Botanical Name: Lavandula dentata
Common Name: French lavender
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright shrubbery plant with fragrant flowers and foliage; light silvery foliage, usually fairly compact and dense
Height 2 - 3'
Spread 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil prefers loose, well-drained soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 8, 9, 12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves linear-oblong, crenately toothed, 1-1/2" long, 1/4" wide, margins somewhat revolute
Flowers spikes of lavender to purple, bracts lanceolate to 1/2" long - flower tubular to 1/4" long
Fruit tiny nutlet
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
good source of gray color, aromatic flowers and foliage. Very good in dry sunny borders as a filler or accent plant - used for cut flowers and dried arrangements
 
Landscape Care:
Watering can be kept fairly dry - does not require much water
Fertilizing slow-release at planting
Pruning head back hard after bloom
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Southeastern Spain
Family: Lamiaceae

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