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Tamara Kelly

How often should you water lavender in the heat? Experts offer advice for a summer care routine

Brick country house with a front garden filled with lavender and purple flowers and small trees.

Extreme summer heat can wreak havoc with our gardens, making it harder to determine our plants' watering needs. Especially plants such as lavender, which typically prefer a dry environment but not necessarily for prolonged periods.

As a result, when it comes to caring for lavender plants, the watering routine is not a straightforward one-rule-for-all approach of little and often. It all depends on whether the plant is in a pot or growing in the ground and how established it is.

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