Munstead Lavender PlantsBlue Lavender
OUR MUNSTEAD LAVENDER ARE ESTABLISHED 2 YEAR OLD PLANTS IN 1.5 LITRE POTS. THEY ARE NOT PLUGS OR FRESHLY ROOTED CUTTINGS.
An evergreen, intensely aromatic shrub, Lavandula Munstead is a classic Lavender plant, with its purple-blue flowers and light misting of grey hairs on its leaves. The plentiful flowering stems rise up above the foliage and break into flower in early July, providing one of the best sources of nectar for pollinating insects. Munstead lavender is great for making a low hedge to border your flower beds or line a path and is best used where you can savour its heady aroma.
Lavender was one of the first effective herbal antiseptics, used by soldiers to treat wounds, burns and disinfect bandages from the Roman era - there are records of its use from 60AD up to and includgin World War One, when standard medical supplies were often scarce.
Though not really a dwarf Lavender, Munstead tends to be a little smaller than its relatives, reaching around 60cms. It is ideal for planting with other blue lavender plants to give a subtly varied, wild effect.
Planting and Caring for Lavandula Munstead
It should be no surprise that Munstead Lavender needs a good dose of sun and a well drained to dry soil. Lavender plants do not really mind the cold but they hate wet ground in winter. If necessary, drainage can be improved by creating a ridge or mound to plant intouse lots of grit, sand and low quality soil to bulk it up. Lavender is good to plant on the coast and is very drought resistant once it is settled in. Lavandula ang. Munstead will grow well in any soil type and actually performs better in less fertile sites, though it won't hurt to mix in a little compost if the soil is really poor. The only fertiliser we recommend adding is a little bone meal.
Clipping your lavender plants hard each year after flowering will ensure dense growth and lots of flowers the following year. Cut back each stem to one or two buds of green growthyou may trim them again in March if you like. There is a general fear about cutting into the woody stems and if you are regular with your pruning you should not need to. If you do have to hard prune your plants, do so a bit earlier in the season, as soon as the flowers begin to fade.
MINIMUM ORDER for Lavandula Munstead is 6 plants. If you want to look at other Lavender Plants follow the link for more varieties and for more general Lavender information.
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