Lavandula pinnata
Fernleaf Lavender
Evergreen-Deciduous | Evergreen |
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Overall Mature Size | Small |
Mature Height & Spread | 2' x 1 1/2' |
Exposure | Full to Partial Sun |
Water | Medium, Low Water |
Flower Color | Blue |
Bloom Time | Spring, Summer, Fall |
Special Features | Attracts Butterflies, Bees, Deer Resistant, Low Water Use |
Container Sizes | #5 |
Natural Growth Habit | Mounding |
Sunset Garden Zones | 16-24 |
Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
Plant Type | Shrub |
Moderate-growing subshrub with an open branching-habit to 2 ft tall by 1.5 ft wide. Lavandula is revered for its delightfully fragrant and useful foliage as well as its abundant showy flower display. This unique variety features fragrant fern-like gray-green to silvery-gray colored foliage and is accented with rich-violet-blue flowers appearing spring to fall attracting bees and butterflies. Great in beds borders or containers and the fragrant foliage can be used for sachets and potpourris. Frost sensitive. Moderate to light water needs once established and prefers a well-drained soil in a full to partial sun exposure.