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Beginner
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0.6m
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0.9m
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2-5 years
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2 hours care
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Botanical name: Lavandula stoechas
Other names: French lavender
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Genus: Lavandula
Species: L. stoechas - L. stoechas is a vigorous, upright, evergreen shrub with narrow, silver-green leaves. In summer it bears dense spikes of deep-violet flowers with pinky-purple bracts.
Lavandula stoechas is: Evergreen
Flower: Dark-purple, Pale-purple in Spring; Pale-purple, Dark-purple in Summer; Pale-purple, Dark-purple in Autumn
Foliage: Grey-green in All seasons
Fragrance: The leaves are highly scented. Good for drying.
Habit: Bushy, Clump-forming
Lavandula stoechas (French lavender) will reach a height of 0.9m and a spread of 0.6m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Banks and Slopes, Beds and borders, Bees (attract & feed bees), City, Coastal, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Drought Tolerant, Flavouring food and drinks, Flower Arranging, Garden edging, Gravel, Mediterranean, Rock, Wildlife
Cultivation: Plant in well-drained soil in full sun. Does best in a sheltered position.
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Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |
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Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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South, West |
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Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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Comment from
Nicola
This plant is used in the Perfume garden by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins in their Perfume garden for Chelsea Flower Show 2009. They say ' Provides stoechas oil, distilled in Spain, which has a camphorous odour and is used in perfumes and soaps. Probably the first
lavender used for its oil (circa AD60)'
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