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Re: Spanish Lavendar-questions & answers

>Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:59:15 -0800
>To: groth@rice.edu
>From: Michael Barclay <opga@mail.wenet.net>
>Subject: Re: Spanish Lavendar
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>>I just got a Spanish Lavendar (Lavendula steochas .....) Does anyone know
>>about this (hopefully) more heat tollerant Lavendar species? It was
>>advertised as heat tollerant and drought resistant. My question will probably
>>be what does it think about HUMIDITY? Is this one any Mediterranean plant
>>people have seen?
>>______________________________________________________________________
>>
>>       William M. Groth
>>       groth@ruf.rice.edu
>>       Senior Staff Auditor
>>       Internal Audit Department
>>       phone: (713) 527-8101 ext.3759
>>	fax:  (713) 285-5927
>>_____________________________________________________________________
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>Good heavens, it's one of the most popular lavenders in Northern
>California, especially in two
>selected forms 'Otto Quast' (aka quastii) and another even more
>magnificent clone which was sold by Western Hills, America's premier
>nursery as "pedunculata 'Atlas' which Lester Hawken collected in the Atlas
>Mtns.
>It is an easy lavender to grow, quite tolerant of garden water and after a
>year or two reasonably
>drought tolerant.  It can reach 39" in height with and 24" width.  It is
>grown for its top knot of
>elongated petals.  I don't think it would tolerate Georgia humidity but
>will certainly tolerate
>temps from 9F-110F.  It must be cut back hard after each heavy flush of bloom.
>Michael D. Barclay, opga@wenet.net  Really Special Plants & Gardens
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