French Lavender
📚 Lavandula dentata
Family: Lamiaceae
🍽 Edible 💊 Medicinal 🐝 Pollinator 🦌 Deer Resistant
Full sun
Sunlight
Low
Water Needs
Moderate
Growth Rate
3.00'
Height
USDA zones 8-11
USDA Zones
16
Views
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🌿 About
French Lavender is a charming, aromatic shrub with distinctive toothed, gray-green leaves and spikes of fragrant purple flowers. It blooms from spring to fall, adding a soft, Mediterranean feel to gardens. Its compact size makes it ideal for borders, containers, and rock gardens.
📍 Native to: Western Mediterranean, including Spain, Portugal, and North Africa
✅ Harmful or Beneficial
✓ Edible Parts ✓ Medicinal Uses 🐝 Good for Pollinators 🦌 Deer Resistant ☀️ Drought Tolerant ✓ Safe for Humans 🐾 Pet Safe
This plant provides long-lasting fragrance and visual appeal while supporting pollinators like bees and butterflies. Its drought tolerance and low maintenance make it an excellent choice for water-wise landscaping.
🍽 Edible parts: flowers, leaves
⚠️ If large quantities are ingested by a child or pet, contact a poison control center or veterinarian for guidance.
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🌱 Care & Growing Conditions
🪨 Soil: Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, alkaline conditions.
🌸 Bloom: spring, summer, fall · pale purple, lavender
Full sun, well-drained soil, water sparingly once established, drought-tolerant, protect from frost, prune after flowering
✂️ Propagation
Easily propagated from semi-ripe cuttings taken in summer or by layering; seeds can also be used but germination is slower.
🌾 Harvest Information
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Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; provides nectar and habitat for beneficial insects.
🤝 Companion plants: rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, marigold
🔬 Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
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