Lavender Varieties
Lavender Varieties
Lavender Varieties
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<strong>Lavender</strong> Species and Cultivars<br />
By Dr. Curtis Beus, WSU Extension, Clallam County
L. angustifolia varieties<br />
“English” lavender
Long stems<br />
Great color<br />
Good oil quality<br />
Beautiful landscape plant<br />
Beautiful dried products<br />
Great for culinary products<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Royal Velvet’
Short, uniform stem length<br />
Unique, uniform flower heads<br />
Small landscape plant<br />
Good for Containers<br />
Great color<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Betty’s Blue’
L. Angustifolia ‘Mitchum Grey’<br />
Short, uniform stem length<br />
Small landscape plant<br />
Good for Containers<br />
Great dark color<br />
Dries very well<br />
Green/gray foliage
L. Angustifolia ‘Folgate’<br />
Super oil yield<br />
Great oil quality – very “sweet” scent<br />
Large robust plant<br />
Great culinary use<br />
Early bloomer
Great all-around plant for<br />
Oil, color, landscape plant<br />
Old standard plant, but<br />
often propagated by seed<br />
Very Dark Color<br />
Good for Containers<br />
Good Culinary Variety<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
Beautiful alternative<br />
color<br />
Great landscape<br />
plant<br />
Good oil quality<br />
Culinary uses<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Melissa’
Long stems<br />
Bright, unique color<br />
Beautiful fresh bouquets<br />
New variety<br />
Beautiful plant<br />
Under patent<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’
L. Angustifolia ‘Maillette’<br />
French standard for oil quality<br />
Tolerates heavier soils
Large “fat” flower spikes<br />
Great for fresh bouquets<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Royal Purple’
Good oil variety<br />
Sometimes get a small 2 nd Crop<br />
Large, “leggy,” open plant<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Buena Vista’
L. Angustifolia ‘Twickle Purple’<br />
Popular oil variety worldwide<br />
Open, leggy plant
L. Angustifolia ‘Blue Cushion’<br />
Unique light purple/blue color<br />
Stunning landscape plant<br />
Good for containers<br />
Tolerates part shade<br />
Uniform stem length<br />
Under patent
L. Angustifolia ‘Lavance Purple’<br />
Verymall plant<br />
Short stems<br />
Intense dark purple<br />
Great for containers<br />
& Rock gardens
Good oil variety<br />
Light purple color<br />
Sometimes get 2 nd small crop<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Martha Roderick’
Oil variety<br />
Good for dried<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Sachet’
L. Angustifolia ‘Dwarf White’
Old Standard English Variety<br />
Often seed propagated<br />
Good for culinary<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Munstead’
Medium blue-violet color<br />
Nice large landscape plant<br />
Late bloomer<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Cedar Blue’
Very small plant<br />
Great for containers<br />
and rock gardens<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Thumbelina Leigh’
L. Angustifolia ‘Jean Davis’<br />
Short bloom time<br />
Not a very attractive plant
Early bloomer<br />
Unique “fat” short heads<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Tucker’s Early Purple’
L. Angustifolia ‘Hidcote Superior’<br />
Not very winter<br />
hardy<br />
Very dark color
L. Angustifolia ‘Baby Blue’<br />
Intense dark blue-violet color
L. Angustifolia ‘Sharon Roberts’<br />
Good oil variety<br />
Large, “leggy,” open plant
Light violet, variably colored blooms<br />
Uniform stem lengths’<br />
Great landscape plant<br />
Early bloomer<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Ashdown Forest’
L. Angustifolia ‘Hidcote Pink’<br />
Culinary use<br />
Somewhat more pink than Melissa
Small pink variety<br />
L. Angustifolia ‘Little Lottie’
L. x intermedia varieties<br />
“Lavandins”<br />
Cross between L. angustifolia and L. latifolia
L. latifolia<br />
“Spike <strong>Lavender</strong>”
L. x Intermedia ‘Grosso’<br />
Superb oil yield<br />
Standard for lavandin oil<br />
Long, uniform stems<br />
Great for dried bundles & buds
L. x Intermedia ‘Gros Bleu’<br />
Exciting new variety<br />
Excellent color dried<br />
Unique, beautiful flower heads
Superb, large landscape plant<br />
Blue/gray color<br />
Not good for oil<br />
Not really a culinary variety<br />
Buds shatter easily from stems<br />
L. x Intermedia ‘Provence’
Striking, unique plant<br />
Compact flower heads<br />
Non-uniform stem length<br />
Difficult to de-bud<br />
Good for craft products<br />
L. x Intermedia ‘Hidcote Giant’
L. x Intermedia ‘Super’<br />
Good oil yield & quality<br />
High quality oil<br />
Elegant looking plant
Huge plant for landscapes<br />
L. x Intermedia ‘Seal’
L. x Intermedia ‘White Spike’<br />
Unique white lavandin<br />
Large plant<br />
Tends to be open & woody
Huge landscape plant<br />
Good yield of dried buds<br />
Not great color dried<br />
L. x Intermedia ‘Fred Boutin’
L. x intermedia ‘Sussex’<br />
New variety in U.S.<br />
Unique, very long, tapered<br />
flower spikes
Cross between L. angustifolia and L. lanata<br />
Nearly as winter hardy as L. angustifolia<br />
Retain the silver/gray foliage of L. lanata<br />
Large, beautiful landscape plants<br />
L. x chaytorae varieties
L. x lanata<br />
“Woolly <strong>Lavender</strong>”
L. x Chaytorae ‘Silver Frost’
L. x Chaytorae ‘Lisa Marie’
L. x Chaytorae ‘Sawyers’
L. x Chaytorae ‘Ana Luisa’
L. stoechas<br />
“Spanish <strong>Lavender</strong>”
‘Otto Quast’<br />
‘Tiara’<br />
‘Blue Star’<br />
‘Blueberry’<br />
‘Regal Splendor’<br />
‘Hazel’
L. dentata<br />
“French <strong>Lavender</strong>”
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