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Lavender Demonstration GardenLike most people, our experience with lavender has largely been with those two old standbys, Munstead and Hidcote. Last year, in anticipation of lavender being the 1999 Herb of the Year, we planted a lavender demonstration garden. The results are in and we think they're both interesting and useful. By way of background, our lavender garden gets a little morning shade, but is in the sun all day after 9 a.m. The soil is well- drained and sandy with a fair number of small rocks. We are in zone 6 and had low temperatures around zero last winter. After Christmas we cut up the tree and covered the plants with the boughs until early March. One last point -- we have been suffering from a considerable drought since the lavenders were planted. For the July 1998-June 1999 year, we should have had a little more than 40 inches of rain. We actually got about 30 inches, a 25 percent deficit. We watered the young plants occasionally in 1998, but did not water them this year. >> Page 1 About Our Test Bed |
