Preserving time when the days flit away.  Remembering things as they fade.  Both are something that I feel when thinking of lavender.  Most people do not realize that a Lavender bush has flowers for maybe 2-4 weeks maximum out of the year.  The rest of the time, it is a ball of green or gray…depending on the season.

I have had several people come back to me. Others have contacted me brand new …. but weeks after the lavender has been finished. They want lavender. I have found myself saying more than several times that “Lavender waits for no one!” Not even me.

The season of Lavender is the middle of June through about the third week of July. I am lucky that a few of my varieties do a small rebloom some years towards fall. But I can’t count on it. It is a bonus when the weather lines up correctly to make it happen.

One way I have found to extend the lavender season is to hang it and dry it.   I also grow various cut flowers and dry some of those as well.  This year I managed to make some lavender wreaths.  I always intended to make them but never got around to it.  This year not only did I make them, I also realized how much I enjoyed making wreaths.  

Willow wreaths, both pussy willow and curly willow, are in the plans for next March coming.  I also make some of my own grapevine wreaths.  Here are a few of the wreaths that I have been making over the last month.  Some were made fresh and dried in place.  Some I made using flowers I had already dried.

Drop a comment below and tell me which shape you like best. Circle, oval or a tear drop shape? Full lavender, partial cover, and extra pops of color from different flowers? What do you like? What doesn’t work?