The oils in the flowers give the herb its distinctive balsam-like fragrance.Ĭalled “English” lavender because it proliferates in the English climate, this plant’s main requirements are lots of sun and good drainage. A bushy perennial, lavender grows from 1 to 3 feet tall, bearing small blue-violet flowers on spikes with blue-green needle-like foliage. officinalis) which is hardy to USDA Zone 5. The commonly-cultivated lavender is the common or English lavender Lavandula angustifolia (formerly named L.
Learn how to plant, keep lavender plants in shape, propagate, and harvest/dry the flowers.
Best seeded indoors (in late winter), lavender is planted outdoors in early spring. Lovely lavender adds aroma and soft beauty to the garden and also has culinary and medicinal uses.
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