Spanish Lavender
Lavandula
Lavender
In the Middle Ages, Lavender was a chief ingredient in the famous “Four Thieves” vinegar, and today no classic sachet or potpourri would be complete without it. Dependable and drought tolerant, their strikingly handsome flowers, offer a heady aroma and an upright spiky look, while the foliage forms a pleasing year-round mound. In the herb garden, border or rockery, they combine well with grasses, perennials or other shrubs. If the plants are cut back in late June, many cultivars will produce a second bloom in autumn.
Lavandula stoechas ‘Helmsdale’ (S-0814)
Each 11.25
Developed by Marshwood Gardens in New Zealand, this stellar Lavandula stoechas pedunculata and Lavandula viridis hybrid is considered the best dark flow- ered stoechas cultivar in the trade. Whimsical looking rich burgundy bracts plus plump prismatic flowers splashed with vivid navy, violet and wine hues make a stunning juxtaposition against the aromatic, slender upright pale green foliage. Relishing winter protection around 0° and periodic shearing, ‘Helmsdale’s shrubby, robust, yet close-knit habit and plush flowers, which appear in droves from spring ’til fall, can dwell atop a sunny stone wall or in a dry well-drained herb garden.
Blooms April–August
Size: 2-1/2' high x 2-1/2' wide.
Zone 7a.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Lavandula x ‘Ana Luisa’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Blue River’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Buena Vista’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Ellagance Purple’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Graves’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Imperial Gem’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Miss Katherine’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Nana Alba’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Peter Pan’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Potpourri White’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Premier’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Purple Bouquet’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Royal Velvet’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Sachet’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Super Blue’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Thumbelina Leigh’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Victorian Amethyst’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’
- Lavandula ‘England’
- Lavandula ‘Goodwin Creek Gray’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Edelweiss’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Exceptional’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Gros Bleu’
- Lavandula x x intermedia ‘Grosso’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Hidcote Giant’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Lullingstone Castle’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Phenomenal (‘Niko’) ™’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Provence’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘Super’
- Lavandula x intermedia ‘White Spikes’
- Lavandula ‘Lisa Marie’
- Lavandula ‘Richard Gray’
- Lavandula ‘Silver Frost’
- Lavandula stoechas ‘Ivory Crown’
- Lavandula stoechas ‘Madrid Blue’
- Lavandula stoechas ssp. luisieri ‘Tickled Pink’
- Lavandula stoechas ‘Willow Vale’