Plant Habit: | Shrub |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Plant Height: | 30-36 inches |
Plant Spread: | 24-36 inches |
Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Evergreen Fragrant Other: Silver-gray foliage |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Color: | Lavender Other: Blue violet |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Culinary Herb Cut Flower Dried Flower Suitable as Annual |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
Toxicity: | Other: can cause allergic reactions |
Propagation: Seeds: | Can handle transplanting Other info: Plant lavender seeds beginning in summer and through the fall months. Slow to germinate, lavender seeds require patience. It will take about eight weeks for the seeds to develop enough to transplant to their final location. |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Division Other: Cut tender shoots that are around 2-4 in long with around 3-5 nodes. Avoid woody stems. Cut just below the last node. |
Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bees |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
lovesblooms | On February 9, 2017 | Seeds sown indoors |
aspenhill | On May 4, 2020 | Obtained plant Black Creek Greenhouse - qty 1 |
AtaMaj | On April 13, 2022 | Obtained plant replacement for one of the many lavenders that struggle all through winter 2021/2022 planted in the middle of the lowest row of lavenders along the hidcotes |
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