Spanish Lavender in Texas |
This is an essential “tuck in” plant in the Texas garden. Why? Heat hardy, perennial, easy to grow, spreads, charming. |
Judge for yourself. Here is a stand of thriving Spanish Lavender in its second year (photographed before the canna lilies). Here is an excellent website on the lavenders – but The Spanish Lavender is what you will need for Texas!. |
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The bee’s population has “plummeted by 87 percent” after a dramatic decline starting in the late 1990s, the FWS said in a statement announcing that the bee would now be protected under the Endangered Species Act. NBC News |
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/bumble-bee-species-declared-endangered-u-s-first-time-n706321 |