Lavender Common Lavender, Garden Lavender, English Lavender, True Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavender belongs to the Lavandula genus. Lavender is also known as Common Lavender, Garden Lavender, English Lavender, True Lavender
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Lavender is a medium-sized, herbaceous to semi-woody, semi-evergreen perennial with an upright growth habit. It grows in clumps, and when happy in its spot can get quite large. Depending on the variety, the leaves are gray-green or green-purple in the Summer and silver-green or gray-bronze in the Winter, and are aromatic when brushed or crushed. Small flowers grow at the tips of the stems from mid- to late-summer, and vary in color from blue-purple, lavender, violet-blue, to white-pink depending on the variety.
Lavender belongs to the Lavandula genus.
How to grow and keep Lavender happy
Pruning is required to keep lavender neat. Young plants should be pruned soon after blooming to encourage them into a compact shape, or to train them to size. Any parts of the plant that are killed over the winter should be pruned out in early spring. If older, woody plants are looking a bit tired, they can be cut back half way when new growth begins in spring to rejuvenate them. If needed (due to size or age) or desired (to make more plants), lavender can be divided in the fall.
How to sow and germinate Lavender
How to transplant Lavender
How to harvest Lavender
Companion plants for Lavender
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Repellent plants for Lavender
These plants will not grow well with Lavender so avoid planting these within close proximity:
Common Lavender pests
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Common Lavender diseases & problems
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How long does Lavender take to grow?
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Lavender Etymology
Latin for “narrow leaf.”
Lavender Folklore
Other names for Lavender
Common Lavender, Garden Lavender, English Lavender, True Lavender
Lavandula officinalis, Lavandula spica, Lavandula vera
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