Provencal lavender gives a garden a French glom.
The French territory garden, with a profusion of colourful blooms, delicious aromas and practical herbs and vegetables, was ahead recorded in the 1600s. This style of garden can be recreated with the genuine assortment of plants. Add a softly bubbling fountain, a winding stone or gravel means, and a painted fair bench to outright the peep.
Fragrant Lavender
Lavender says "French garden" aggrandized than any other perennial. Lavandula augustifolia is a semi-evergreen shrub that grows to 3 feet lofty in U.S. Branch of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 to 9. Native to the Mediterranean, this plant thrives in dry, rocky earth. Its bantam, aromatic lavender flowers bloom on woody branches with bantam gray-green leaves.
Potager
Any good French garden features a "potager," or kitchen garden, with an array of fruit trees, vegetables and herbs for seasoning food. Include tomatoes, cabbages, leeks and rosemary as much for ornament as for utility. For a more formal look, surround a plot with a low box hedge, such as the garden at Villandry, a 16th century French Renaissance chateau by the river Cher.It is hardy in zones 3 complete 8. The beautiful bearded Ftcur-delis, with its three top petals over three backside petals, blooms in May and Jun in zones 3 terminated 9. Allow for a variety of roses, as Napolean's wife, Josephine, did at her Chateau de Malmaison garden, according to ''The Book of Outdoor Gardening.''
Provence is one of the most aromatic varieties.
