Spanish Lavender (species)
A perennial lavender grown for fresh, ornamental. A Mediterranean crop: it demands sharp drainage and full sun, and wet feet is its defining failure mode.
Across the consideration criteria
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- 10°F
- Ripening
- Early-season
- Vigor
- Moderate
- Disease tolerance
- Moderate
- Drainage need
- Low Sharp Draining
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8
- Graft requirement
- Not required
- US availability
- Available
Considerations
The defining requirement: lavender and peony fail on wet feet.
Hardy to about 10°F (USDA zone 7).
Early-season bloom (early).
A full-sun crop.
Prefers a pH band of 6.5–8.
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Grows alike
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wants the same drainage · handles heat and humidity alike
Hidcote English Lavender
wants the same drainage · handles heat and humidity alike
Munstead English Lavender
wants the same drainage · handles heat and humidity alike
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Grosso Lavandin
wants the same drainage
Provence Lavandin
wants the same drainage
Climate-adapted alternatives
more resilient picksEnglish Lavender (species)
similar drainage need · similar heat and humidity tolerance
Hidcote English Lavender
similar drainage need · similar heat and humidity tolerance
Munstead English Lavender
similar drainage need · similar heat and humidity tolerance
Lavandin (species)
similar drainage need
Grosso Lavandin
similar drainage need
Provence Lavandin
similar drainage need
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