Lavandula angustifolia ‘Platinum Blonde’™ (English Lavender) on 6-1-14, #228-56.
English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Platinum Blonde’™ PPAF
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2013 Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year Nominee
Lavandula angustifolia Mill. is the accepted scientific name for English Lavender. It was named and described by Philip Miller in Gardener’s Dictionary, 8th edition, in 1768. This species includes two subspecies.
The genus, Lavandula L., was named and described as such by Carl von Linnaeus in the second volume of the first edition of Species Plantarum in 1753.
As of 12-19-23 when this page was last updated, Plants of the World Online lists 41 species in the Lavandula genus. It is a member of the plant family Lamiaceae with 232 genera. Those numbers could change as updates are made on POWO.
I brought this Lavandula angustifolia ‘Platinum Blonde’™ PPAF home from Lowe’s on June 1, 2014. I planted it in the bed on the north side of the house where it did very well for a while. I also had bought a few unnamed Coleus I had bought from a local greenhouse that grew much larger than I expected. I had other distractions that summer and the next thing I knew the Coleus completely overtook the Lavender and it almost died. Unfortunately, it didn’t return the next spring and I haven’t seen any of these plants for sale locally since.
Lavandula angustifolia is an English Lavender and ‘Platinum Blonde’ is a variegated cultivar with broader leaves. It was developed in Spain by Juan Ismael Momparler Albors and introduced in 2013 as Lavendula angustifolia ‘Momparler’.
They grow 16-24″ tall with an 18″ spread. They need to be planted in well-draining soil where they will receive full sun to part shade. They are drought tolerant once they get established and seem to prefer it a little on the dry side. They are cold hardy in USDA Zones 6-9 (-10 to 20° F).
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