How do you take care of a Spanish Lavender plant?

How do you take care of a Spanish Lavender plant?

Spanish lavender grows best on well drained soils with normal winter rains and low amounts of supplemental water during summer. Young plants will grow faster and flower longer with moderate amounts of water during winter and spring; established plants grow well with periodic deep irrigation in the summer.

Is Spanish Lavender the same as regular lavender?

Spanish lavender is distinguished from other lavenders by its unusual flower blossoms. It produces an abundance of rich dark purple pine-cone shaped flowers that have dark-purple bracts, or “rabbit ears.” Spanish lavender has strong stems with smooth, light-green foliage and performs best in full sun.

Does Spanish Lavender grow back every year?

Lavender is a perennial sub shrub the does come back after Winter and lives for many years with the right care, growing in the appropriate climate and conditions. Spanish and French lavenders may not come back after Winter in cold climates as they not as cold hardy as English lavenders.

Will Spanish Lavender survive winter?

English lavender species are hardy, so can survive outdoors throughout winter and tolerate frost. Whereas Spanish, French and Italian lavenders are not frost tolerant and will need to be transferred to pots and taken indoors over winter, if they’re in a climate that receives regular frosts.

Does Spanish lavender bloom all summer?

Spanish lavender (Lavandula stoechas), sometimes known as French lavender, is the least hardy and most heat-tolerant of the lavender species. It thrives in USDA zones 8 through 9. In areas with mild summers and winters, it may bloom up to three times – in early May, June and late summer or early fall, says Gardenia.

Does Spanish lavender need full sun?

Light. Like other lavender varieties, Spanish lavender requires full sun to thrive and produce its fragrant blooms.

Does Spanish lavender smell good?

Native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa, Spanish Lavender seems to be a more suitable lavender choice for those who garden in hot humid climates. The antiseptic, piney fragrance of Spanish Lavender makes it an exceptionally fragrant landscape plant but not the first choice for use in cooking.

Does Spanish lavender smell?

Spanish lavender forms a compact, dense shrub to about 2ft x 3ft with grayish-green 1in long leaves. This lavender is hardy to about 15°F. The fragrance of this species is kind of between a true lavender scent and a pungent rosemary fragrance.

Is Spanish lavender a perennial?

Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas) are long-blooming and fragrant perennial plants. Lavandula stoechas thrives in heat and is considered a drought resistant (xeric) perennial. Spanish Lavender is evergreen, rabbit- and deer-resistant, and very attractive to butterflies.

Does lavender grow back?

Lavender does not break new growth easily from old stems so don’t cut back into the woody stems. Even if pruned annually, older lavender plants can become straggly, very woody and mis-shapen so, as they are fast growing and establish quickly, they are best replaced if you want to keep everything looking neat.

How long does Spanish lavender live?

Spanish lavender has the shortest lifespan of the three types: About five years. The third type include lavender crosses or lavedins, lavandula X intermedia. Popular varieties include Grosso and Provence.

Why is my Spanish lavender dying?

1. Over Watering Lavenders (Drooping Appearance with Brown Foliage) The most likely reason your lavender is dying is because of over watering. If lavender receives too much water it will develop the disease root rot and show symptoms of stress such as a drooping or wilting appearance and a browning of the foliage.