Herbs: Lavender in bloom! What are you doing with yours?, 0 by Potagere

Potagere wrote:
You are a bit cooler than I am, so you might not want to cut the whole thing, critter. Try just a few plants. maybe. Or, if it's all bloomed out, why not cut it all? I don't cut for the second bloom until the 1st has lost color.

The bees on our lavender are almost all honeybees, but we also get several species of "solitary" bees. I want to make a "home" for those guys this year.

But the butterflies are the best!
This is Iphiclides podalirius [Scarce Swallowtail], my favorite of our visitors.