Lavandula intermedia 'Grosso' …cold hardy French hybrid lavender cultivar. A heavy bloomer, the flowers have a strong lavender fragrance with a hint of camphor. The calyxes cling tightly to the flowering stems when dried, making ‘Grosso’ an excellent choice as an everlasting flower or for use in lavender crafts. Not recommended…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Superior' …Superior” is an excellent choice for edging walks and paths, where the aromatic flowers and foliage can be easily enjoyed. One of the most cold hardy lavenders. Not recommended for fall planting in zones 5 and 6. Zones 5-10. 16” x 18” wide, (seed propagated).
Lavender Heaven A great way to discover your favorite cultivar. Lavender must be planted in full-sun locations with good air circulation and fast-draining soil. Sand and sandy-loams are a “must” for eastern US and the Midwest soils! Lavender will tolerate clay and clay-loam in dry conditions. Two inches of very…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Thumbelina Leigh' PP#15231 (Cutting Propagated.) What an incredible dwarf English Lavender! ‘Thumbelina Leigh’ is very showy with its deep purple-blue calyxes and dark lavender flowers held on sturdy, well-branched stems. Nice blue-green foliage. A heavy bloomer with plump, compact flower heads, its compact size makes it…
Lavender Potpourri …of soils, even compost-enriched garden loams, as long as the loam is well-drained. Lavender plants require two-to-three growing seasons to reach mature size. Four fragrant varieties of late spring blooming Lavender included in this mini-sampler. Zones 5-10 Save $3.00 off individual plant price. We reserve…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Buena Vista' …elongated flower spikes have very dark blue calyxes and lighter blue corollas (flowers) that are very different from more compactly flowered English lavenders like ‘Hidcote Superior’. This is a distinctive and highly desirable cultivar not often available to the gardening public. Not recommended for…
Lavandula 'Grosso' Field …choice as an everlasting flower or for use in lavender crafts. Save $73.83 off the single plant prices! Not recommended for fall planting in Zones 5 & 6. Zones 5-10. NEW! Plant a Lavender Field! or edge your landscape with these beautiful and fragrant lavenders. Create a bit of Provence in your garden and…
Lavandula intermedia 'Provence' When you travel to the French countryside, where lavender is grown commercially for oil and flowers, this is one of the cultivars you will find. The light purple flowers are very fragrant, and dry beautifully for potpourri. “Provence” is more moisture tolerant than other varieties, and is recommended…
The 'Colors and Textures' Garden Rich colors, herbal fragrances and graceful grasses Lauren has designed this garden to highlight the beautiful colors and enticing textures that are possible when perennial plants and ornamental native grasses are planted together. The colors of the long-blooming perennials in this garden are a…
Nepeta 'Walker's Low' …growth habit, Nepeta “Walker’s Low” is a stunning non-reseeding selection with attractive, crinkled blue-green foliage and a profusion of deep lavender-blue flowers. Shear it back after the first flush of flowers in late spring and it will come back into bloom later in the summer. It thrives in harsh…
Lavandula 'England' This dwarf hybrid is fantastic with its tight form, intensely silver foliage and stunning spikes of dark blue flowers. ‘England’ takes a season or two to reach blooming size, but it’s well worth the wait. Its small, dense growth habit makes it perfect for edging paths or in the knot garden.…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Mitcham Gray' I love deeply colored Lavenders, and ‘Mitcham Gray’ a rarely offered cultivar, rivals ‘Hidcote Superior’ in color with its deep violet-blue flowers. This variety has attractive gray-blue foliage as well. It can be used throughout the garden in endless color combinations. I’m recommending “Mitcham…
Lavandula intermedia 'Hidcote Giant' …Giant’ forms a medium-sized shrub after a few growing seasons becoming an impressive plant when the large branched stems are covered with light lavender-blue flowers. The individual flower spikes are much more substantial than either ‘Provence’ or ‘Grosso’. ‘Hidcote Giant’ is also wonderfully…
Lavandula 'Silver Frost' This is a distinctive cultivar, appropriately named ‘Silver Frost’ because of its incredible powder-white foliage. ‘Silver Frost’, a slow grower with stout woody branches, takes 2 to 3 seasons to begin blooming heavily. However, it’s worth the wait as the large, showy true-blue flowers…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Vera' …heirloom variety from England, this outstanding Lavender has been a top rated performer in varietals tests. ‘Vera’ has proven itself to have superior winter cold hardiness and sweetly fragrant flowers suitable as cut flowers, for sachets and lavender oil production. The compact plants bloom in early…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Royal Velvet' This English Lavender is destined for greatness. ‘Royal Velvet’ is very showy when blooming plants are covered with long stemmed, dark navy-blue and lavender flower spikes. The 3 to 4 inch long flower spikes, which are much longer than Lavandula ‘Hidcote’, hold their dark color superbly as a…
Lavandula 'Provence' Field …difficulty overwintering lavenders. Recommended as one of the best culinary varieties. Save $73.83 off the single plant price! Not recommended for fall planting in Zone 6. Zones 6-10. NEW! Plant a Lavender Field! or edge your landscape with these beautiful and fragrant lavenders. Create a bit of Provence…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead Strain' An old favorite, Lavender “Munstead” is a dependable performer blooming with pleasing lavender blue flowers. The flower color is sometimes variable as is the plant size. Not recommended for fall planting in Zones 5 & 6. Zones 5-10. 15” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated).
Lavandula 'Miss Katherine' 20-24” x 24” Wide. (Cutting Propagated.) ‘Miss Katherine’ has the best pink flowers of the English lavenders. At lower elevations where the skies are less sunny (the Pacific NW, Mid-West and East Coast), the flowers will be dramatically pink. In sunny western climates the pink color is fainter…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Melissa' ‘Melissa’ is a new variety valued for its pink fading-to-white flowers. In lower altitude areas that have more overcast days than the high desert climate of Santa Fe, the flowers can be quite pink. ‘Melissa’ is a compact grower with attractive gray-green foliage. Plant with blue-flowered…
Origanum libanoticum …will show to best advantage. Plant into well-drained soils of moderate fertility (not too much compost). Other small growing plants like Dwarf Blue Lavender, Thymus necceffii or Veronica incana make fine companions. Zones 5-10. 18” x 18” wide, (cutting propagated).
Lavandula angustifolia 'Graves' This nicely-fragrant, long stemmed English Lavender adds a wonderful haze of light lavender-blue color to the late spring/early summer garden. ‘Graves’ gives you a much different look in the garden than more-darkly-colored, compact growers with types like ‘Hidcote Superior’ or ‘Mitcham Gray’…
Lavandula angustifolia 'Sharon Roberts' This intensely scented, sweetly fragrant lavender can bloom twice annually when promptly dead headed after its early summer flush of flowers. A Nichols Garden Nursery introduction, it has gorgeous deep lavender flowers and dark blue calyxes on medium length flower spikes. In the garden ‘Sharon Roberts’…
Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' This outstanding compact cultivar of the New England Aster is notable for its symmetrical mounding habit and luscious deep lavender-purple flowers. Easy to grow in any decent soil and not bothered by mildew, I like to plant it with Solidago ‘Golden Fleece’ and Agastache cana for a beautiful flowering…
