Lavandula officinalis: characteristics and care
Lavandula officinalis, popularly known as lavender or spike lavender, is a perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean basin that stands out for its narrow and aromatic grayish-green foliage and its blue-violet flower spikes, highly appreciated for their intense perfume.
Its distinctive aroma and summer flowering make it an essential choice for flowerbeds and borders as well as for herb gardens.
It tolerates drought very well once established and adapts to poor and calcareous soils, provided it has good drainage.
At Ornacom we cultivate each specimen directly, guaranteeing a balanced size and vigorous development from the first years of planting.
Lavandula officinalis, popularly known as lavender or spike lavender, is a perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean basin that stands out for its narrow and aromatic grayish-green foliage and its blue-violet flower spikes, highly appreciated for their intense perfume.
Its distinctive aroma and summer flowering make it an essential choice for flowerbeds and borders as well as for herb gardens.
It tolerates drought very well once established and adapts to poor and calcareous soils, provided it has good drainage.
At Ornacom we cultivate each specimen directly, guaranteeing a balanced size and vigorous development from the first years of planting.
Growing sheet
Exposure
Full sun
Irrigation
Low
Floor
Well-drained, tolerates limestone
Rusticity
Down to -5°C
Bloom
Summer
Growth
Moderate
- 1/1.9 L
- 14 CM.
- 15/20 height
- 2.5/3
- 18 CM.
- 20/30 height
- 5
- 20 CM.
- 30/40 height
- 8/10
- 25 CM.
- 40/60 height
- 15
- 30 CM.
- 60/80 height
