A sweet fragrance, neat foliage, and beautiful flower spikes that last all summer make lavender in all its forms an enduring garden favourite. Soft in texture and colour its an easy plant to find a space for. Lavender is a traditional companion for roses especially the old fashioned varieties. Apart from the common varieties of 'English Lavender', L. 'Hidcote' and L. 'Dwarf Munstead' , at Hennessy's you will find less well-known but worthwhile varieties such as 'Dutch Lavender' L. angustifolia 'Vera' , with grey leaves and stems and blue flowers. There are also several varieties of 'French Lavender', L. steochas and even some 'Spanish Lavender', L. steochas pendunculata , which just illustrates what an international favourite Lavender's always been.
Lavender loves to bake in a hot sunny position in poor, stony soil.
It hates a waterlogging, so if your soil is rich and deep, incorporate plenty of sand and gravel when planting. Keep plants neat by giving them a light trim late in the summer.