Lavandula, Lavandin, Lavender 'Alba'

I bought these kind of small and was disappointed last year with their initial growth. However this spring and summer they have really ...Read Moretaken hold. They are not fragrant at all, but are a nice change from the blue/purple lavenders, and since I have a major deer problem I wanted something they wouldn't browse. Very nice little lavender.

I have 10 year old shrubs in my garden. It needs trimming two times a year: after flowering only a little and late spring after frost has...Read More gone again...you can trim it a little harder. Never cut down in the bold wood.. So it stays healthy and bushy. Lavandula x intermedia is a sterile hybrid. Probably from a cross of L. angustifolia and L. latifolia. It contains more oil...so this is the lavendula that is grown in France on the fields.

This is a sterile hybrid, so no seeds will be produced. This lavendin has a beautiful habit of growth forming a dome of white flowers, wo...Read Morerthy of a feature spot in the garden.
I have planted it as a hedge in my garden and will be interested to see how it performs

It has been known in Europe since 1880
It needs regular pruning to prevent it becoming woody