Is Butterfly Lavender A Perennial?

Lavandula stoechas thrives in heat and is considered a drought resistant (xeric) perennial. Spanish Lavender is evergreen, rabbit- and deer-resistant, and very attractive to butterflies. To choose the best plants for your garden, use our filters at left.

Is Butterfly lavender Hardy?

French Lavender ‘Anouk’, Spanish Lavender ‘Anouk’, Butterfly Lavender ‘Anouk’ Compact and very hardy, Lavandula stoechas ‘Anouk’ features dark plum flower heads topped with long lasting violet-blue bracts delicately fading to pink as they mature.

Does lavender come back year after year?

Lavender is a Low-Maintenance Perennial
And this beauty will come back to your garden every year, for about 3-5 years, so it’s a great investment. What is this? Before you make any plant purchases, however, I want to remind you to always choose plants that thrive in your plant hardiness zone.

Is lavender an annual or perennial plant?

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Lavender is a perennial herb in many areas – that is, perennial if it gets really good drainage. Growing in a pot is an ideal way to provide good drainage. However, if the potting mix is extremely fertile, the plant may grow leaves and stems rather than flowering.

Do you cut back butterfly lavender?

As when pruning other lavender varieties, simply trim around a third of the plant’s growth after flowering in summer. However, do not cut the stems back too far, as this will expose them to too much frost over winter. Follow up with a harder prune in early spring, taking care not to cut into the dead wood.

How do you take care of a lavender butterfly?

1. Watering. Newly planted lavender should be watered regularly during its first summer.
2. Feeding. Lavender likes soil that is quite low in nutrients, so plants don’t generally need feeding.
3. Deadheading. Cut off spent blooms to encourage more to form.
4. Overwintering.

How do you take care of lavender plants in the winter?

If your plant will be inside for the winter, keep it in a cool, non-freezing location with sunlight and air circulation. Slow down watering of plants. Lavender prefers a dry soil, and the amount of rain that naturally falls will be sufficient for the plant.

What type of lavender comes back every year?

There are 2 species of lavender that tolerate freezing temperatures and will come back after Winter. These are: English Lavender (lavandula angustifolia) Lavandula x intermedia.

Can I leave lavender outside in winter?

English Lavenders are cold hardy and can be left outside over winter. Non English lavenders will only survive winter in mild climates and need to be transferred into pots and brought inside over winter. Prepare your lavender for winter by pruning them into a mound shape that resists winter weather and tidy away leaves.

Does lavender spread on its own?

Lavenders do not spread by division, self propagation or any other method apart from seeds dispersed from pods developed in their spent flower heads in late summer. (Although they are easily propagated with cuttings by gardeners).

How long do lavender plants live?

When sited correctly and pruned judiciously, lavenders should live for five to seven years. Although lavender is fairly drought tolerant, adequate moisture is required throughout the growing season. Most critical are the weeks after planting to ensure that soil around the rootball does not dry out.

Can lavender survive winter in pots?

English Lavenders will survive winter in pots and tolerate frosts and cold weather, whereas French and Spanish lavenders will not survive outdoors over winter in climates that experience frost and will need to be brought indoors for protection.

What to do with lavender after it blooms?

Lightly prune, harvest, or deadhead blooms throughout the growing season. Then towards the end of summer, prune the shrub into a rounded mound of foliage. Most gardening resources recommend taking off no more than one-third of the plant.

Should you deadhead lavender?

Is Deadheading Absolutely Necessary? While deadheading can encourage new blooms and tidy up your plants, it’s not absolutely necessary. Lavenders cope just fine with their old blooms still attached, and they normally fall off after a couple of months anyway.

How many times a year does lavender bloom?

It often blooms twice in one season.

What month does lavender bloom?

Lavender Blooming Guides
Flowering typically occurs as early as May (in areas with mild summers and winters) with another flush of blooms in June followed by another flush of color in late summer or fall.

Which lavender smells the strongest?

With one of the strongest fragrance among Lavenders, Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ is a vigorous grower which produces exceptionally large and rich, deep violet flower spikes up to 6 in.

When should lavender be cut back?

That encourages tender new growth which will be killed by winter cold, weakening the plant so it might not make it through another season. If you forget, wait until spring, when foliage growth is just starting.

Should I cover my lavender for winter?

If you don’t get a good reliable snow cover, cover your plant bases with a well draining mulch, such as pea gravel, and/or cover the plant itself with a breathable fabric cover (like burlap or gardening blanket fabric), to protect from wind and freezing temperatures.

Does lavender turn brown in winter?

Cold, wet soils in winter are the most frequent time lavenders turn brown, so avoid watering all together, unless the lavender is indoors in which case a light watering once every 4-6 weeks is all that it requires.

Will dead lavender grow back?

The only way to revive lavender that has been in the shade is to transfer it to a pot and place it in the sun as quickly as possible. Lavenders require sun all year round, including during the winter dormancy so plant the lavender in a nice open space that is not under a tree canopy or any other shade.