Lavandula Species, Dwarf French Lavender, Fringed Lavender

It's now the only Lavender I grow at my nursery. It takes the heat of North Central Florida summers where most Lavender plants don't surv...Read Moreive our summers.
Clones extremely easily treating it just like Rosemary cuttings.
I've found it doesn't care for wet feet, and often bring containers in from outside to the greenhouse if we have daily rain. But as the plant gets larger it transpires and dries the soil fast, but not so much when small in say a 3.5 in pot.

Grows heartily and quickly in the limestone filled soil of the Edwards plateau. Drought hardy and deer proof, water sparingly in height o...Read Moref summer; full sun, although it will tolerate some shade and bloom less.

Does well as long as it is not planted in area where the roots will get very hot, like right behind a south-facing retaining wall. Fragr...Read Moreance is very nice.

The foliage on this plant smells so loverly, the flowers could emit the scent of chocolate, and I wouldn't care! Though before I'd even ...Read Moreplanted the poor thing last mid-summer or so, I thought I'd killed it. It drooped, I watered. It drooped more, I stopped watering. I finally planted it [in part shade, no less] and left it in peace. It thrived throughout the winter. I've done just about everything wrong with this plant, but it's already sending up some purple shoots this year.