This is Spanish Lavender I found while walking around Meadowlark Gardens, in Vienna, Virginia. Their home page is here. The photos were taken some years ago.
Spanish Lavender is also called French Lavender, Topped Lavender, Butterfly Lavender and Fringed Lavender. Its botanical name is Lavandula stoechas.
It is an evergreen and blooms in the spring and summer, attracting bees and butterflies due to its nectar rich flowers. I love its scent as the flowers and leaves are very fragrant and can be used for potpourri and essential oil, and used in aromatherapy.
Spanish Lavender is one of about 45 species. It is a native to the Mediterranean, so it thrives in hot, dry climates and is less tolerant of cold weather compared to other lavender types. It is unique for its pineapple-shaped flower heads topped with distinctive bracts that resemble rabbit ears. It also attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies due to its nectar-rich flowers. They do well in landscaping or in pots, and I certainly would love a few of those pots around here.
Thanks for looking and have a great day!
(This is actually tomorrow’s post and one of those I occasionally post too early. I didn’t want to reset it though, as I know new posts show up in your feed, and how confusing it can be when it suddenly disappears. Therefore I am leaving it as is. There won’t be another post appearing at midnight. This is it until my regular one tomorrow at midnight.)
Me encanta la lavanda. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures
ReplyDeleteI grew this lavender once when my garden had more sun light. Now it's too shady. I did love it and the critters it attracted.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of or seen this before!! And you got great photos. I love lavender, it is one of my favorite scents. I wonder if this smells the same as regular lavender?
ReplyDeleteI love the scent of lavender! They are beneficial for sleep too.
ReplyDeleteLovely lavender Denise!
ReplyDeleteWe are waiting for spring and together with its flowering and its smell!!
Have nice day my friend!!
Lovely things. I spray lavender oil on my pillow case to help me sleep. And years back I stayed at a bed and breakfast that dried their bed linen on lavender bushes in the sun. Bliss.
ReplyDeleteVert pretty, I love the scent of lavender. Take care, have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteFor some reasons, most of lavenders I find in Melbourne are Spanish ones.
ReplyDeleteWe have this lavender in our garden. It's pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have several kinds of lavender in the garden and fortunately they seem to flower at slightly different times so I can almost always enjoy the perfume. Have a good week Diane
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I've tried to grow lavender and it didn't survive well. But I do love it!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender, but cannot grow it, which is strange, because we have had two large rosemary shrubs for years, which are thriving. No doubt, I'l try again this year.
ReplyDeleteI bet the aroma was lovely too.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love all the pretty varieties of lavender. Lovely photos, Denise.
ReplyDeleteI use Lavender, lemon, rosemary and vanilla essential oil in my diffuser...YUMMM
ReplyDeletehugs
Donna
That first photo is gorgeous. I have tried to grow different lavender here. It gets too cold, so no luck.
ReplyDeleteOh such pretty warm lavender...join the growing number of those who post early...but I say better early than not at all
ReplyDeleteHugs cecilia
Can't imagine what it must smell like to walk in a field of lavender! :)
ReplyDeleteLavender is such a wonderful plant. It's beautiful and very soothing.
ReplyDeleteLovely lavender and that first picture is stunning.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I love Lavender in the garden! The only problem is that here in South Devon, we’ve had so much rain, I’m sure that all my lavender plants hate it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful plant! I can almost smell it! Would love to have some in pots around the house, if possible in our tropical climate.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday, Denise!