English Lavender - Lavandula angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia, also known as English Lavender, is a timeless Mediterranean garden favourite loved for its fragrant purple flowers, silvery evergreen foliage, and appeal to bees and butterflies. Perfect for borders, pots, cottage gardens, and sensory spaces — this hardy shrub brings beautiful colour, amazing scent, and pollinator-friendly blooms year after year, I never design a garden without.

💜 Buy small and save! English Lavender establishes quickly — so purchasing smaller plants is a cost-effective way to grow healthy, bushy lavender mounds that reward you with masses of fragrant blooms year after year.

✅ Key Features

🌱 Type: Hardy evergreen shrub
📏 Height & Spread: Up to 60–80 cm tall x 60–80 cm spread
☀️ Light: Full sun — thrives in sunny spots
🌡️ Hardiness: Fully hardy down to -15
🪴 Perfect for: Borders, pathways, pots, herb gardens
🐝 Wildlife: Highly attractive to bees, butterflies & other pollinators
💧 Watering: Drought-tolerant once established — hates soggy soil
🌿 Soil: Easy to grow, even in poor, dry soils
✂️ Maintenance: Low — prune lightly after flowering to keep shape
🌸 Flowering: Scented purple flower spikes from June to August