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Lavender Selection Guide
There are around 450 Lavender varieties, for your information and to assist with plant choice, these are some of the most popular we stock, and information about each one. 
  -   Mature Height and Width are approximate only and may vary with environmental conditions
  -   Information gives some uses for each variety, but uses are not limited to those stated.  
  -   English Lavender, are hardier European varieties, which have adapted to cooler temps. 


Variety
Angustifolia Alba
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 100
Type
English
Comment
Aromatic white flowers spikes, grey green foliage, great hedging variety or feature plant. 

Variety
Angustifolia Rosea
Hgt x Wdth
75 x 75
Type
English
Comment
Long Stem Pink flowers, high quality oil, ornamental specimen.  Rockery or cottage garden plant. 

Variety
Angustifolia
Hgt x Wdth
100 x 100
Type
English
Comment
Slender Purple/bluish spikes with an intense fragrance.  Quality Oil, best dried for pot-pouri, lovely hedging plant. 

Variety
Arabian Night
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 80
Type
English
Comment
Bright Purple flower, strong fragrance, slower growing.  Nice hedging plant, clips tidy and well. 

Variety
Blue Mountain
Hgt x Wdth
50 x 30
Type
English
Comment
Nice compact plant with purple flowers, strong fragrance, nice low border plant. 

Variety
Blue Mountain Alba
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 60
Type
English
Comment
Thrives in drier soil, abundance of white flower spikes with a hint of mauve.  Lovely dried, keep scent well. 

Variety
Dentata
Hgt x Wdth
100 x 100
Type
French
Comment
Toothed leaves, mauve flower spikes, flowers most of the year.  Mass plant, good container plant

Variety
Foveaux Storm
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 70
Type
English
Comment
Compact tidy plant with rich purple flower spikes.  Good low hedging choice and cut flowers 

Variety
Grosso
Hgt x Wdth
60-90 x 80
Type
French
Comment
Strong Fragrance, commercially grown for oil and the long-stemmed vibrant blue flowers.  

Variety
Hidcote Blue
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 60
Type
English
Comment
Nice and compact, deep purple flower spikes over silver-grey leaves.  Hardy

Variety
Major
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 60
Type
Mediterranean
Comment
A top seller in NZ. Long flowering from early spring to late summer, deep purple flower spikes and lilac bracts. 

Variety
Munstead
Hgt x Wdth
40 x 40
Type
English
Comment
Dwarf and compact little plant with showy lavender flowers over grey-green foliage.  Nice in rockery or cottage gardens.

Variety
Pacific Blue
Hgt x Wdth
60 x 45
Type
English
Comment
Aromatic grey-green foliage with dark purple flower spikes. highly fragrant, produces quality oil.

Variety
Pendunculata
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 100
Type
Mediterranean
Comment
Lovely cottage garden, or container plant with pale blue  butterfly-like flower heads.

Variety
Sidonie
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 100
Type
Australian
Comment
aka Fern leaf Lavender. Intense violet-blue flowers over a pretty grayish foliage.  Frost tender.

Variety
Stoechas
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 100
Type
Mediterranean
Comment
Great boarder plant, masses of purple flower spikes, used for oil and pot-pouri.  Frost tender

Variety
Stoechas Avonview
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 60
Type
Mediterranean
Comment
Aromatic grey-green foliage topped with plum purple flowers.  Great in a bouquet.

Variety
Super
Hgt x Wdth
80 x 60
Type
Hybrid French/English
Comment
Hardy, fragrant decorative purple flower spikes.  Cottage garden or border hedge. 

Variety
The Princess
Hgt x Wdth
70 x 70
Type
Australian
Comment
Masses of vivid pink flowers on grayish foliage, garden statement plant.  Aromatic and hardy. 

Variety
Violet Intrigue
Hgt x Wdth
70 x 60
Type
English
Comment
Great low border plant, neat and tidy habit.  Long stems of violet/blue fragrant flower spikes.   

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