Although it is adorned with its famous purple blooms, French lavender is not as fragrant as English lavender (Lavandula ...

Other things to consider: Discover more easy perennial plants that anyone can grow. Lavender has three main types: English, English hybrids and non-English, which include Spanish, French ...

Both English and French lavenders grow best in light ... Keep pots well watered throughout spring and summer. There's no need to feed lavender plants in the border, as excess feeding can lead to leggy ...

But then French fashions became the rage and, at the same time, plants at the largest English growers, in Mitcham, Surrey, succumbed to shab, a fungal disease. Until some 20 years ago, English ...

is more concentrated in plants that grow in the cold. The most fragrant lavender oil comes from a hybrid of English lavender and another lavender species, both of which are native to Mediterranean ...