FIND LOVE WITH LAVENDER
Better Homes & Gardens Australia|November - December 2022
Add romance to your outdoor spaces with lovely lavender - you'll be captivated by the beautiful blooms and soothing scent of this garden classic
FIND LOVE WITH LAVENDER

1 POPS OF PURPLE

Team fragrant soft-purple lavender with deep purple salvias and soft pink sedum for an attractive border to hug a picket fence. Then trim laurel trees into a standard shape to give an air of informal formality!

LAVENDER SPECIES

ENGLISH LAVENDER (LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA)

Also called true or common lavender, it's actually native to the Mediterranean. The small flowers attract bees and butterflies. It's aromatic when brushed against or crushed and is cultivated for its high-quality lavender oil.

Form Up to 90cm-high clumps with wispy inflorescences at tips in blue-purple, blue-violet, lavender or white-pink. Narrow greygreen to purple-green foliage.

Climate Frost tolerant.

Flowering time Early to mid-summer.

Garden use Formal or informal edging, rock gardens, herb gardens and vegie plots.

FRENCH LAVENDER (LAVANDULA DENTATA)

Also called fringed lavender, this species is native to Spain. While not as fragrant as other lavenders, its leaves have a rich lavenderrosemary scent.

Form Up to 90cm-high clumps with colourful light purple flowers at tips. Bright, grey-green narrow leaves have toothed margins.

Climate Light frost-tolerant only.

Flowering time Early summer to autumn.

Garden use Plant as low, formal hedging in the same way you use box or as sculptural mounds on a bank.

Great in coastal areas.

SPANISH LAVENDER (LAVANDULA STOECHAS)

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