Purple lavender flower blooms on green stems - Elena Popova/Getty Images Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is a wonderful, aromatic herb that can bring life to your garden and value to your kitchen.

Most people think of pruning as a late winter or early spring chore, but cutting back some of your perennials in fall can have major benefits for the plant—and your garden. And as it turns out, you ...

The flowers are fading, leaves are falling, and the lawn has lost its summer beauty as we inch into autumn. Drought and intense heat have left many plants struggling, and what was once a beautiful ...

The lavender has already been pruned in preparation for winter and next summer’s harvest. Shaping them into a turtle-like mound helps keep them producing quality floral stems with a uniform stem ...