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Lavandula angustifolia Alba - True Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia Alba
True Lavender, English lavender

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They have recovered well. Still a bit shy in the first year, looking forward to hopefully having a nice lavender scent next year!

Xavier, 11/11/2024

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Lavender forming a compact, dense, and bushy undershrub, with white summer flowering that will illuminate the garden. Decorative even in winter, with its evergreen grey-green foliage.
Flower size
5 cm
Height at maturity
50 cm
Spread at maturity
50 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -18°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil
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Recommended planting time March to May, September to October
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Flowering time June to August
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Description

Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba', also known as true lavender or English lavender, is a shrub with a compact, dense, and bushy habit, with evergreen grey-green aromatic foliage, and abundant summer flowering in spikes of white, honey-scented flowers. Even in the middle of winter, its rounded shape and silver foliage will brighten up the garden.

Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba' belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is native to the Mediterranean regions of southern Europe. This variety of white lavender is a small-sized bush, measuring 50 to 80cm (20 to 32in) in all directions. It is compact, dense, and vigorous, forming a rounded bushy clump. Its decorative evergreen foliage is composed of narrow aromatic leaves of a beautiful silver-green colour. In summer, this lavender is covered with a multitude of highly fragrant honey-scented white flowers, borne on short cylindrical spikes at the ends of woody stems.

Like most other lavenders, Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba' should be planted in full sun in well-drained ordinary soil (even dry and rocky). In a sunny and warm location, its silver-green foliage will be radiant and its white flowers will emit an intense fragrance.

An ornamental and Mediterranean plant par excellence, lavender can be used in borders, as a standalone plant, in rock gardens, in pots, along the coast, and even as a low flowering hedge.

With its sculptural appearance, the colour of its foliage, and its white flowers, there are infinite possibilities for gardeners. This white lavender can be associated with grasses which, with their tousled appearance, will contrast with its rounded shape and create a striking scene. It will also work wonders at the base of climbing roses, paired with shrubs like Perovskia, Vitex agnus-castus, or caryopteris. It can also be mixed with camassias, Iris germanica, hemerocallis, and poppies. You can create beautiful pots to place on a patio or balcony. It is also possible to combine several varieties of lavenders together, creating a harmonious and elegant tableau with a variety of flower and foliage colours, as well as plant sizes and volumes.

Properties: Lavender is a highly honey-scented plant and contributes to the preservation of bees. The nectar from its flowers attracts bees, making it one of the most renowned honeys.

Lavandula angustifolia is a medicinal plant, whose therapeutic virtues were once widely used. Its essential oil has antiseptic, antispasmodic, healing, depurative, diuretic properties, and more.

 

Anecdote: In Roman times, women who wanted to secretly taste wine (a drink that was forbidden to them) would chew a few sprigs of lavender to perfume their breath, thus outwitting their vigilant husbands.

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Lavandula angustifolia Alba - True Lavender (Flowering) Flowering
Lavandula angustifolia Alba - True Lavender (Foliage) Foliage

Flowering

Flower colour white
Flowering time June to August
Flower size 5 cm
Fragrance Fragrant
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators
Good for cut flowers Cut flower blooms

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour green
Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Plant habit

Height at maturity 50 cm
Spread at maturity 50 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Lavandula

Species

angustifolia

Cultivar

Alba

Family

Lamiaceae

Other common names

True Lavender, English lavender

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference7817712

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Planting and care

Very easy to grow and hardy (-15°C (5°F)), Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba', however, needs to be planted in a warm and sunny location, in light, chalky, rocky and dry soil that is very well-drained. Indeed, it does not tolerate heavy soils and excess water. Lighten heavy soil by adding sand and gravel. Prune every year, just after flowering, by removing the faded inflorescences. A second pruning should be done in early spring, by cutting back the plant by a third (without going into the old wood), to maintain a beautiful compact, rounded shape, and its floriferous qualities. Lavenders require very little water; watering will only be necessary in the first year of planting.

When pruning after flowering, collect the cuttings and use them to make sachets that will delicately perfume wardrobes and cupboards. This has the added bonus of keeping moths away. To make dried bouquets, harvest the just-bloomed lavender flowers and hang them upside down in a dry and ventilated place.

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Planting period

Recommended planting time March to May, September to October

Intended location

Suitable for Rockery
Type of use Border, Container
Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map
Planting density 3 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, well-drained

Care

Pruning instructions To maintain a compact habit, prune after flowering. Do not prune into the old wood as it will not produce new shoots. Lavenders should be pruned from a young age.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time August to October
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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