Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Perennials

Description

The sweet fragrant purple flowers are excellent for drying, making oils, or used along pathways to be brushed up against. Lavender is a great plant to use as a flowering hedge, and the bumblebees love it. We offer many different types of hardy lavender including:

Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender) Common lavender, or true lavender with great cold hardiness (zone 5).  Wispy, early to mid summer purple/violet/pink blooms. 2-3ft tall and wide. ex hidcote, or munstead

Lavandula x intermedia (hybrid lavender) Great cold tolerance and heat tolerance. Grows in a shrubby compact mound about 2.5 feet tall and wide. Extremely aromatic.

Lavandula Latifolia (Portuguese lavender) Stronger scent than traditional English lavender but not quite as cold hardy(zone 6). Pale lilac colored flowers with profuse blooming 1-3 feet tall and wide


Botanical Name
Lavandula angustifolia
Height
8-24"
Width
12-24"
Sun Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Soil Type
Alkaline Well Draining
Bloom Time
Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer
Bloom Colors
Purple Lavender Pink Blue
Zones
Zone 4 Zone 4A Zone 4B Zone 5 Zone 5B Zone 6 Zone 7
Water Requirements
Low

Tags

Medium Growing Deer Resistant Drought Tolerant Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds Rabbit Resistant Easy Care Good for Paths Fragrant Flip Your Strip Cut Flowers Container Growing