Re: speaking of Lavenders

We certainly all have different gardens! L. stoechas in all its forms hates my garden. They become chlorotic. The English lavenders that were hybridized in England (Hidcote, for example) do not like the soil or the heat here. L. 'Provence' is very happy, grows too big, and gets woody, as you have mentioned. My favorite is L. intermedia 'Grosso' which stays relatively small and compact and seems to thrive without water on my slope in heavy clay soil. L. 'Goodwin Creek Gray' gets big but does not develop bare legs. It can be cut back hard with no problems. It's a useful, very drought resistant shrub, but does not provide the floral color of some of the others. 

Cathy

On Jul 26, 2008, at 12:12 PM, N Sterman wrote:
Speaking of lavenders, I've nearly given up on planting lavenders. They grow for a while, then get really woody and split down the middle. The ones that do best for me are the L. stoechas (spanish lavenders).
How does everyone else do with lavenders? Which species/varieties do you find do best in your garden? How do you keep the English and French lavenders from growing overly woody and splitting? 

Nan
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