Lavender Species and Cultivars By Dr. Curtis Beus, WSU Extension, Clallam County varieties
L. angustifolia L. lavender “English” ‘Royal Velvet’ ‘Royal
L. Angustifolia L. Long stems Long color Great quality oil Good plant landscape Beautiful products dried Beautiful products culinary for Great ‘Betty’s Blue’ ‘Betty’s Short, uniform stem length Short, uniform heads flower uniform Unique, plant landscape Small Containers for Good color Great
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Mitchum Grey’ Short, uniform stem length Short, uniform plant landscape Small Containers for Good color dark Great well very Dries foliage Green/gray
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Folgate’ Super oil yield oil Super –quality oil Great scent “sweet” very plant robust Large use culinary Great bloomer Early
L. Angustifolia L. Great all-around plant for Oil, color, landscape plant
Old standard plant, but often propagated by seed
Very Dark Color Good for Containers Good Culinary Variety
L. Angustifolia‘Hidcote’ ’ ‘Melissa
L. Angustifolia L. color plant Beautiful alternative Beautiful Great landscape Great quality oil Good uses Culinary ‘Violet Intrigue’ ‘Violet
L. Angustifolia L. Long stems Long color unique Bright, bouquets fresh Beautiful variety New plant Beautiful patent Under French standard for oil quality oil for standard French soils heavier Tolerates ‘Maillette’
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Royal Purple’ ‘Royal
L. Angustifolia L. Large “fat” flower spikes flower “fat” Large bouquets fresh for Great ‘Buena Vista’ ‘Buena Crop nd
L. Angustifolia L. Large, “leggy,” open plant open “leggy,” Large, Good oil variety oil Good 2 small a get Sometimes ‘Twickle Purple’ Popular oil variety worldwide variety oil Popular plant leggy Open,
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Blue Cushion’ ‘Blue
L. Angustifolia L. color purple/blue light Unique plant landscape Stunning containers for Good part shade Tolerates stem length Uniform patent Under ‘Lavance Purple’ Verymall plant Short stems purple dark Intense containers for Great gardens Rock &
L. Angustifolia L. Good oil variety Light purple color Sometimes get 2 nd small crop
L. Angustifolia‘Martha Roderick’ ‘Sachet’
L. Angustifolia L. Oil variety Oil dried for Good ‘DwarfWhite’
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Munstead’
Old Standard English Variety English Standard Old propagated seed Often culinary for Good Angustifolia L. ‘Cedar Blue’ ‘Cedar
L. Angustifolia L. Medium blue-violet color blue-violet Medium plant landscape large Nice bloomer Late Very small plant Great for containers and rock gardens
L. Angustifolia‘Thumbelina Leigh’ Short bloom time Short bloom plant attractive a very Not ‘Jean Davis’ ‘Jean
L. Angustifolia L. Early bloomer Unique “fat” short heads
L. Angustifolia‘Tucker’s Early Purple ’ ‘Hidcote Superior’
L. Angustifolia L. hardy Not very winter very Not color dark Very ‘Baby Blue’ ‘Baby Intense dark blue-violet color blue-violet dark Intense
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Sharon Roberts’ ‘Sharon Good oil variety oil Good plant open “leggy,” Large,
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Ashdown Forest’ ‘Ashdown Light violet, variably colored blooms colored variably violet, Light stem lengths’ Uniform plant landscape Great bloomer Early
L. Angustifolia L. ‘Hidcote Pink’
L. Angustifolia L. Culinary use Culinary than Melissa pink more Somewhat ‘Little Lottie’ ‘Little
L. Angustifolia L. Small pink variety pink Small latifolia and L. and
angustifolia Cross between L. between Cross varieties
L. x x intermedia L. “Lavandins” L. latifolia L. Lavender” “Spike Superb oil yield oil Superb lavandin for Standard oil stems uniform Long, & buds bundles dried for Great ‘Grosso’
L. x Intermedia x L. Exciting new variety new Exciting dried color Excellent heads flower beautiful Unique, ‘Gros Bleu’
L. x Intermedia x L. ‘Provence’
L. x Intermedia x L. Superb, large landscape plant landscape large Superb, color Blue/gray oil for good Not variety culinary a really Not stems from easily shatter Buds ‘Hidcote Giant’ Striking, unique plant unique Striking, heads flower Compact length stem Non-uniform Difficultto de-bud products craft for Good
L. x Intermedia x L. Good oil yield & quality & yield oil Good oil quality High plant looking Elegant ‘Super’
L. x Intermedia x L. ‘Seal’
L. x Intermedia x L. Huge plant for landscapes for plant Huge ‘White Spike’ ‘White Unique white lavandin white Unique plant Large &open to woody be Tends
L. x Intermedia x L. ‘Fred Boutin’ ‘Fred Huge landscape plant landscape Huge of yield Good buds dried dried color great Not
L. x Intermedia x L. New variety in U.S. Unique, very long, tapered flower spikes
L. x intermedia‘Sussex’ Cross between L . angustifoliaand L. lanata Nearly as winter hardy as L. angustifolia Retain the silver/gray foliage of L. lanata Large, beautiful landscape plants
L. x chaytoraevarieties L. x x lanata L. Lavender” “Woolly ‘Silver Frost’ ‘Silver
L. x Chaytorae x L. ‘Lisa Marie’
L. x Chaytorae x L. ‘Sawyers’
L. x Chaytorae x L. ‘Ana Luisa’ ‘Ana
L. x Chaytorae x L. L. stoechas L. Lavender” “Spanish ‘Otto Quast’
‘Blue Star’ ‘Tiara’
‘Regal Splendor’ ‘Hazel’ ‘Blueberry’ L. dentata L. Lavender” “French