Lavandula

(Lavender) Angustifolia Felice

Picture a sunny border humming with bees on a July afternoon, with the scent of lavender drifting across the garden. This compact English lavender has narrow, silvery leaves and slim stems topped with spikes of purple-blue flowers. Give it some room: it grows to about 60 cm tall and 40-50 cm wide, so it stays neat along a path or at the front of a border. For a full, buzzing display, plan on 5-6 per square metre, or set a few in a pot on the patio. Bees and butterflies love it from summer onwards, and because this green friend keeps its silvery leaves through winter, your garden never looks bare. Seasonal changes may affect whether it arrives in flower.

Give it the sunniest spot you have: lavender needs plenty of light to flower well and to keep its scent. It likes light, well-draining soil, and a handful of grit mixed into heavy clay keeps its roots from sitting wet, which is the one thing it really dislikes. Water young plants regularly for the first few weeks, then only in long dry spells; in a pot the soil dries out faster, so check it more often. Trim right after flowering, just below the faded spikes and into the green growth, never into old bare wood, because lavender rarely sprouts again from there. It is fully hardy and keeps its leaves in winter, so just make sure pots never stand in a saucer of water.

Your order will be hand picked and packed in our strong and sustainable packaging as soon as possible, after which it will be delivered straight from our greenhouse to your door by your chosen carrier. You can follow the journey of your plants via the tracking link you receive in your mail. If you have any questions regarding your order and its shipment, you can get in contact with our support team.

We expect every order to arrive in tip-top shape. We take intensive care of the plants in our greenhouse and use special and as sustainable as possible protective packaging to ship our plants. We also wrote an extensive blog about how to unpack and prepare your plants for growth after shipping. However there are rare occasions where our plants don’t meet their full potential. That’s why all plants are guaranteed for 30 days after arrival, if still in its original nursery pot.