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What Your Lavender Needs in August – These 5 Easy Tasks Keep Your Plants Lush and Multiply Your BloomsLate-summer lavender care directly determines future flowering potential and can even triple next year’s display. Here’s how to keep your plants lush, woody-free, and fragrant year after year
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This 6 Late-Summer Herbs Actually Taste Better When the Weather Gets HotHeat stress triggers certain herbs to produce rich essential oils, making their flavors pop. Harvest these 6 herbs now while they're at their peak.
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Propagating Basil from Cuttings and Seeds: A Complete GuideWant an endless supply of fresh herbs? Learn how to propagate basil from stem cuttings in water or soil, plus seed-starting tips for year-round harvests.
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Weekend Win: Prune Lavender Now to Help it Survive Winter ChillsGive lavender a quick trim in early August and your plant will grow an insulating layer of dense evergreen foliage that acts as a duvet once temperatures plummet.
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How to Revive Dying Lavender Plants: Causes, Fixes, and CareIs your lavender drooping, yellowing, or turning brown? Learn how to diagnose common problems and revive your plant before it's too late!r
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Garden Designers Say This Fragrant Favorite Is The Next 'It' Plant – So I'm Making It The Star Of My GardenI couldn't stop noticing this fragrant favorite popping up in stylish gardens. Turns out, it has everything we're looking for in a future-proof plant.
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The Very Best Lavender to Grow in Every Zone, Because We All Need This Wonderful Plant in Our LivesPlant the ideal lavender variety for your climate and you'll enjoy intense fragrance, abundant flowers and fabulous foliage for years to come.
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8 Herbs Every Keen Cook Should Grow For Vibrant Flavor – Even if You've Never Gardened BeforeThese herbs are all so easy to raise in a pot, and just wait till you taste how intensely flavorful homegrown harvests are.
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What to Do with Your Lavender in July Heatwaves to Extend the Blooming Season for As Long as PossibleFew summer flowering plants work harder than lavender – but if you want longer-lasting purple sweeps, these simple midsummer tricks will stretch your blooming season
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Plant These 8 Herbs Around Your Bird Bath to Encourage More Birds and Deter PestsWorried your backyard bird bath isn't attracting enough visitors? Meet the hard-working herbs you need to plant near your birdy bathing spot
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Struggling to Grow Lavender? This Unexpected Childhood Staple Can Unlock Bushier, Highly Fragrant BloomsIf your lavender is looking more lackluster than lush, the secret to unlocking its full, fragrant potential might be hiding in a box of school supplies. Here’s why a little bit of chalk could be just the thing to help it reach its bushy, fragrant best
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What to Do With Your Lavender in June – 5 Easy Tasks Done Now Will Give You Fabulous Fragrance and Better BloomsLavender plants are blooming in June and filling gardens with wonderful scent. Keep plants happy and blooming with a few easy tasks.
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Don’t Let Downy Mildew Kill Your Basil – Watch for These Early Signs, Plus How to Save Your PlantsDowny mildew on basil can quickly kill the whole plant. Consistent monitoring and quick action will help keep your plant healthy.
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Turn Lavender Trimmings into Free Plant Food – This 48-Hour Garden Tonic Boosts Growth and Deters Pests NaturallyBefore you toss your lavender trimmings in the compost, why not harness their natural flower power? Here's how to make a disease-defying tonic for your summer ornamentals
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Grow Lusher Lavender With This One Simple Switch – Try it in June for More Flowers and Drifts of Fabulous FragranceGive your lavender plant the growing conditions it craves and it will reward you with healthier growth, more abundant blooms and stronger scent.
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Stop Weeding Paving Cracks! Make a Herbal Path with 5 Set-and-Forget Herbs and Swap Weeds for a Scented RugPaths don't grow much but weeds if left to their own devices, so why not grow a herbal path with these fragrant plants? The bonus is they actively reduce weeding!
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Holes in Basil Leaves: How to Identify and Stop Common Garden PestsDon't let pests ruin your pesto! These are the most common culprits behind holes in basil leaves.
