I would like to find the kind of lavender that has flowers that look like a butterfly. A friend of mine has a small plant but can only tell me that she bought it as "butterfly lavender." blueheronherbary.com says Spanish lavender (stoechas) is considered butterfly but their answering machine says they haven't opened for the season yet. Does anyone know of any others that I can check out that would be hardy in zone 5?
"Butterfly" lavender?
The plant scout is a plant locater here in Dave's garden. Use the plant scout tab at the top of the page and then put you plant name in the search,. It will lost companies that sell the plant or seed for the plant.
No luck there. Without knowing which lavender it is, butterfly lavender is too broad. One vendor had the stoechas listed on PlantFinder but I didn't find it listed on their site. And I'm not necessarily looking for a place to buy, but to see what the flowers look like on the plants. Unfortunately, there are no pictures when I search for "butterfly lavender" in the PDB. I'd also like to find out if there are other varieties of lavender that have those types of flowers.
The Bow Tie vine might work......sort of looks butterfly (ish) :-)
http://www.jacksonandperkins.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/site_search.d2w/report?keyword=bow+tie
That's a pretty one - thanks! But it's not hardy in zone 5. But I'd really like to find out if any other lavenders have flowers like the stoechas do.
I've only seen it grown as an annual so didn;t even think of the Zone limit.....sorry :-(
oh no - please don't apologize - I appreciate the suggestions!
I have a few seeds of this
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1845/index.html
yellow orchid vine
for a special trade.Thanks,Jody
I beleive the french/ spanish lavender (lavendula stoechas) is often called butterfly, and it does look like a butterfly on the ends. however I think it is only hardy to zone 6 . goodluck
I've never heard it called butterfly lavender, but L. stoechas is the only one that has flowers like that. Here are the ones in Plant Files so you can see some pics: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=lavandula&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=stoechas&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search It's not quite supposed to be hardy in your zone, but it's pretty close so if you've got a sheltered area or a warmer microclimate in your yard then it might make it unless you have an extra cold winter.
And here are all the lavender species so you can see what the flowers look like: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=lavandula&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=no&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=with&Search=Search L. dentata is the next closest to the butterfly look, but it's even less hardy than L. stoechas.
cheryl. try this site http://championacres.com/ lots of info on lavendars and such. ahve fun!