Lavandula Stoechas "French Lavender" 2.5Liter
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Lavandula Stoechas "French Lavender" 2.5Liter
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Weight: 2.50 kg
🌿 Lavandula stoechas – French Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula stoechas
Common Names: French Lavender, Spanish Lavender, Butterfly Lavender, Stoechas Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula stoechas
Common Names: French Lavender, Spanish Lavender, Butterfly Lavender, Stoechas Lavender
📌 Product Description
Lavandula stoechas, commonly known as French Lavender, is a hardy, aromatic perennial shrub prized for its vivid purple, pineapple-shaped flower heads topped with decorative “rabbit-ear” bracts. Its fragrant foliage and flowers make it a favourite for gardens, borders, and container planting.
This compact lavender variety is particularly well-suited to South African climates, tolerating heat, drought, and coastal conditions. Its long flowering season and aromatic scent make it ideal for pollinator-friendly gardens, attracting bees and butterflies.
Lavandula stoechas, commonly known as French Lavender, is a hardy, aromatic perennial shrub prized for its vivid purple, pineapple-shaped flower heads topped with decorative “rabbit-ear” bracts. Its fragrant foliage and flowers make it a favourite for gardens, borders, and container planting.
This compact lavender variety is particularly well-suited to South African climates, tolerating heat, drought, and coastal conditions. Its long flowering season and aromatic scent make it ideal for pollinator-friendly gardens, attracting bees and butterflies.
📏 Size When Fully Grown
- Height: 40 – 60 cm
- Spread: 50 – 70 cm
- Growth Habit: Compact, bushy shrub
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Height: 40 – 60 cm
- Spread: 50 – 70 cm
- Growth Habit: Compact, bushy shrub
- Growth Rate: Moderate
🌱 Best Growing Conditions
- Light: Full sun for optimum flowering
- Soil: Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil; tolerates poor soils
- Water:
- Drought-tolerant once established
- Avoid overwatering; prefers slightly dry conditions
- Feeding: Minimal fertiliser; light feeding in spring with low-nitrogen fertiliser
- Maintenance:
- Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape
- Remove old flower heads to encourage repeat blooms
- Light: Full sun for optimum flowering
- Soil: Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil; tolerates poor soils
- Water:
- Drought-tolerant once established
- Avoid overwatering; prefers slightly dry conditions
- Feeding: Minimal fertiliser; light feeding in spring with low-nitrogen fertiliser
- Maintenance:
- Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape
- Remove old flower heads to encourage repeat blooms
🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)
- Best Planting Time: Autumn or spring
- Flowering Season: Spring through early summer (may rebloom in mild climates)
- Growing Season: Spring and summer
- Climate Suitability: Temperate, coastal, and Mediterranean-type gardens
- Frost Tolerance: Light frost tolerant once established
- Best Planting Time: Autumn or spring
- Flowering Season: Spring through early summer (may rebloom in mild climates)
- Growing Season: Spring and summer
- Climate Suitability: Temperate, coastal, and Mediterranean-type gardens
- Frost Tolerance: Light frost tolerant once established
🌼 Additional Benefits
- Unique “rabbit-ear” flower bracts add architectural interest
- Highly aromatic foliage and blooms
- Compact, low-maintenance, and drought-tolerant
- Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
- Ideal for garden borders, rockeries, and containers
- Unique “rabbit-ear” flower bracts add architectural interest
- Highly aromatic foliage and blooms
- Compact, low-maintenance, and drought-tolerant
- Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
- Ideal for garden borders, rockeries, and containers
🌿 Ideal Uses
✔ Pollinator-friendly garden beds
✔ Coastal and water-wise landscapes
✔ Borders, edging, and rockeries
✔ Patio and container planting
✔ Aromatic herb and sensory gardens
✔ Pollinator-friendly garden beds
✔ Coastal and water-wise landscapes
✔ Borders, edging, and rockeries
✔ Patio and container planting
✔ Aromatic herb and sensory gardens
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