A variable herb shrub growing up to 1.5 m in height, Lavender is a widely cultivated flowering plant. Its attractive and fragrant spikes of blue flowers in spring-summer make it one of the most widely-cultivated ornamental plants. Easy to grow, the main task is to prune during or after flowering. Lavender does not like humidity. In the tropics you can indulge yourself and try and grow it as a potted annual in the dry season.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Gardens
- Mediterranean, Cottage