Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
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
- Water Requirements
- Low