Fernleaf lavender

Fernleaf lavender
Photo: Laitche · Public domain

Pet safety

Not known yet. Check before letting pets near.

Through the year

Flowering months are not yet confirmed.

Key care steps

  1. Cut the spent flower stalks off once the colour has faded.
  2. Shape the plant into a tight dome, staying within the soft green growth.
  3. Leave at least two or three centimetres of leafy shoot above the woody base.

A small evergreen shrub with downy, fern-like, grey-green leaves and long-stalked violet-blue flowers from early summer into autumn. Its aromatic foliage smells more like oregano than typical lavender.

Sun: Full sun.

Soil: Chalk, loam or sand; alkaline or neutral pH..

Hardiness: H3 — down to −5°C.