Re: Lavender
Hi Pamela,
My favorite lavender for cutting is Lavandula multifida. The branched stalks
produce short fluffy heads of vivid purple flowers over fern-like foliage.
Flowers are produced year round in So. Calif. with the best ones during the
cool times of the year. The last time I was at the nursery I saw they had it
labeled Lavandula pinnata buchii.
Can you grow lavender in Hawaii? I would think it would hate the high
humidity. If you do try it find a spot with good drainage, full sun all day,
and mulch the plant crown with gravel or small lava rocks. Let us know how
you do with it.
Jan
Mach T. Fukada wrote:
> I am looking for a variety of lavender that would do well as a cut flower.
> I remember reading about them in a Sunset magazine sometime ago, but lost
> the article.
>
> Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Pamela Fukada
>
> Mach T. Fukada
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> fukada@aloha.net
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