When choosing your plants, keep in mind that lavender is native to the Mediterranean, where the winters are cool and moist and the summers are hot and dry. If you garden in the north, look for cold-tolerant varieties or grow in containers you can bring indoors for the winter.

Where does lavender grow naturally?

Lavender's native habitat is the area around the Mediterranean Sea which has dry, chalky/rocky ground, so it thrives on hot, dry, rocky, or sandy soil. Good drainage is a must - too much rain and it drowns. Some people have great success growing the hybrid Lavandula x-intermedia, var.

Where does lavender grow in the US?