Tender Lavenders

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Lavandula stoechas

These lavenders will need overwintering in a cool greenhouse and kept on the dry side, having a splash of water once a month during winter. They can survive short periods of slight frost to -5 degrees C, but it is wet rather than frost which will kill these plants. Therefore these plants are best grown as ornamentals in pots to allow being moved to a dry location in October.
Also known as Spanish Lavender, they have a more rounded flowerhead than Lavandula angustifolia, and topped with floral bracts known as butterfly wings or bunny ears. They flower earlier than the angustifolias starting from April and will flower throughout the summer if deadheaded.
They will need a trim to keep in shape during the growing season sacrificing a few flowers during summer. Cut back in autumn following the small shoots rule, without cutting back into old wood.
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Lavandula stoechas “Bandera Deep Rose”

A seed-grown cultivar. Compact and fast-growing, this lavender produces a large number of deep rose flowers topped with lighter pink bracts which cover the plant over a long period of time. Grows to 20 cm x 30 cm. Silver green foliage. Its habit is resistant to falling open, and stays in compact mounds, the flowers sometimes obscuring the leaves in full flower.

Lavandula stoechas “Castilliano Rose”

A compact upright evergreen shrub. Aromatic grey green leaves. Produces heads of fragrant purple flowers on straight stems, topped with long  slightly darker bracts like bunny ears. Robust growth and strong branches. Height and spread 40 cm x 40 cm. Perfect for either side of doorways where fragrance is released with brushing past.

Lavandula stoechas “Night of Passion”

Compact and bushy with grey green leaves.
Height and spread 40 cm x 40 cm. Short stalks with dense spikes of dark purple flowers, topped with lighter purple bunny eared bracts. Highly scented. Prefers an acidic soil.

Lavandula stoechas “Snowman”

A dwarf lavender, height and spread 40 cm x 30 cm. Grey-green foliage. Small pure white flowers and winged bracts, produced on short spikes above a neat low bush.

Lavandula stoechas “Willow Vale”

An erect bush with grey-green leaves. Height and spread 60 cm x 50 cm. Sports dark purple flowers with lighter reddish purple floral bracts. Pungent aroma.

Lavandula stoechas “Fathead”

A robust open bush with greenish-grey leaves. Height and spread 50 cm x 60 cm. Flowers 2 cm long in an electric mauve colour, and bunny ears of a dark reddish-purple, fading to pink with age. Free flowering from May throughout the summer if deadheaded. Pungent aroma.

Lavandula Viridis

Upright, bushy shrub, with very lovely light green leaves. Height and spread 60 cm x 60 cm Dense spikes of small white flowers with orange pollen, on oblong flower heads. Stalks, leaves and flower heads highly aromatic, and covered with tiny hairs. Slightly sticky. Flowers suitable for drying.

Lavandula Dentata “Candicans”

Vigorous bushy, spreading shrub.
Height and Spread 75 cm x 75 cm Silver grey toothed leaves (the meaning of dentata). Pale purple flowers on an oblong flower head, with short pale purple butterfly bracts on top. Light scent, good for drying. Long flowering period, spring to early autumn. Needs little water.

Lavandula dentata “Dusky Maiden”

Bushy and compact. Height and spread 50 cm x 60 cm. Grey green indented leaves. Violet blue flowers with purple floral bracts. Free flowering almost all year. Mildly pungent aroma.

 

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Hasikensis

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Tender Lavender Care Tips

  • These plants will suffer from frost scorch and will succumb to frost. Give protection before the first frosts, such as a cool glasshouse with light airy frost-free conditions.

 

  • Do not allow these plants to become pot bound as they will run out of nutrients.

 

  • They may be planted in open ground in summer, but pot up and protect again for winter.