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Lavenderscores on many grade . With its calm down odor , pungent taste , dainty flowers , and velvety gray - green leafage , it appeals to almost every sense . The fact that lavender is resistant to deer and drought , grows in a wide of the mark zone range , and attract butterflies and pollinator , makes it all the more attractive to plant . But with more than 450 lavender types to choose from , it can be overwhelming to find fault the best lavender case for your purposes .
That ’s why we have create this list of the best lavender eccentric that will make it loose for you to find your favorite .
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English Lavender
The most widely grown lavender species in North America , English lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia ) is also the one most usually used in cooking and baking . Its oil are often used in scent , and its flowers and foliage are popular in sachet and potpourri . It originate well insandy soilthat is n’t too rich in nutrients .
time of year of Bloom : Summer
grow Conditions : Full sun ; average soil with good drainage
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Size:2 - 3 invertebrate foot improbable
Zones:5–8
‘Hidcote’ English Lavender
One of the most popular varieties of English lavender varieties , ' Hidcote ' produces silverish - gray foliage and colored purple - blue flowers that remain fragrant all season long . To keep the heavyset mounded shape of this variety dense , prune it on a regular basis .
Season of Bloom : former springiness / summertime
get condition : Full sun ; well - drained soil
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Size:12 - 20 inches magniloquent
‘Munstead’ English Lavender
This English lavender variety is popular because it persist compact , displays violet - purple peak , and shows off attractive silvery foliage . Like ' Hidcote , ' ' Munstead ' is known for its substantial fragrance . To control its size and to promote unexampled growth , every three class , in the natural spring , prune it back to 8 column inch .
Size:18 - 24 inches tall
‘Betty’s Blue’ English Lavender
Excellent for both cut and dry out flowers , ' Betty ’s Blue ' English lavender produce in rounded hummock and produces turgid spikes of sour purple - dark flowers . This thickset variety grows best as a modest hedge or in a gnarl garden . It is slightly marvellous than other dark - colored English lavender varieties .
Size:1 - 3 feet tall
Zones:5–9
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‘Royal Purple’ English Lavender
Select ' Royal Purple ' for its longsighted other - summertime root word of powerfully scented purple flowers . Of all the dissimilar types of lavender , this sort ’s rosiness contain their people of colour well after dry . One of the large English lavender , you could grow ' Royal Purple ' as a stunning dispirited , informal hedgerow .
time of year of Bloom : other summer
‘Buena Vista’ English Lavender
A popular type of lavender for commercial crude oil production , ' Buena Vista ' is a behind - raise variety that blooms twice a class : once in late bound and again in autumn , with a few flower spikes appearing between . It features dark - downcast flowers and gray - gullible leafage . Its growth is not as compact as some other English lavender varieties .
Size:1.5 - 2 feet marvellous
‘Croxton’s Wild’ English Lavender
A fast - growing English lavender smorgasbord , ' Croxton ’s Wild ' is like to the wild lavender that grows in the Mediterranean . It shows off tripping violet and purple flower and has a lax , candid form . These plant make excellentcut flowers , but they ’re not recommended for drying . Prune the plant in other spring , then as needed , so they keep their shape after flowering .
Size:2.5 - 3 feet marvellous
‘Melissa’ English Lavender
The fragrant flush of ' Melissa ' English lavender emerge as pure white but take on a delicate pink blush as they age . erect and summary , with gray green leave , this variety blooms longer than other pink - blossom lavenders . It ’s utter for moulding , John Rock gardens , and container . Give it a restrained pruning after it blooms , which will prevent it from becoming woody .
time of year of Bloom : Early to late summer
Size:1 - 2 foot tall
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‘Jean Davis’ English Lavender
Long - flower ' Jean Davis ' bring about pale pink flowers from late spring into summer solstice . Its fruity , non - acrid tasting makes it a top pick for culinary purpose . This shorter varietygrows well in containers , rock gardens , or recurrent beds . Plant it with purple lavenders to create a muted contrast in colouring material .
Size:12 - 18 inch improbable
Lavandin
A hybrid between English and spike lavender ( Lavandula latifolia ) , lavandin ( Lavandulaxintermedia ) tends to be taller than its English cousins . It ’s typically a lighter color but has larger flower on longer stem turn . Lavandin is commonly seen in field across the part of Provence in France , where it ’s grown for perfumes . It tolerates hot temperatures well than English lavender but prefer to be kept siccative .
Size:2 - 2.5 feet tall
Harvest lavenderon a sunny solar day after the morning dew has dried . ensure it has not rained in the 24 hours before because moist lavender is prone to rotting .
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‘Grosso’ Lavandin
Commonly grow in the lavender plain of France , ' Grosso ' lavandin plants are the most fragrant of all lavenders . Its powerfully scented purple flowers are often used in making essence and sachets . As a semi - woody plant , it typically grows in a shrubby pile with large prime spikes that stand well above the foliage mound . This is the stark plant toattract butterfly and hummingbirdsto your garden .
Size:24 - 30 in tall
‘Provence’ Lavandin
One of the tall of the lavandins , ' Provence ' beat its name from the area in France where it ’s grow commercially for the perfume industry . This extremely aromatic selection offers lite lavender - low flowers on minute spikes that arise up to four inches long . ' Provence ' can withstand hot and humid temperatures better than many other lilac sort .
‘Gros Bleu’ Lavandin
Loved for its racy regal flowers , ' Gros Bleu ' is a popular selection for its foresightful flower spikes and silver foliage . It show some of the sour flower of any of the lavandin - type lavenders and it flowers profusely in summertime . With a sweeter scent than ' Grosso , ' this hybrid is grand for both smart bouquets anddried flowers .
Zones:5 - 9
‘Impress Purple’ Lavandin
One of the declamatory lavandin plants , ' Impress Purple ' produces spikes of flowers on prospicient stem that aregood for cutting . It take form a large mound of gray - green foliage that take care great even when it is n’t in flower . This strongly odoriferous selection provides a sensational upshot when planted in enceinte group in herb gardens , along border , and in rock gardens .
‘Edelweiss’ Lavandin
A fast grower , ' Edelweiss ' features diffused white flowers that dry well , pee-pee it a ducky of nurseryman who wish fragrant , white - flowering lavender in craft project , such as cause coronal . The buds first come out as light pink before opening to reveal a staring white blossom . Plant thesenectar - rich flowersto attract hummingbird , bee , and other pollinator .
Season of Bloom : Midsummer
Zones:5–10
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‘Hidcote Giant’ Lavandin
An especially floriferous change , ' Hidcote Giant ' is known for its recollective spike of medium blue - violet flower in midsummer and gray - unripened foliage . Its flower stems are extra long , making this selection good for cut flower and for use in projects , such as lilac-colored wands . These nectar - rich flowers make a wonderful addition to a pollinator garden .
Spanish Lavender
If you know the scent of lavender , but want to tot up another fashion to your redolence garden , Spanish lavender ( Lavandula stoechas ) mixed bag tender a completely dissimilar look than their first cousin do . The flower - heads are often myopic and topped with attractive bract that look like prominent flower petal . However , Spanish lavender love red-hot weather and ca n’t withstand cold temperature . Add these to your container gardens for a splash of texture .
Season of Bloom : Midspring
Zones:8–9
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‘Ballerina’ Spanish Lavender
This lively lavender display cone cell - shaped clusters of bud that open to modest , bright imperial flowers topped with showy lily-white bracts that mature to light pink . The distinctive face of its flowers and its highly redolent silvery foliation make it a wonderful addition to the garden . After its summer blossom summit , prune it back to ensure short and sturdier blossom stems for the future .
time of year of Bloom : Midspring to late summer
‘Van Gogh’ Spanish Lavender
Fragrant , shrubby ' Van Gogh ' bears soft lilac-colored - violet blossom topped by greenish - white bracts . The effect looks a bit like cunning miniature pineapples . This assortment bring out bright fleeceable , linear , redolent leaves that are thickly cover in hairs , which give it a woolly show . Add this works to a garden moulding or in your favorite container to attract bothbees and butterfliesto your yard .
Zones:8–10
‘Curly Top’ Spanish Lavender
An eye - catch fecund bloomer , ' Curly Top ' stand out from the crowd with its clusters of cryptical purple flowers topped by cockle , curly lavender bract that bloom almost continually during the growing time of year . Each efflorescence sits atop six - inch stem . Prune this plant regularly to maintain its shape and to advance its abundant flowering .
‘Madrid Purple’ Spanish Lavender
This pretty Spanish assortment supplies a steady crop of plentiful purple flowers on spikes topped by showy purple bracts . ' Madrid Purple ' also has a compact , upright growth habit . The gray - unripened foliage accentuate the blooms nicely . If you ’re in a colder climate , you’re able to still enjoy this plant bygrowing it in a containerin the summer and actuate it to a sheltered location during the wintertime .
French Lavender
Also call laciniate lavender , you may see French lavender ( Lavandula dentata ) grown more often as an cosmetic plant than as an herb . It does n’t let out the same fragrance as English lavender and lavandins . Its olfactory property is more like camphor . Still , it is a lovely plant life , with clusters of purple flowers and furry , gray - green - saw-toothed leaves . It blooms all summer and go down and can bloom almost all twelvemonth indoors if you have a vivid windowpane experience at least six hours of sun a daytime .
Season of Bloom : natural spring to summertime
Size:3 - 4 metrical foot tall
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Zones:8–11
Fernleaf Lavender
Unlike other lavenders , the fragrance of fernleaf lavender ’s ( Lavandula multifida ) foliation and flower is lemony , with an vulgar undertone . Usually grown as an yearbook , it features narrow spike of fragrant bluish - purple flowers that will bloom until frost . In frost - free area , this coinage will bloom almost continuously . Its lobate silver - immature leave of absence give it a delicate , lacy appearance .
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