What is Lavandin?
Lavandin is a hybrid lavender used as a decoration in rock gardens, fragrant gardens and landscapes. This lavender is harvested and is used in fragrant arrangements, potorri and bags. The scientific name is Lavandula x Intermedia. There are several cultivars of this lavender hybrid offering mild variations of flower color and leaf tone. Lavandin is a tolerant, permanent plant that thrives in a dry warm climate. The leaves of silver tones and fragrant purple flowers create a neutral border along the roads or around flowers and shrubs. Often Masse is planted on a large area. Rocky soil and full sun of most rock gardens provide excellent cultivation conditions. Lavandin is rarely grown as a culinary herb, although, like all lavender, is baking. The flowers are at the end of the narrow square stems from 2 inches to 4 inches (5 cm to 10 cm). Square stems are characteristic of Lamiaceae or Mint family, from which he is a member of Lavandin. LeavesOU from 12 inches to 30 inches (30 cm to 72 cm). Flower stems tend to grow over foliage and leaves and stems are silver, gray or green.
Place in full sun with light, sandy, soil and good drainage provides the best conditions for Lavandin. This plant grows well in neutral or slightly alkaline soil in the pH between 6.6 and 7.8; Acid soils are not suitable. Lavandin is resistant at winter temperatures up to 5 degrees Fahrenheit (-15 ° C). Individual plants will be hibernated in containers on a sunny window sill.
As soon as the first leaves appear in the spring, Lightly plants should be cut into shape. Removal of individual flowers, when fading, increases the production of flowers during the season. Every two or three years, plants should be reduced back to 8 inches (20 cm) high; This heavy pruning increases the health and life of the plant. After 10 years will probably nto replace the plants.
Cultivar Provence has highly fragrant pale purple flowers and is named for France, where it is grown for perfume. Grosso has silver green leaves and long stems of flowers with deep purple flowers. Albums are smaller lavandin with fragrant white flowers.