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Originally Posted by purplemoon2008

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Laura, I have soil that's pretty acidic and my echinacea does well. What type of soil was in your herb garden? It might not have liked it. Just a thought. Oh, I also agree about trying it in another location.

I have had the worst luck with my lavender in this house (I could grow it no problem at any of the other homes I lived at before). Here...I have no clue. I'm getting tired of watching it die:(

The herb garden was a flower garden when we moved here. I ripped everything out to discover the previous owners had put down black plastic as well as a bunch of sand and then dirt mixed in. After we pulled out the plastic, we mixed in compost. Everything else is thriving in it... the lavender, oregano, sage, rosemary, various mints, bee balm, yarrow, thyme and others.

Just the echinacea is what has died out.

So I thought it was because of the dirt issue. It was in the first year after we redid that flower bed.

I am going to try in another location though to see how it does.