Lasting Lavender

This has been the year of the lavender. Various plants started blooming back in June (see this photo with links from our lavender farm visits last year also) and most kept some blooms going all summer. This photo, above, is from Oct. 13. I did trim flowers from the plants a lot this year. I think it was the cooler summer weather, though. Whatever it was, I hope it happens again.

I am happy to report that the Munstead lavender plants I started from seed last year bloomed a lot this year. Someone gave me the seeds. Otherwise I wouldn't have thought to try lavender from seed.

A Lavender Surprise

After picking dinner tonight I went out for just one more thing to throw in. That's when I noticed that every lavender plant in the garden was blooming and, of course, just had to pick a few stalks.

I wasn't hoping for much in the way of blooms this year as I had moved most of the plants around in May. A few of the plants came from our visit to the lavender farms last July. See POST 1 and POST 2 to see more about these excursions. Several of the plants came from Munstead seeds I started last year. They sprouted and grew very nicely, but someone told me that seed started lavender might not bloom (vs. root or cutting starts). Of course, they are blooming. Some wonder lavender also came from a friend last year.

I'm happy to have lavender anywhere in the garden. Next year (or two) I do hope to have a lavender bed all along the west side of the garden.

So now where is that "scratch & sniff" feature on blogger?