Lavandula angustifolia
Common Lavender
Other Common Names: English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia - Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Purple (Fragrant lavender-purple flower spikes beginning in June and continuing through the fall)
 Foliage Notes:
Silver (Aromatic, silvery evergreen foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Nutlet; not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
1-2 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
2-3 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil
 Range:
Southern Europe, North Africa
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Opposite, entire, evergreen leaves only 1-1.75" long and less than 0.2" wide. White tomentose below. Dense, fine, upright ascending branches tipped by flower spikes. Square stems. Flowers and foliage aromatic.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 395
  • Foliage Characteristics 73
  • Border 367
  • Hedge 234
  • Mass Plantings 268
  • Rock Garden 50
  • Drought Tolerant 275
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Notable Texture 277
  • Slow Growth Rate 266

    • Additional Information

    Beautiful, fragrant purple flowers and foliage. Great plant for fine texture in the front landscape borders. Pruning to the ground every 3 to 4 years keeps the foliage full to the ground and produces uniform, fresh new growth.

    When Lavandula angustifolia has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

    Flowering

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    Fruiting

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    4 Lavandula angustifolia found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12013_01072*CHAMP
    22012_01311*BNLSN
    32013_01072*BHAMP
    42012_01311*ANLSN

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