English lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Ground coverPlacenta
Production
A low, sun-loving aromatic ground cover — bee-magnetic and happiest on sharp drainage; it sulks and rots in damp, rich soil.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Ground cover
- Lifecycle
- Placenta
- Soil preference
- Sandy, Rocky
- Soil pH range
- 6.5 – 8
- Min. temperature
- -15°C
- Min. rainfall
- 350 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Classic culinary and pollinator lavender; shear lightly after flowering and never cut into old bare wood.
Watch out for
Rots in damp or heavy soil; short-lived on rich ground, replace every few years.
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