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.