Topped Lavender
📚 Lavandula stoechas
Family: Lamiaceae
⚠️ Contains Toxins 💊 Medicinal 🐝 Pollinator 🦌 Deer Resistant
Full sun
Sunlight
Low
Water Needs
Moderate
Growth Rate
2.00'
Height
USDA zones 7-10
USDA Zones
16
Views
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🌿 About
Topped Lavender, also known as Spanish Lavender, is a compact, aromatic shrub with distinctive purple flower spikes topped with showy bracts. It thrives in hot, dry climates and is prized for its long blooming period and ornamental value. The foliage releases a strong, camphor-like scent when brushed.
📍 Native to: Mediterranean region (Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East)
⚠️ Potentially Harmful
✓ Medicinal Uses 🐝 Good for Pollinators 🦌 Deer Resistant ☀️ Drought Tolerant ⛔ Contains Toxins ⚠ Use with Caution
Attracts beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies to the garden, supporting local biodiversity. Its drought tolerance makes it an excellent low-water landscaping choice, and the fragrant flowers are popular in dried arrangements and sachets.
⚠️ If large amounts are ingested, contact poison control; for skin or eye irritation, rinse thoroughly with water.
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🌱 Care & Growing Conditions
🪨 Soil: Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils but not heavy clay.
🌸 Bloom: spring to early summer · purple, pink, or white
Full sun, well-drained soil, water sparingly once established, drought-tolerant, protect from frost
✂️ Propagation
Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in summer or by seed sown in spring; layering is also effective.
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Provides nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; helps stabilize dry, sandy soils.
🤝 Companion plants: Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Oregano, Echinacea
🔬 Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
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