Dwarf Blue Lavender
Dwarf Blue Lavender. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. Dwarf blue lavender has masses of beautiful spikes of fragrant powder blue flowers rising above the foliage from early to late summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings.
Dwarf blue (lavandula angustifolia) has deep blue fragrant flowers and grows 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) tall and spreads 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) wide. Flowers are good for cutting. Pippa white lavender (lavandula stoechas) bicolor purple and white.
Maturing To A Height Of About 15 Inches, It Is One Of The Most Compact Cultivars In Cultivation.
A neat, erect bush with slightly spreading habit. Perfect for cooking with, wonderful scented leaves & flowers, lavender is also perfect in a miniature or magical fairy garden too! It can easily be trimmed to shape for a classical, formal look or left to.
Flowers Are Good For Drying And Preserving.
A good long flowering lavender which the bees and butterflies love. Dwarf cultivars of lavandula angustifolia included, among others, compacta, folgate, dwarf blue, dwarf white, hidcote pink, hidcote superior, munstead, nana atropurpurea, nana rosea, sarah, summerland surpreme and lady lavender. Beautiful spikes of fragrant powder blue flowers rising above the foliage from early to late summer.
Blooms Once Some Time From Late Spring To Late Summer.
It has attractive grayish green evergreen foliage. Dwarf lavenders, which stay under 2 feet tall (see list below), are compact alternatives to the common varieties that can grow to 4 feet or taller. The flowers are excellent for cutting.
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