is completely green. Everything is simply green in the garden....

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/embracing-the-green-garden-when-no-flowers-are-blooming/feed/ 0 Why you want Blue Star Juniper in your garden https://www.petscribbles.com/blue-star-juniper/ https://www.petscribbles.com/blue-star-juniper/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:24:38 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=17185 blue star juniper evergreen shrub

Blue Star Juniper is an easy to grow small evergreen shrub with stunning blue-green garden color. Learn more including companion plant ideas in this helpful guide. Don’t knock the small size of Blue Star Junipers. Their striking blue color makes up for their short height. An evergreen that’s blue? Yes please! Table of Contents What...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/blue-star-juniper/feed/ 4 How to Get Brilliant Fall Color in the Garden https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-get-brilliant-fall-color-in-your-garden-part-one/ https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-get-brilliant-fall-color-in-your-garden-part-one/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:00:21 +0000 http://www.petscribbles.com/?p=9176 colorful examples of Fall color in the garden

Learn how to get brilliant Fall color in the garden with my six easy tips! Use the existing garden color you already have, then add texture, color and even evergreens! You will love the colorful examples featured in this article. I love Fall gardening! Not only do you get to enjoy an ever-changing color show,...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-get-brilliant-fall-color-in-your-garden-part-one/feed/ 1 How to Harvest Lavender the Easy Way! https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-harvest-lavender-the-easy-way/ https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-harvest-lavender-the-easy-way/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:28:13 +0000 http://www.petscribbles.com/?p=8564 How to Harvest Lavender the easy way!

I just taught myself how to harvest Lavender the easy way! I didn’t follow any expert instructions, but it still worked. Now I have multiple mason jars full of dried Lavender ready for DIY projects! Here’s how I did it… Last Summer, our Lavender in our front gardens was growing quite nicely and at the end...

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