New Lavender & Geranium Plants

These plants were actually purchase a couple weeks ago, because we've been having some issues with flies bothering the dog, and I read somewhere that Lavender is a natural fly repellent, so I stopped by Lowes and picked up a few lavender plants. Some were in the annuals section of the store and some the perennials section (which means they cost more), but I think they are all perennials here in Zone 9.




Mounding Purple Lavender - Lavandula stoechas 'madrid purple'
Munstead Lavender - Lavandula Angu
Three (3) Provence Lavander - Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence' (these were in the annuals section)


I also couldn't resist getting this Ivy Geranium - Geranio hiedra peargonium x peltatum. It's labeled as a trailing annual, and says it should only have morning sun.



Unfortunately, the dog knocked over the geranium, and broke a large branch off of it, so I cut it up and stuck them in water, geraniums are usually super easy to propagate this way, so hopefully they'll start rooting soon and then I'll have four pants for my one purchase.



FYI - the lavender did seem to help with the flies for the first week or so, but lately the flys have been hanging out on the lavender plant, so I think they theory has been shot down.