{"title":"Lavender Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eLavender earns its place in an Australian garden as a low grey-green mound that flowers for months and then asks for very little. It suits the hot, open, dry corner: a west-facing bed, a gravel or coastal-style garden, a soft edge along a path, or a large pot on a sunny courtyard. Buy it if you have at least six hours of direct sun and soil that drains freely, and if you want long flowering and bee traffic without committing to a watering routine. If your only space is shaded or stays soggy after rain, choose something else: lavender will not grow out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plants stocked here fall into three groups. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lavender-english-summer-blue-lavandula-angustifolia\"\u003eEnglish Summer Blue\u003c\/a\u003e is the true English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, with short tight spikes and the sweet scent most people mean when they say lavender. It is the one to pick for drying and for cooler inland and southern gardens. The Lavandula pedunculata cultivars are the Spanish types, recognisable by the tall bracts above each flower head, and they tend to start earlier and hold on longer through warm, humid weather. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lavender-fairy-wings-spellbound-lavandula-pedunculata\"\u003eFairy Wings Spellbound\u003c\/a\u003e sits in that group with Fairy Wings Radiance, Fairy Wings Whimsical, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lavender-blushberry-ruffles-lavandula-pedunculata\"\u003eBlushberry Ruffles\u003c\/a\u003e and Bubbleberry Ruffles, which differ mainly in flower and bract colour. The third group is the Lavandula hybrids: The King, The Princess, The Snow Princess, Purple Reign, Pink Lace, Lilac Lace, Vanillaberry Ruffles and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lavender-silver-princess-lavandula-hyb\"\u003eSilver Princess\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lavender-double-lavish-rose-pbr\"\u003eDouble Lavish Rose\u003c\/a\u003e is the outlier, a double flower form rather than the usual single spike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePot size tells you what stage you are buying. Every cultivar except Double Lavish Rose comes in 140mm, a young starter that costs less and establishes quickly. The King, The Princess and Purple Reign also come in 200mm, the Fairy Wings cultivars in 180mm, and Silver Princess in 175mm, which gives a fuller plant and roughly a season's head start. Nothing here is advanced stock, so plan on plants bulking up in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, all day if you can, and free drainage above all else. Lavender dies of wet feet: root and crown rot in heavy clay, or in a bed that stays damp through a humid summer. It is far more common than frost or drought, and it shows up as a plant that greys off, wilts and collapses within a fortnight of heavy rain, often after years of looking healthy. The fix happens at planting. Mound the bed 20 to 30cm above surrounding ground or build a raised bed, open heavy clay with gypsum and compost rather than sand, keep mulch off the stem, and water only until established. In humid subtropical gardens, grow it in a pot of gritty mix instead. Shear lightly after each flowering flush to keep the mound tight, cutting into green growth only, because bare old wood will not reshoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf lavender suits your conditions, the same bed will usually carry other sun-hardy plants. Browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow-maintenance plants\u003c\/a\u003e on the same low-water brief, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flowering\"\u003eflowering plants\u003c\/a\u003e for colour to run alongside it, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedges\u003c\/a\u003e for a clipped green backdrop behind it, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shop-all-plants\"\u003eshop all plants\u003c\/a\u003e to see the full range. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"pd-hub-guide\"\u003eNew to these plants? Read our guide: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/growing-lavender-in-australia\"\u003eGrowing lavender in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lavender-blushberry-ruffles-lavandula-pedunculata","title":"Lavender - Blushberry Ruffles Lavandula pedunculata","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is not English lavender, and treating it like English lavender is how people lose it. Lavandula pedunculata sits in the Spanish or butterfly lavender group, where each short, dense flower head is topped with long coloured bracts that stand up like ears. The Ruffles selections were bred to exaggerate those bracts, and Blushberry carries them in soft berry-pink tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn mild Australian climates this group starts flowering well ahead of English lavender, often from the tail of winter, and repeats in flushes if you keep it trimmed. Shear lightly after each flush and always into leafy growth, because a cut back into bare wood usually kills the stem outright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything else comes down to drainage and air. It wants gritty, lean soil, full sun, and no rich compost or heavy mulch piled against the crown. Humid, still summers shorten its life, so in warm coastal gardens treat it as a pot plant or a short-lived border filler and replace it rather than nursing it along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309053358449,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/EbpUIiPd9s9xACfabHVqz_j03GDL9U.jpg?v=1787628344"},{"product_id":"lavender-english-summer-blue-lavandula-angustifolia","title":"Lavender - English Summer Blue Lavandula angustifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe word English in this name is a nursery tradition rather than a statement of origin. Lavandula angustifolia is a Mediterranean species, and it is the one grown commercially for oil and for culinary use. Summer Blue shows the usual angustifolia characters: narrow grey-green leaves, a compact mounded bush, and short flower spikes carried on single unbranched stems, which is the quickest way to tell this group apart from the eared Spanish types. The scent is the sweet, low-camphor kind used in sachets and shortbread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate is the real test. English lavenders want cool winters, dry summers and gritty, free-draining, slightly alkaline soil. In humid coastal Queensland and northern NSW they often collapse from crown and root rot in their second summer, so mound the bed, work in coarse sand or gravel, keep mulch away from the stem and water at ground level rather than overhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShear the whole bush back by about a third straight after flowering, staying in green growth. Lavender cut back into bare old wood rarely reshoots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309054243185,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/AdOBK1fORsaRK6HLSF0aX_Amh66d93.jpg?v=1787628343"},{"product_id":"lavender-fairy-wings-radiance-lavandula-pedunculata","title":"Lavender - Fairy Wings Radiance Lavandula pedunculata","description":"\u003cp\u003eTall flower stems held well clear of the foliage are the giveaway for Lavandula pedunculata, and they are what the Fairy Wings breeding was built around. Each head is topped with long petal-like bracts, the ears people associate with Spanish lavender, and because the stalk beneath is long the flowers wave above the bush instead of sitting down in it. That makes the display read from across a garden and gives you clean stems for cutting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlower colour through the Fairy Wings range sits in the mauve to violet band typical of the species, so check the tag image for the exact tone of Radiance rather than assuming it matches its siblings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy lavender standards this is a warm-climate plant. Pedunculata copes with humidity and mild winters far better than the English types, flowers over a long season from early spring, and asks mainly for full sun and drainage. The fragrance is resinous and camphorous rather than sweet, which surprises people expecting a perfume lavender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 180mm, priced from $17.95 to $27.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64309054341489,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309054374257,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/PSNZHrttp-hdN2Imd6CJi_gLfQA7ZN.jpg?v=1787628344"},{"product_id":"lavender-fairy-wings-spellbound-lavandula-pedunculata","title":"Lavender - Fairy Wings Spellbound Lavandula pedunculata","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecause Spanish lavenders set seed freely, the first thing to know about any Lavandula pedunculata is that this species and its close relative L. stoechas are regulated as weeds in parts of southern Australia, Victoria in particular. Named garden selections such as Spellbound are grown for the flower rather than for naturalising, but if you live near bushland or grazing country it is worth checking your council or state list before mass planting, and dead-heading through the season rather than letting heads dry on the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDead-heading pays off twice over. Cutting spent heads back into leafy growth keeps Fairy Wings types pushing fresh flushes through spring and summer instead of setting seed and going woody in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it the hottest, sharpest-drained position you have, use coarse mulch pulled back from the crown, and skip rich fertiliser. Soft lush growth on a lavender means fewer flowers and more rot. It earns its place on dry embankments, driveway strips and in pollinator borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 180mm, priced from $16.95 to $27.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64309054472561,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309054505329,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/zJuCI9veC0jzwGaCkvUtL_Ac57oVox.jpg?v=1787628345"},{"product_id":"lavender-fairy-wings-whimsical-lavandula-pedunculata","title":"Lavender - Fairy Wings Whimsical Lavandula pedunculata","description":"\u003cp\u003eGardeners who have lost English lavender to a humid summer usually do better with the Spanish group, and the Fairy Wings series was selected across exactly that range of climates. Lavandula pedunculata carries small grey-green leaves on a rounded twiggy bush and holds its bracted heads on long stems, so a single plant looks busy rather than sparse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAir movement matters more than people expect. Crowded into a bed with dense groundcover around the base, these lavenders hold moisture at the crown and rot. Spaced with a ring of open gritty soil or gravel around each plant, they last years longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePots suit it, provided the mix drains freely and the pot is not standing in a full saucer. Refresh the top of the mix every couple of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim lightly and often. Two light shears a year, always into green wood, keep the bush dense. One hard cut into bare stems usually kills that branch outright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 180mm, priced from $17.95 to $25.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64309054570865,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309054603633,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Na8-kYifXtq0DfbqY6cSB_Gy0H6GFu.jpg?v=1787628409"},{"product_id":"lavender-lilac-lace-lavinnova-lavandula-hyb","title":"Lavender - Lilac Lace Lavinnova® Lavandula hyb.","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the plain narrow-leaved English lavenders, the Lace selections in the Lavinnova range are grown as much for the finely cut, almost fern-like foliage as for the flower. That dissected leaf gives a softer, greyer texture in a bed and sits well beside hard-leaved natives or clipped box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavinnova hybrids are bred for a long flowering run rather than one big summer burst, and Lilac Lace carries its blooms in the pale purple range the name suggests. Expect flower through the warmer months and a rest in the coldest part of the year, when this one is listed as deciduous and can look thin and untidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo not panic-prune at that point. Wait for warmth and visible new shoots, then tidy back into growing wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest is standard lavender practice: full sun, gritty free-draining soil, no heavy mulch over the crown and a light hand with fertiliser. Wet feet through winter kill more lavenders in Australian gardens than cold ever does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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Given afternoon shade the tone holds better but the plant flowers less, so most growers accept a paler pink in full sun and build the effect by planting in drifts of three or five rather than as single dots through a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil should drain fast and sit on the neutral to alkaline side. On heavy clay, mound the bed or grow it in a wide shallow pot instead of fighting the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim spent heads back into leaf regularly and it will keep sending up new flowering shoots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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Purple Reign is one of the deeper-toned Lavinnova hybrids, bred for a long flowering season rather than a single burst, and strong flower colour holds up under bright Australian light far better than the pales and whites in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt works as a low informal hedge along a path or driveway, as a repeated block through a dry garden, or as bee forage near a vegetable patch. Bees, hoverflies and native pollinators work lavender heavily all day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpace plants so the bushes only just touch at maturity; crowding brings on crown rot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShear after each flush, always into leafy growth, never into bare stems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep rich compost and lawn fertiliser away from it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpect to replace plants after several years once they go woody and open at the base.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309060075889,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309060108657,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/ZBtpWVp9WiiBiTXpKv_IW_U5WFOraA.jpg?v=1787628345"},{"product_id":"lavender-silver-princess-lavandula-hyb","title":"Lavender - Silver Princess Lavandula hyb.","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheck the botanical name before you order this one. Silver Princess is far better known in Australia as a eucalypt, Eucalyptus caesia, a weeping mallee with pendulous pink flowers, and the two plants have nothing in common beyond a shared marketing name. What you are buying here is a lavender, a small woody shrub for the front of a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name points at the foliage. Silver-leaved lavenders come from the woolly, broader-leaved side of the genus, and the appeal is pale grey furred growth that stays interesting when the plant is out of flower. That silver holds best in full sun. In shade the leaves green up and the bush stretches and opens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it lean. Free-draining soil, gravel or coarse mulch rather than fine bark against the stem, and no generous summer watering. Woolly-leaved lavenders in particular mark and rot when they are watered overhead in humid weather. Trim lightly after flowering to hold a tight mound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 175mm, priced from $17.95 to $27.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309061878129,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64309061910897,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/o42As3DLWFydf_v26_O_o_BIrypbqH.jpg?v=1787628345"},{"product_id":"lavender-the-princess-lavinnova-lavandula-hyb","title":"Lavender - The Princess Lavinnova® Lavandula hyb.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you garden in courtyard pots or on a balcony, this is the more sensible of the two Lavinnova royals. The Princess is the compact partner to The King, evergreen, tighter in habit and slower to sprawl, which suits a container or the front edge of a border where a full-sized lavender flops over the paving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContainer culture is where most potted lavender fails. Use a free-draining mix rather than a moisture-holding potting soil, choose a pot wider than it is deep, tip out the saucer after rain, and give it at least six hours of direct sun. A lavender in a shaded courtyard stretches, stops flowering and goes mouldy at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStocked here in 140mm, 175mm and 200mm, so you can step it up one pot size at a time rather than dropping a small plant into a large volume of wet mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut spent heads back into leaf regularly and it keeps producing new flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 140mm up to 200mm, priced from $17.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64309062664561,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309062697329,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309062730097,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/7EAZBxmVPmVOYAh3lo6Uz_olD8mkq3.jpg?v=1787628344"},{"product_id":"lavender-the-snow-princess-lavinnova-lavandula-hyb","title":"Lavender - The Snow Princess Lavinnova® Lavandula hyb.","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo things separate a white lavender from a purple one in the garden. The first is that it reads as light rather than as colour, which makes The Snow Princess useful in an evening garden, against dark foliage or red brick, and as a break between stronger tones in a mixed border. The second is upkeep: spent white heads brown off and show badly, so this one wants dead-heading more often than a purple form to stay looking clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtherwise it behaves like the rest of the Lavinnova hybrids, bred for a long flowering season rather than one flush, and it wants what every lavender wants. Full sun, gritty soil that drains fast, coarse mulch held back off the crown, and restraint with fertiliser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne detail worth planning for: pale flowers pick up staining from dust and from overhead irrigation, so run drip line or water at the base rather than through sprinklers if the display matters to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $17.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309062959473,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/U2CCjbid9_fWf-bPg2rW1_a1bHF561.jpg?v=1787628345"},{"product_id":"lavender-vanillaberry-ruffles-lavinnova-lavandula-hyb","title":"Lavender - Vanillaberry Ruffles Lavinnova® Lavandula hyb.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrilled bracts crowning each flower head give the Ruffles selections their name, and the effect is closer to a small ornamental sage than to a plain lavender spike. Vanillaberry is a two-part colour name, so expect a cream or pale tone playing against a deeper berry shade rather than one flat colour, and check the tag image for the exact combination before committing to a large planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Lavandula hybrid grown for display rather than for oil, so do not expect the sweet culinary scent of English lavender. Fragrance in this group runs greener and more resinous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut it where the heads can be seen close up, along a path edge, in a raised bed or in a generous pot, because the detail in those bracts is lost from across a lawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is straightforward: full sun, sharp drainage, a light shear after each flush, no heavy feeding. Overwatering in humid weather is the usual cause of failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/low-water-gardens-australia\"\u003elow water gardens\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309063090545,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/VoBEa0_inNB4n0nCJBhu7_rP81w8iC.jpg?v=1787628345"},{"product_id":"lavender-double-lavish-rose-pbr","title":"Lavender - Double Lavish Rose PBR (Lavandula)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrown for the pair of upright bracts that sit on top of each flower head like small wings, this is a Spanish or Italian style lavender from the Lavandula stoechas group rather than an English one, and Double Lavish Rose carries those bracts in rose-pink tones. The habit is a compact, bushy evergreen mound of narrow grey-green leaves, aromatic when brushed, flowering through the warmer half of the year and often repeating in flushes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoechas lavenders handle Australian humidity and summer heat better than the English types, but they keep one non-negotiable requirement, and that is drainage. Wet feet in winter clay is what kills them. Plant on a raised mound or into a pot of free-draining mix, keep mulch away from the stems, and shear the whole plant over lightly after each flush, taking spent heads and a little green growth but never cutting back into bare wood, which will not reshoot. Bees work it hard from the first flowers on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 170mm, at $23.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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