Lavandula vera | English Lavender | Groundcover
Lavandula vera belongs to the plant family LAMIACE and Genus Lavandula This Groundcover prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Lavandula vera does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Lavandula vera so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Lavandula vera English lavender is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Lavandula vera has leaves that are mildly sweet. English lavender can survive cold winters where the average annual low is -20 Fahrenheit. This plant likes full sun to partial shade. It likes dry soils.
Lavandula vera will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Lavandula vera is a perennial.
Leaves of the plant Lavandula vera have a smell of fragrant foliage and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Faintly sweet | Mild
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 1' 6" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
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