Landscaping With Lavender

Identify areas in your garden or field where full sunlight strikes the ground all day and the soil drains well. Lavender thrives in sunny, dry areas.

Plant strips of lavender in barren areas where other plants won't grow due to the dry conditions. To illuminate these dry areas, choose a shade of lavender -- purple, blue, white, pink -- that complements the surrounding landscape.

Create colorful borders around pathways and the boundaries of a vegetable garden by planting a line of lavender flowers.

Surround roses and other long-stem flowers with lavender, which grows close to the ground and conceals long stems with color.

Place lavender in pots beneath small trees that provide little shade to the ground. Add potted lavender to paved areas where scent and color are needed.

Change a landscape's texture by planting lavender where your lawn encounters low-growing flower beds.