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15. Lavender is one of my absolute favorites!

Reply to debm55 (Reply #12)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:43 AM

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The anise hyssop is tied with lavender. It’s one of the first to come up, it flowers from July until hard frost or freeze, it gets tall and doesn’t flop, stays green in dry spells (takes a lot to make it wilt, although it will eventually if it’s super dry), isn’t a bully to other plants, bees love it and reseeds nicely. I have a lot of it around the pool- smells nice and no thorns or harsh stems.
But I’m with you on cutting back; it’s getting to be a lot for me in these later years.

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