Spanish Lavender (also known as Lavandula Stoechas)

Plant Type

Spanish Lavender is a perennial evergreen plant with narrow silvery leaves and purple pine-cone shaped flowers. Special Note: Even though lavender is a perennial, it usually only lives 3 to 5 years.

Planting

Spanish Lavender prefers full sun but does OK in shaded areas or partial sun. Plant Spanish Lavender 60 to 70 inches apart to give it room to grow and try to plant in well-drained soil.

Growth

Spanish Lavender grows up to 30 inches tall and 30 inches wide. It’s nice to do a mass planting to have a sea of aromatic, lavender flowers.

Flowering

Spanish Lavender has pine-coned shaped purple flowers. Spanish Lavender blooms from spring through fall (in my garden at least).

Watering

Spanish Lavender prefers moist soil but is drought tolerant.

Hardiness

Spanish Lavender is tolerant to 0 degrees Fahrenheit – More than hardy enough for most areas of the San Francisco Bay.

Trimming and Pruning

Lightly trim after the plant blooms to get new blooms more than once per year.