Lavandula × intermedia
Object Details
- Description
- This popular lavender is slightly less hard than L. angustifolia, but grows larger with more flower spikes than other Lavenders. It is native to a region of Spain and France were its two parents (L. angustifolia and L. latifolia) grow naturally. This lavender needs full sun to grow well.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Bees, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- July to September
- Ethnobotanical Uses
- Dried for potpourris
- Parentage
- Lavandula angustifolia x Lavandula latifolia
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- SE France to NE Spain
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0635A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Lavandin
- Lavender
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Lavandula
- Species
- × intermedia
- Life Form
- Herbaceous perennial
- Bloom Characteristics
- Spikes of purple flowers are 1-1.7" (2.5-4.3 cm) long.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Narrow, gray-green leaves are up to 2.5" (6.4 cm) long.
- Fragrance
- Lavender
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0635A