Lavender Species and Cultivars

By Dr. Curtis Beus, WSU Extension, Clallam County

L. angustifolia varieties
English lavender

Long stems
Great color
Good oil quality
Beautiful landscape plant
Beautiful dried products
Great for culinary products

L. Angustifolia Royal Velvet

Short, uniform stem length

Unique, uniform flower heads
Small landscape plant
Good for Containers
Great color

L. Angustifolia Bettys Blue

L. Angustifolia Mitchum Grey

Short, uniform stem length

Small landscape plant
Good for Containers
Great dark color
Dries very well
Green/gray foliage

L. Angustifolia Folgate

Super oil yield

Great oil quality very sweet scent
Large robust plant
Great culinary use
Early bloomer

Great all-around plant for

Oil, color, landscape plant
Old standard plant, but
often propagated by seed
Very Dark Color
Good for Containers
Good Culinary Variety

L. Angustifolia Hidcote

L. Angustifolia Melissa

Beautiful alternative
color
Great landscape
plant
Good oil quality
Culinary uses

Long stems
Bright, unique color
Beautiful fresh bouquets
New variety
Beautiful plant
Under patent

L. Angustifolia Violet Intrigue

L. Angustifolia Maillette

French standard for oil quality

Tolerates heavier soils

Large fat flower spikes

Great for fresh bouquets

L. Angustifolia Royal Purple

Good oil variety

Sometimes get a small 2nd Crop
Large, leggy, open plant

L. Angustifolia Buena Vista

L. Angustifolia Twickle Purple

Popular oil variety worldwide
Open, leggy plant

L. Angustifolia Blue Cushion

Unique light purple/blue color
Stunning landscape plant
Good for containers
Tolerates part shade
Uniform stem length
Under patent

L. Angustifolia Lavance Purple

Verymall plant
Short stems
Intense dark purple
Great for containers
& Rock gardens

Good oil variety

Light purple color
Sometimes get 2nd small crop

L. Angustifolia Martha Roderick

Oil variety
Good for dried

L. Angustifolia Sachet

L. Angustifolia Dwarf White

Old Standard English Variety

Often seed propagated
Good for culinary

L. Angustifolia Munstead

L. Angustifolia Cedar Blue

Medium blue-violet color

Nice large landscape plant
Late bloomer

Very small plant

Great for containers
and rock gardens

L. Angustifolia Thumbelina Leigh

L. Angustifolia Jean Davis

Short bloom time

Not a very attractive plant

Early bloomer
Unique fat short heads

L. Angustifolia Tuckers Early Purple

L. Angustifolia Hidcote Superior

Not very winter

hardy
Very dark color

L. Angustifolia Baby Blue

Intense dark blue-violet color

L. Angustifolia Sharon Roberts

Good oil variety

Large, leggy, open plant

Light violet, variably colored blooms

Uniform stem lengths
Great landscape plant
Early bloomer

L. Angustifolia Ashdown Forest

L. Angustifolia Hidcote Pink

Culinary use
Somewhat more pink than Melissa

L. Angustifolia Little Lottie

Small pink variety

Cross between L. angustifolia and L. latifolia

L. x intermedia varieties
Lavandins

L. latifolia
Spike Lavender

L. x Intermedia Grosso

Superb oil yield

Standard for lavandin oil
Long, uniform stems
Great for dried bundles & buds

L. x Intermedia Gros Bleu

Exciting new variety

Excellent color dried
Unique, beautiful flower heads

Superb, large landscape plant

Blue/gray color
Not good for oil
Not really a culinary variety
Buds shatter easily from stems

L. x Intermedia Provence

Striking, unique plant

Compact flower heads
Non-uniform stem length
Difficult to de-bud
Good for craft products

L. x Intermedia Hidcote Giant

L. x Intermedia Super

Good oil yield & quality

High quality oil
Elegant looking plant

Huge plant for landscapes

L. x Intermedia Seal

L. x Intermedia White Spike

Unique white lavandin

Large plant
Tends to be open & woody

Huge landscape plant

Good yield of dried buds
Not great color dried

L. x Intermedia Fred Boutin

New variety in U.S.

Unique, very long, tapered
flower spikes

L. x intermedia Sussex

Cross between L. angustifolia and L. lanata

Nearly as winter hardy as L. angustifolia
Retain the silver/gray foliage of L. lanata
Large, beautiful landscape plants

L. x chaytorae varieties

L. x lanata
Woolly Lavender

L. x Chaytorae Silver Frost

L. x Chaytorae Lisa Marie

L. x Chaytorae Sawyers

L. x Chaytorae Ana Luisa

L. stoechas
Spanish Lavender

Otto Quast

Tiara

Blue Star

Regal Splendor
Blueberry

Hazel

L. dentata
French Lavender