Beginner Gardening: Flowers for Terrance Wall, 1 by HoosierGreen

HoosierGreen wrote:
I have great luck planting lavender although we have heavy, clay soil IF 1.) I build up a little raised mound, 2.) mix coarse sand with the soil I'm planting the lavender in, and 3.) at the bottom of the (shallow) hole (more of a depression) I've made, I sprinkle some coarse gravel, preferably limestone gravel. I set the lavender plant on the gravel and back fill / mound up with the sand/soil mix. It helps to mulch the plant with gravel (even if the rest of the landscaping is not rock mulched) to keep the crown dry, especially over the winter. Water well, but after that, just enough to keep the lavender from wilting until it's established when it will prefer being on the dry side.