LAVANDULA
Commonly known as Lavender
Timeless favourites which bring to mind the perfect cottage garden, butterfles and bees, and summery clumps of purple lavender.
"English lavender" is generally used to describe L. angustifolia, the hardiest species. The name is shared with the hybrid L. angustifolia x L. latifolia (spike lavender).
L. stoechas (French lavender), pedunculata cultivars and other hybrids are less hardy and can suffer in hard winters.
Genus of about 23 species of aromatic, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs from dry, sunny, exposed rocky habitats from the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean (English lavender) and northeastern Africa to southwestern Asia and India.
Leaves and flower heads, when harvested before fully open, are dried and used in pot-pourri.
Many species have a very high nectar content making them particularly attractive to bees.
All are suitable for containers where the environment can be controlled to suit less hardy varieties.
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Evergreen - aromatic shrubs
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Full sun
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Additional Features - Good to know - - wildlife plant - insects. Many have high nectar content. Cut before flowers open if drying. Cut back old flower heads in April or May, or after flowering. Do not cut into old wood
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Pests & Diseases - frog hoppers, grey mould, honey fungus.
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Place of origin - Canary Islands, Mediterranean, northeastern Africa to southern Asia.
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Resistant to honey fungus - These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
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Flower Shape - Spikes -
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Garden Location/Conditions - Coastal / windswept -
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Scented Plants - Scented flowers -
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Scented foliage
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Soil Conditions - Medium to light, fertile, well drained soil -
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Wildlife - Bee friendly -
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Butterfly friendly
- Lavender Care
- Harvesting for drying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning French Lavender - Video Tip ondemand_video
- General dead-heading of Lavender - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Propagation by cuttings - Video Tip ondemand_video






AGAPANTHUS

AGASTACHE 'Blackadder'

AGASTACHE mexicana 'Red Fortune'

ERIGERON

PENNISETUM alopecuroides

PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'

PHOTINIA

PRUNUS lusitanica
PRUNUS lusitanica 'Variegata'

STIPA tenuissima

VERBENA

VERONICA
Buy Varieties of LAVANDULA

LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Arctic Snow' >
Commonly known as: Common lavender.
LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Loddon Pink' >
Commonly known as: Common lavender.

LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Melissa Lilac' >
Commonly known as: Common lavender.

LAVANDULA x chaytoriae 'Silver Sands' >
Commonly known as: lavender.

LAVANDULA x intermedia 'Edelweiss' >
Commonly known as: Dutch lavender.

LAVANDULA x intermedia 'Grosso' >
Commonly known as: Dutch lavender.
LAVANDULA x intermedia 'Provence' >
Commonly known as: Dutch lavender.

LAVANDULA x intermedia 'Vera' >
Commonly known as: Dutch lavender.

LAVANDULA stoechas 'Fathead' >
Commonly known as: Butterfly lavender, French lavender.


LAVANDULA stoechas 'Pretty Polly' >
Commonly known as: Butterfly lavender, French lavender.

LAVANDULA stoechas 'Regal Splendour' >
Commonly known as: Butterfly lavender, French lavender.

LAVANDULA stoechas 'Snowman' >
Commonly known as: Butterfly lavender, French lavender.

LAVANDULA stoechas 'Tiara' >
Commonly known as: Butterfly lavender, French lavender.
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