Lavandula pedunculata subsp. Pedunculata
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Lavandula pedunculata subsp. Pedunculata, Spanish Lavender
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lavandula
Oblong flower head covered in purple flowers topped with very long mauve purple bracts in summer. Narrow, short, green grey aromatic leaves. Culinary; the flowers and the colourful bracts can be added to drinks, pastries and puddings.
Want to learn more? Read Jekka’s Guide to Lavender.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H3 (1 to -5C)
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Height: 60cm
• Spread: 60cm
Spanish Lavender is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Sand, Chalk, Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Acid -Neutral pH
• Habit: Bushy
• Flowering colour:
• Flowering time:
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Cuttings
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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