The most beautiful lavender varieties with low growth
Low-growing lavender or, as it is sometimes called, dwarf lavender is the right choice for small gardens and for growing in pots on the balcony or terrace. These varieties require significantly less space than the taller ones, and some breeds can also be used as ground-covering plants. The low lavenders generally grow more slowly than the conventional varieties, and some of them are also suitable for planting in balcony boxes - provided that waterlogging can be avoided in such a box. Otherwise, the small lavenders are perfect for edging a bed or for low hedges. In mixed beds, they should be planted in the foreground if possible.
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List of dwarf lavender
The most important lavender varieties with low growth include the following varieties:
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Peter Pan' (height between 25 and 35 centimeters, dark flower color)
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba' (height between 25 and 35 centimeters, white flowers) Lavandula
- angustifolia 'Dwarf Blue' (height between 20 and 30 centimeters, blue flowers)
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Blue Scent' (height between 25 to 40 centimeters, blue flowers)
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' (height between 30 and 50 centimeters, dark blue flowers)
The 'Hidcote Blue' variety is also often described as dwarfed, although this is not entirely true. In fact, this rather dark flowering variety can stay comparatively small, but can easily reach heights of 50 to 60 centimeters under good growing conditions.
Coppy lavender also stays quite low
The list above shows that varieties of real lavender - in Latin Lavandula angustifolia - remain relatively low. This species also has the advantage of being hardy - that is, you can overwinter these little plants outdoors. With heights between 40 and 60 centimeters and thus relatively small, different varieties of the crested lavender (Lavandula stoechas) also remain, which, however, cannot tolerate cold and should overwinter in a cold house.
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In contrast, however, the spear lavender (Lavandula latifolia) and the Provencal lavandin (Lavandula intermedia) are very high. In addition, these varieties are only winter hardy, but not hardy.
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