Planting aromatic and fragrant perennials adds a sensory experience to complement the visual elements of color and texture. Here are my top ten picks for fragrant and aromatic perennials to add to your plant shopping list. What’s the difference? Aromatic plants, like perennial culinary herbs (rosemary and lavender) and many other plants, produce essential oils that are released when touching the foliage and flowers. Aromatic plants are rabbit and deer resistant because the ar

My love of Lavender has been with me for many years and is only getting stronger as I continue to propagate, plant and enjoy this wonderful herb from the Old World. Lavender is one of our greatest garden plants. It combines soothing color and fragrance with durability, structure and texture into a perfect package. Here in the cold, arid high desert of New Mexico I use it in practically every planting. Lavender, like olives, apples and grapes, has thousands of years of histor