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Question Hi. I live in south western New Hampshire and would like to plant lavender in front of my home. I have a small doublewide mobile home (just bought last fall) that has a big built up planter area (it is about 10 feet wide by 3 feet deep and goes up about 2 1/2feet from the ground. It is this weird stone wall looking type thing. Anyway, I would like to pull out the ugly ivy stuff and put in lavender. However, at my old home, I could never get lavender to grow. What soil does it need and do you think I could do this there? Is there a particular lavender that doesn't grow much over 2 feethigh? The space is in front of my bay window. I don't like ivy and I love lavender and thought I would like this. If not, do you have any suggestions as to what might be nice there? I have looked at magazines and books but can't wrap my mind around all the different plants. At the old house I had plenty of room for all kinds but here I am limited. Any ideas would be so helpful. thanks.
Answer Lavender is not a hardy plant. There are MANY kinds of lavender though.
on this next one, scroll down to the lavender and find the "evergreen" variety. They are n=more hardy but may not do well over the winter, depending which growing zone you live in.
