Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'
Pink Common Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia ′Rosea′ - Winter Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Pink (Fragrant pale pink 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 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
1 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, neutral to alkaline soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 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 355
  • Foliage Characteristics 53
  • Plants That Tolerate 399
  • Uses 549
  • Notable Texture 282
  • Slow Growth Rate 272

    • Additional Information

    'Rosea' is compact and mounded with beautiful, fragrant pale pink 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.

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