Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas
Spanish Lavender, Italian Lavender, French Lavender
Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas
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the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
Plant Type:Dense, low evergreen shrub
Maximum Height:1m
Soil Type:Light, friable, coarse textured, well drained soil
Position:Full sun
Climatic Zone:Southern Australia
Propagation:Leafy tip cuttings in autumn to late winter
Flowers:Deep purple flower, late winter to early summer
Weed Potential:Weed

    "I must not absorb much space on the Italian lavender for it seems to crop up in almost every one of my letters - there is such a diversity of uses to which it may be put. I first saw it flowering like a purple carpet under an enormous old cypress tree! That was good enough for me. Here surely was one of the most useful and delightful of ground covers."

    "Letters to Garden Lovers", Australian Home Beautiful, December 1937.

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