Lots and lots and lots of lovely Lavender

Published on 17 April 2019

Adored by bees, garden designers, clients, landscapers and just about everyone really the good old Lavandula has everything you want in a plant.

One of the finest plants you can plant - scented foliage, oodles of flowers and attractive to bees and wildlife. Lavandula derives from the Latin lavare – to wash.

Versatile and useful for hedging, planting in mixed borders, containers Lavandula are densely covered in flower spikes in the summer.

The evergreen narrow grey - green foliage is topped by spires of purple - blue flowers with the odd pink or white exception to the rule! Flowering for most of the summer filling the air with scent and attracted wildlife.

Whether planted as a flowering hedge along a sunny path, in groups of 3 or 5 or as a stand alone plant in the ground or in containers Lavandula remain one of the most popular plants around.

Happy in a sunny site in a well drained soil that does not get waterlogged over winter.

Lavandula angustifolia. Old English Lavender. Good for hedging. Height 80cm. Spread 80cm
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’. English Lavender. Height 40cm. Spread 45cm
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Dwarf Blue’. Dwarf English Lavender. Dwarf compact habit. Height 30cm. Spread 30cm
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’. Dwarf English Lavender. Height 40cm. Spread 60cm
Lavandula stoechas. French Lavender. Dark purple tuft-like flowers on the end of the stems. Height 80cm
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Eidelweiss’. Dutch Lavender. White flowers with green foliage. Height 50cm. Spread 45cm
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Eidelweiss’. Dutch Lavender. White flowers with green foliage. Height 50cm. Spread 45cm