Re: Lavendula viridis... maybe?
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Lavendula viridis... maybe?
- From: R* B* <b*@cuci.nl>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:50:04 +0100
> Susannah wrote..
>
>> I grow a wonderful lavender that I haven't yet identified. It's from
>>seed sold by Chiltern's a few years back as L. stoechas, but it's not that.
>
>I wonder if it might be Lavandula stoechas ssp. luisieri? I am growing this
>from seed obtained from a botanic garden and it fits your description of
>leaf and scent exactly ..
Yes, but the flowers are dark purple the bracts are pink and luisieri is
smaller.
>>Green (as opposed to gray) leaves, un-toothed, flat, about 1/2 cm wide.
>>Greenish-white flowers, with a tuft of brachts at the top like L. stoechas
>>(but also greenish-white). Noticeably square-sided flower heads, and a
>>wonderful, though un-lavender-like, fragrance
>
>I shared my seeds and seedlings so I ended up keeping three plants.The two I
>planted outdoors grew well but haven't flowered yet from a spring sowing. I
>dug one up in September and it subsequently died. The one left outside
>looks a bit battered after the bad weather we've been having.The third plant
>which I had kept in a pot is smaller but looks healthy .
>
>I'll let you know what the flower is like..this summer I hope.I don't know
>if the flower of L viridis would have a tuft of bracts at the top ?
Yes L. viridis has long green bracts.
>Regards
>Jane
>Co Mayo , Rep of Ireland..snow and hail.
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