A couple of years ago, we planted 6 lavenders into a planter box I had built out of scraps of an old tin metal roof.
We have lavender planted in other areas around the place, but they aren’t thriving like this variety. Not quite sure of the variety but it is perfect for drying and floral arrangements with their long stems. Not quite as fragrant as some of the other, more stubbier varieties but the bees sure don’t mind.
As a storyteller, I tend to exaggerate a bit. I also do that as a fisherman. However, there must be a hundred honeybees on these 6 plants!!! I used 3 exclamation marks to support the truthfulness of my exaggeration!!!!!!
Now, of course this dusty little community we live in now claims to be the Queen Bee Capital of North America!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, that must be why you have so many bees… they’re hustling for the queen!
I’m impressed by the size of those lavender plants, Gary. Your climate is ideal for them.
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I love lavender, and yours are so abundant. I can see the bees live red them too, how awesome is that! I tried to grow a few lavender plants but within days they all died.
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Supposedly lavender are supposed to be quite tolerant of imperfect conditions but that hasn’t been my experience. I really haven’t figured out why some thrive and others barely survive or worse. Plus, there are so
many different types of lavender falling into the English, French, Spanish categories for starters. I think I will try to propagate this bunch and see how it goes. I filled that planter with really good soil that drained really well. I think that did the trick, although the strawberries I planted in that same soil did not do very well. It’s a crap shoot sometimes!
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