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| Botanical Name: |
Lavandula angustifolia
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
English Lavender
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| Family Name: |
LAMIACEAE
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| Genus: |
Lavandula
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| species |
angustifolia
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| Name Derivation |
G: Lat. to wash; S: Lat. angustifolia - narrow leaves. officinalis - sold in apothecary, used medicinally
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| Growth Habit: |
Shrub
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| Dimensions: |
1m x 0.5m
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| Flower: |
Spike of flowers arising from each terminal shoot 4-5cm long, erect peduncle 5-8cm long. Lavender blue, flowering from December - February.
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| Climate: |
Tolerant of light frost. Drought and salt tolerant. Like light friable soils.
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| Fruit: |
4 glabrous nutlets.
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| Propagation: |
Cuttings.
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| Horticulture Use: |
Low hedge, herb garden, seaside plantings, prized for its good quality oil. Use spent flowers for herbal use and cut for drying upside down.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Full exposure to sun and wind, moderately low temperatures, well-drained, limy soils. Remove spent flower stems as they die and retain tidy growth. Limited life span need to be replaced once they have become too woody.
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| Foliage: |
Simple, opposite, narrow leaves, strongly aromatic; grey, recurved leaf.
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