Lavandula stoechas (common name French lavender)
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Lavandula stoechas (aka French lavender)
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Reminders for this plant
Due about 1 month ago:
In Xela's garden calendar:
'Prune'
Carefully trim back in April, taking care not to cut into old wood.
Due in 15 days:
In Xela's garden calendar:
'Trim'
Cut back the stalks after the flowers have faded.
Due in 10 months:
In Xela's garden calendar:
'Trim'
Carefully trim back in April, taking care not to cut into old wood.
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Comments on Lavandula stoechas
8 Jun, 2007
Thanks Maple :o) Holly, the variety is 'Madrid Pink' I'm using Grows on You to keep track of what's in my garden - so I don't have to keep the plastic bits next to each plant :o) If you look just to the right of this comment under 'what else?' this photo is linked to a plant in my garden.
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10 Aug, 2007
Your photos are superb, my camera isn't good enough to take pictures like yours, they look very professional.
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10 Aug, 2007
Thank you Holly - we began to try close-ups of blooms inspired by Joey! Our camera is a bit out of date, but does still seem to do the job! We now have a file in the PC called 'Blooms' and it has over a 100 close-ups in it...I had the job of naming them all and it's quite hard to recognise some :-O...I certainly won't be putting them all on this site, it would probably blow up under the strain :-)
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11 Aug, 2007
A lovely photo with super light. Also you asked about the best time to prune Sambucus nigra. We pruned it after the first year to presuade it to take on an architectural shape, and this was done late September when the leaves had fallen.It gives a lovely contrast to the Acer palmatum standing very close to it.With best wishes and happy gardening.Grenville and Alan.
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28 Jan, 2008
your not alone on this peter, one of mine is looking a bit like this too, if you don't get any new shoots coming from the dead bits, best to remove and replace i think. some types of lavender are not long lived anyway. is it by any chance a french lavender? - thats what i have lost and they are quite well known for this!
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29 Jan, 2008
Hi Spritzhenry,
This a lovely photo I have tried grow french lavender in my garden it doesn't do very well.
It reminds me of a ladies hat at Ascot.
Libby.
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23 Feb, 2008
This is the first time that I have ever seen this flower. This is very special. Mike C
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Members' notes...
Evergreen bush. Prune in late summer after flowering. Protect in winter where colder.
When we came, there were two woody augustifolias in the front border. I couldn't cut them back, and they had outgrown their space, so sadly, they had to go. I've replaced them, though, and planted several french lavenders which seem to thrive here.
Lavandula stoechas (French Lavender, Spanish Lavender, Stoechas Lavender, or Topped Lavender) occurs naturally in theMediterranean region. A perennial shrub, it usually grows to 30-100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1-4 cm long, greyish tomentose. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2-3 cm long at the top of slender leafless stems 10-30 cm long; each flower is subtended by a bract 4-8 mm long. At the top of the spike are a number of much larger, sterile bracts (no flowers between them), 10-50 mm long and bright lavender purple (rarely white).
In Northern Hemisphere gardens it is somewhat hardier than Common Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Planted Vistabile '07 ( bought at Hampton Court Flower Show)
bought from QD stores summer 07 planted in the cottage garden bed next to brookes playhouse bed.
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5 Jun, 2007
What a fantastic picture!! I love lavender and have 4 different types in the garden - 3 French and 1 English. The scent is brilliant and the insects adore it too
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