Plant Of The Month - May - Lavender family

Our plant of the month for May is the wonderful Lavender family.
Lavender is a traditional garden favourite, and quite rightly so, the foliage is wonderfully dramatic and the striking flowers are great Summer colour for us, and provide a popular nectar bar for an array of Bees and Butterflies and other insects.


Lavenders require a sunny well drained site and need regular trimming after flowering to prevent them from getting too woody and going over.

Our top 5 best sellers are:

Lavandula Regal Splender
Lavandula Walbertons Silver Edge
Lavandula Stoechas Papillon
Lavandula Angustifolia Hidcote
Lavandula Angustifolia Munsted

HIDCOTE:  "A personal favourite"
A compact variety ideal for low hedges and framing borders. Its dark violet flowers in dense spikes are bourne in June/July and August. About 60cm high.

MUNSTEAD: A traditional lavender blue variety, making a lovely cushion in the border or can be used as a dwarf hedging. About 75cm high.
flowering in June/July and August.

PAPILLON :
One of the best French "Butterfly Lavenders" on the market the tall Lavender pink winged flowers are produced freely in the Summer introduced by Hillier Nursery.

REGAL SPLENDOUR :
As the name suggests, very regal with its royal purple striking "Butterfly like" flowers towering above the very aromatic foliage. 60-75cm high, Looks great in pots.