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Potted Lavender Plant - Description
- Potted Lavender Plant
- Lavender Plant angustifolia Munstead
- Pot Size: 3L Pot
- Height:40cm
Potted Lavender Plant - Characteristics
- Habit: Neat & compact Lavender plant
- Evergreen perennial
- Final Height: 30 - 90cm
- Spread: 60cm
- Flower: Spikes of blue-purple aromatic blooms rise above plant's foliage
- Flowering Period: Late May - August
- Foliage: Aromatic & evergreen foliage, silvery grey in colour
- Simple, narrow leaves
Potted Lavender Plant - Planting Instructions
- Lavender plants are happy in soils of low fertility
- Position in a sunny spot
- Soak pot for about 3 minutes before planting
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Plant Lavender so that the top of root ball is level with existing soil level
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Lavender requires trimming back every year
- This is help to maintain it's compact shape
- Trim back to within 1" of old wood in Autumn
- Take softwood cuttings in June
Potted Lavender Plant - Uses / Location
- Likes a free draining soil in full sun
- Looks great in a gravel bed
- Use as a low, informal hedgerow
- Used to create parterres for herb gardens
- This compact Lavender is suited to containers
- Aromatic foliage is good for potpourri
- Companion plants include Ajuga, Buxus topiary, Heuchera & Geraniums
