Lavender ( Lavandula ) is a flower herb that belongs to the mint family and blooms from mid to late summer . It favour a " Mediterranean " habitat with well drained , middling sandy grease conditions .
Lavender is mostly grown for its fragrant essential oils . Inorder to fly high and reach heights of 18 to 36 column inch tall , lavender is a perennial that requires way to breathe and is best situated with comrade plants that do n’t compete for food and prefer the same cheery conditions that patronise lavender growth .
Cone Flower (Echinaceas)
Echinacea , more commonly known as cone cell flowers , resemble daisies and come in a variety of colours include pink , yellow , bright orange and white . Echinaceas can gain heights of up to 40 in and , like lavender , opt sunny , blistering conditions . These perennials lead off bloom mid to former summer and extend bloom well into the fall . Their height and color direct contrast makes a vivid backdrop that skim just past the elevation of lavender ’s purple blooms .
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Rosemary is a culinary repeated herbaceous plant that opt dry , gay conditions . Rosemary blooms with small pinkish or snowy peak in previous saltation , just before lavender begin to bloom . It ’s not unusual for rosemary to reach heights up 5 feet , so providing young plants with plenty of space from the starting signal will allow them to flourish as a shaggy backdrop against shorter lavender bush .
Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans)
Pineapple sage ’s fragrant leaves and bushy tall branches tipped with crimson ruby tubular blossoms make it a standout against the majestic blooms of lavender . Ananas comosus salvia grows well in hot , sunny conditions , however it typically demand more piddle than lavender . Planting pineapple sage behind lavender creates a thick rampart of leafy stalks that can reach heights of 30 to 40 inches . Blooms erupt out in September and carry on through mid October .
Celosia (Celosia plumosa)
Celosia is an yearbook that blooms through the summer and into fall with balmy , hazy plume in brilliant colour , including red , purple , hot pink , amber and icteric . Celosia boom in full sun and well - drain soils . Varieties can reach 24 inches , making them a meridian option for " bookend " plants at the sides of lilac bush . Celosia is low criminal maintenance and its continual blooms through fall bring interest when lavender bloom begin to subside .
Rose Bushes
According to Janet Davis at Beautiful Botany , roses and lavender make excellent tried and honest fellow traveller . Lavender looks particularly striking against cryptic red roses and the two grow well together despite the roses ' requirement of more regular tearing intervals . Lavender , when planted in front of rose bushes , create a thick , shrubby wall of purple blooms at the foundation of the often " leggy " looking rose bush . rose wine of the same color will be of more obvious contrast to the solidness of lavender ’s silver foliage . prefer for roses of red , white-hot , white-livered or recondite pink .
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