The most likely thing to know before planting lavender in Provence is this: lavender doesn’t fail here because of the climate, it fails because it is treated like a garden plant instead of a Mediterranean shrub. Provence offers almost everything lavender needs: sun, wind, mineral soils and long dry summers. And yet, it is one of the plants we see struggle most often in private gardens. Not because it is fragile, but because it is misunderstood. Planting lavender in a Provença