Perfect for containers and for use as a neat edging plant, here's a dwarf first-year-flowering perennial lavender. The compact, yet bushy plants enjoy a position in full sun where they quickly become covered with masses of highly fragrant blue flowers. Impressive garden performance and very floriferous.
Description for Lavender 'Oregano' - Kew Collection Seeds not available
Flaring petals from compact bracts crown slender stems. Very attractive bushes of aromatic grey/green foliage. Favoured by citizens of the Roman Empire for fragrance. Easy to grow and trouble free.
Let the perfume of Lavender 'Favourite Summer Improved' whisk you away to sunny Provence! This charming French Lavender is richly aromatic, boasting a profusion of violet flower spikes topped with showy, mauve bracts.
Wisteria ?Lavender Lace? bears one of the longest racemes of any Japanese Wisteria.
Lavender ?Meerlo? is an unusual lavender with bright green, highly aromatic foliage variegated with pale cream margins.
Grey-green foliage forms the backdrop to this handsome French lavender 'Papillion'. The tall straight stems are topped with little lollipops of lilac-purple bracts under flamboyant lilac papery wings. As with all lavenders the very best place to position Lavandula stoechas ?Papillion? in the garden is where you'll brush past them to release the scent so plant them in containers by the door or in a border by the path. Bring some lavender stems into the home as cut flowers or allow them to dry for lavender sachets or to add to caster sugar for summer baking but remember to leave some on the plant for bees and other nectar loving insects. Height and spread: 60cm (24).
Foxglove 'Camelot Lavender' bears stunning flower spikes all around the stem and is guaranteed to bloom in its first year of planting, maintaining a colourful appearance in your garden over many years. This delightful F1 hybrid Digitalis is the perfect choice for brightening up your cottage garden border. Height: 120cm (48). Spread: 45cm (18).
Description for Lavender 'Favourite Summer Improved' (Butterfly Garden) not available
Description for Lavender 'Pink Summer Improved' (Butterfly Garden) not available
Aptly named, this gorgeous French Lavender produces large deep purple flower heads topped with frilly lavender petal-like bracts. The silver-green foliage emits a spicy fragrance when brushed past and is the perfect way to bring a touch of the Mediterranean to your garden. A neat compact habit makes Lavender 'Fathead' ideal as border edging or grown in patio containers where you can appreciate the flowers up close. Blooming over a long period throughout summer, these Lavandula stoechas flowers are highly attractive to pollinating insects. Height and spread: 60cm (24).