Rosemary and lavender are the perfect combination to transform a simple balcony into a fragrant and decorative corner. Two resistant plants, beautiful to look at and very easy to grow, even if you do not have a green thumb.
It doesn’t take much to change face to any balcony. Sometimes the right perfume is enough. The rosemary, with its pungent leaves and its determined green, and lavender, which every summer turns on to purple and attracts butterflies as in a French film, make miracles. It is not just a matter of aesthetics: it is that feeling that takes you as soon as you open the window. The one that makes you say: “Here I would be there even hours”.
There are days when a few minutes are enough in the vases to feel better. Maybe while the coffee is still hot and the air already knows of sun. Or while the sky becomes pink and everything around it is silent. In short, a small refuge at home. Without pretensions, but with a soul.
Why choose rosemary and lavender for the balcony
It is not just for the perfume, even if that helps. The fact is that Rosmarino and Lavender know how to stay in place. They don’t ask too much, but they give a lot. A handful of water, a little sun, and they grow happy. The rosemary has that a little rustic air, from a plant that has seen many. It is well everywhere, even in a tin jar hanging on the railing. And then it is useful: a fresh sprig in your hands and immediately you think of a bright oven, a simple dish, at home.
Lavender, on the other hand, is pure poetry. He suddenly explodes and fills the air of something calm. It attracts bees and butterflies, but keeps mosquitoes away. A compromise that smells of natural intelligence. And if the balcony is small, it’s not a problem. With two vases put well, atmosphere change. With three, we even forget about traffic under the house.
How to grow rosemary and lavender in pots
Don’t panic, you don’t need to be experts. Few precautions are enough and a little attention in the right moments. These plants do not like excess care, but must still be accompanied in their seasonal rhythm. A well -made gesture occasionally is worth more than a thousand wrong watering.
Those who observe them closely, understand it soon: they communicate in their own way. The rosemary leaves begin to lose color if they have too much water, lavender lowers the ears if you feel the cold. Small, but clear signs. Just learn to catch them.
Here are the essential points to remember:
- The soil must dry well between one watering and the other: no stagnation.
- Better to choose terracotta vases with cocci on the bottom to help drainage.
- Posational in full sun, they love light and heat.
- Protect them in winter, especially if temperatures go too far.
- Potal with decision after flowering or late summer: you will stimulate new growth.
Ideas for combinations and decorations
Rosemary and lavender are fine together, but not only. They can be mixed with other plants without creating confusion. Salvia Officinalis, with its discreet flowers. The lemon thyme, which has a fresh and clean perfume. The Elichriso, which seems to have come out of a South beach.
And then there are the containers. Who said they need expensive vases? An old wooden box, an enamelled bowl, even a cut bottle can become a house for these plants. Just a little imagination and desire to dirty your hands.
One more touch? A few clear stone between one vase and another, a lantern resting in a corner, or those small lights that in the evening make magic. Nothing complicated, only details that make you smile.
Ah, and when does the season end? Lavender flowers gather and put themselves in the drawers. Or they are given. A small gesture, but fragrant with good intentions.
Rosemary and lavender are not just beautiful to see. They are silent companions, who know how to be next to it without invading. They teach you patience, the slow pace of things done calmly. And every day they remind you that, even in chaos, there is always room for a little natural beauty.
Better to start immediately, before the hot season goes away suddenly.
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