Lavandula dentata French Lavender

			This gorgeous stand of French Lavender is now three years old. It was planted late one spring from three of our starter pots. The name French Lavender is sometimes applied to Lavandula stoechas which most sources will call Spanish Lavender. Both are zone 8 plants and both are beautiful but French Lavender blooms a lot longer. As always it is important to use botanic names when buying plants.
			What a striking complement the Yellow Lavender, with its chartreuse foliage and its creamy beige flower petals, is to the French Lavender. Both lavenders should be pruned well at the end of the season to keep the bushes from becoming unruly and down right ugly.
	French Lavender is not usually used as a culinary lavender. But, we have had customers who do like to cook with it. And, it doesn't have that great English Lavender fragrance. But, it is large and blooms from spring to frost and has a nice clean smell. If you look closely at the close up on the right, you can see the actual French Lavender flowers. They are small buds cradled in colorful petals called bracts. And, the close up of the leaves in the lower left photo shows how this plant became known as the dented lavender or in Latin Lavandula dentata.

	French Lavender makes a great addition to our Zone 8 Fragrant Herb Garden Six Pack.

Cultural Information

Height: 3 feet or more,
can get very wide

Hardiness: Perennial
in Zones 8-11

Flower Color: Light Purple

Characteristics: Full Sun,
Evergreen,
Water Conserving

Uses: Dried Flower, Ornamental

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