Posted on 07/06/2017 5:45:59 PM PDT by gaijin
PLANT IDENTIFICATION REQUEST:
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My guess is this is some type of blue lavender.
Smells nice but I can't be sure of the exact type. I have to buy one or two and plant them for a relative who is in hospital and doesn't know what the landscaper put in there.
Another similar plant I looked up is lavender, but that is purple and smaller, while this grows about 60% larger and is blue, not purple.
I included a photo featuring a Home Depot bucket included in the shot to provide a general sense of size of the plant.
What is this plant..? :(
Lavender, I think.
It looks like a variety of lavender to me. Very useful plant above and beyond the scent, insect repellent.
If someone says it’s some kinda lavender I don’t disagree.
Triffids.
I’ll take them off your hands, whatever they are
“Triffids.”
Read much obscure Science Fiction do you?
Yes, the plant is lavender
It is Lavender although I can’t tell you the exct variety. I have some about the same size in my garden that I planed about three years ago. I went out to see if there was still a tag (I usually keep them stuck in the ground near the plants) but it’s all overgrown.
Stinks purty!
Ask green eyes. She is the garden mod. I used to read it all the time but after J Random died I just couldn’t anymore.
I think it may be Russian sage.
It’s Lavender
I’m pretty sure it’s the cultivar Hidcote
Many of us remember Johnny and he still gets talked about. On that thread and the cooking thread.
Maybe it is one of these:
Recommended Varieties
English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8
‘Munstead’ An old-fashioned standard with blue-purple flowers. 18” tall
‘Hidcote’ is favored for its dark purple flowers. 24” tall
‘Jean Davis’ produces pale pink flower spikes. 18” tall
Lavandin (Lavandula x intermedia) USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8
‘Provence’ dries particularly well. 30” tall
‘Grosso’ is highly disease resistant and fragrant. 30” tall
Fringed Lavender (Lavandula dentata) USDA Hardiness Zones 8-9
This is a bushy, spreading shrub that produces dense purple-blue flower spikes that are very pretty, but only mildly fragrant. 3’ tall
French Lavender (Lavandula stoechas) USDA Hardiness Zones 8-9
A beautiful Mediterranean native that is compact and bushy with fragrant, dark purple flowers topped by a feathery purple bract. Good cultivars include: ‘Dark Eyes’ and ‘Silver Frost’.
Spanish Lavender (Lavendula stoechas subsp. pedunculata) USDA Hardiness Zones 9-10
Bears its flower stalks high above the foliage.
It’s a Triffid.
Run.
OMG.
What are the odds.
/mad minds think alike
Looks like a pretty dry climate there, might be Lavender de Provence, which is also culinary.
“Feed me, Seymour.”
Love under
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