4 feet though. Sounds like yours is very happy where it is living.

I've been tempted by lavender, but fear it won't overwinter here (zone 6b/7a). My attempts to grow it from seed = total fail.

But we have seen a lot of changes. The hen and chicks are blooming!!!!

It has made it through at least 4 winters. It will be fine for you.

Do you think I could grow lavendar?

I looked it up:

"While you can grow lavender in USDA Zone 5, it is unlikely you will ever have a lavender hedge. More realistically you can expect to have plants that will do well when the weather cooperates and to experience the occasional loss of a plant or two after a severe winter or a wet, humid summer."

I have a sheltered area next to my front porch (southern exposure). I think I will give this a try. Thanks for the idea!

My wife has cut a shitload of it and the bumbles still harvest off of the clippings in the bowl. One of them was so coated in pollen that it could barely fly. They do the same thing with the rose of sharon. It seems that bumbles like purple flowers.