lavender
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The latest infestation is on Costco-sold desert willows, a small tree or shrub with trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in pink, lavender, and white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
She also totes lavender oil, a portable fan, a rosary and sour candies in a small bag she takes everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
She recreated an imaginary garden for them by bringing in pictures and lavender oil, playing the sound of birdsong and describing a walk through lavender fields.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
She’s wearing a silky-looking lavender top that’s made like a sweatshirt.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Speaking to reporters afterwards, she explained her purple outfit was inspired by her love of lavenders and the calmness they bring.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
She experimented with drought-tolerant trees and shrubs including lavenders and even bulbs like daffodils, but “I began to realize that so much of what I planted wasn’t doing well,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Unburdened by representation, Rothko’s suspended blocks of autonomous color accentuate the strangeness of Church’s palette, especially the array of lavenders, pinks and yellows in his skies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
The right side, the pony, has a cooler palette of blues, whites, pinks and lavenders.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018
The Chrysanthemum Teahouse glows in lavenders and magentas and reds.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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