Name – Lavandula latifolia
Former name – Lavandula spica
Family – Lamiaceae
Type – herbaceous sub-shrub
Height – 1 to 2½ feet (30-80 cm)
Exposure – full sun
Soil – ordinary, well-drained
Foliage – evergreen
Blooming – June-September (weather-dependent)
Requirements: full sun and well-drained soil
Spike lavender will easily grow from seed.
Collect seeds from dried flowers at the end of summer
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Store them over the winter in a cool, dry place.
In spring, sow in nursery pots or sow directly in the soil.
Spike lavender, unlike Lavandin, is a fertile species. Bees and butterflies such as the cute “large white” pollinate it as they reach for nectar in each individual flower.