Ellagance Lavender is a wonderful choice for drying, baking, and crafts.
Ellagance Lavender
- Type: Perennial in zones 5 to 7
- Planting time: After last spring frost
- Features: Attract pollinators; great for drying and crafts
- Light: Full sun
- Soil: Well-drained soil (on the dry side)
- Spacing: 12 to 18 inches apart
- Plant size: 12 to 14 inches tall by 8 to 10 inches wide
- Garden use: Herb gardens, containers, vegetable and flower bed
- Culinary use: Baking, teas, sugars, jellies, paired with berries or citrus
Deep purple flowers on tall spikes bloom right from the first year, creating a striking complement to the silvery gray foliage. Pollinators love this plant! You will too, as the aroma is wonderfully calming. Ideal for drying and crafts, as well as fresh-cut bouquets. Use edible flowers, which have a sweet floral flavor, for baked goods and lavender lemonade, or serve with berries and citrus. Deer-resistant.
Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available in your local area, due to different variables in certain regions. Also, if any variety is a limited, regional variety it will be noted on the pertinent variety page.
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Carol B. from
Attempted a garden of lavender for the first time last year and they grew beautifully. However, please know that lavender does NOT require daily watering once it is established well in your garden. I lost a few of them, because I assumed they needed daily watering like the rest of my garden, since the temps were reaching 85-90 degrees F. However, when I went on a 5-day vacation, I thought for sure they would all be dead since no one watered them. But guess what? To my surprise, ALL the lavender plants not only survived, but THRIVED. They looked even better after five days of no watering. My point? Don't overwater the lavender. They prefer some dryness. I began watering them every 3-4 days and they grew quite well.
Date published: 2015-05-16
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Susan from
Growing lavender for an unusual reason: DEER avoid it like the plague! We were "feeding" deer during the winter with our landscape shrubs. Lavender's fragrance (also Sage and Rosemary) repel the deer. The benefits are awesome - beautiful plants, great fragrance, and a natural way to repel shrub eating deer! What more could a girl ask for?
Date published: 2015-03-21
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riceke from
wonderful plant for fragrance. Lasts through winter in mild climes.: Love this plant along with Rosemary. Only problem I have is that if your potting soil has a lot of peat add some sand because as the season progresses the peat compacts and acts a sponge very detrimental to lavender.
Date published: 2016-03-12
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Kari from
First time ever growing lavender-- supposed to help repel mosquitoes, which is the reason why I'm attempting it! Along with rosemary, catnip, and lemon thyme. :) Love the smell either way! ;) Wish me luck!
Date published: 2015-04-20
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Wendy Ramos from
Very beautiful plants. when I bought them from the store I planted them right away. And a week after 4 of them died! I am so sad! But over all very beautiful.
Date published: 2016-04-30
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nicy22 from
amazing because
i think that laveder is a great smell for young women an teenager
Date published: 2017-03-15
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mamuska from
Ecelente!: Muy completa la información.
Date published: 2016-03-12
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pretty from
great: it is great and smells wonderful
Date published: 2016-03-12
