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English Lavender
Lady's Mantle
English Lavender

Common name:English Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula angustifolia

This evergreen shrub reaches 1-2' tall and wide. It has a mounding habit that is densely covered with foliage and thin flowering stalks above foliage. Leaves are narrow, gray-green and aromatic. During summer, vertical unbranched stalks carry short spikes of fragrant purple flowers, attracting bees. This shrub does best in full sun with well-draining, neutral to alkaline soil. Very attractive plant. Manu cultivars available.

Lady's Mantle

Common name:Lady's Mantle
Botanical name:Alchemilla sp.

This perennial possesses clusters of tiny, greenish-yellow flowers, which bear conspicuous outer calyces in the summer. They may also be propagated by seed or division in the spring or autumn seasons.

Designer: Vanessa Nagel

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Photographer: Vanessa Nagel

Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Integrated Pest Management:

Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.