I read an article the other day which claimed that lavender is immune to disease, a quality that is linked to its healing properties. I’m the first to hop in a bath infused with lavender when I need a break and I am certain that the relaxation it gives me is good for my mental health if nothing else. I also know that many people benefit from using it in other ways, but I feel moved to set the record straight. In the everyday running of our nursery, we are always on the lookout for signs of disease on our plants. They are packed in pretty tight and one rotten apple, so to speak, could easily cause us to lose a lot of stock.

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I have never read in a gardening book anywhere that a lavender hedge is a beautiful thing in winter.  Well, our was yesterday morning.  Like most of you, we had a cracker of a frost the night before last.  Combined with quite dense fog, it left a coating of white on everything – a huge beech at the bottom of the garden was glittering from head to foot.

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