Lavender grows quite quickly and can become very bushy and sometimes quite tall. Spike lavender, for example, can reach a height of up to one meter. How tall your lavender actually grows depends on the variety you choose, but also on the growing conditions. In perfect conditions, even low lavender can grow significantly taller than advertised.

The most beautiful lavender varieties with low growth

Low-growing lavender or, as it is sometimes called, dwarf lavender is the right choice for small gardens and for pot cultivation on the balcony or terrace. These varieties require significantly less space than the taller ones, and some varieties can also be planted as ground-covering plants. The low lavenders generally grow more slowly than the conventional varieties, and some of them are also suitable for planting in balcony boxes - provided that waterlogging can be avoided in such a box. Otherwise, the small lavenders are perfect for edging beds or for low hedges. In mixed beds, they should be planted in the foreground if possible.

List of Dwarf Lavenders

The most important lavender varieties with low growth include the following varieties:

  • Lavandula angustifolia 'Peter Pan' (height between 25 and 35 centimeters, dark flower color)
  • Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba' (height between 25 and 35 centimetres, white flowers)Lavandula
  • angustifolia 'Dwarf Blue' (height between 20 and 30 centimeters, blue flowers)
  • Lavandula angustifolia 'Blue Scent' (height between 25 to 40 centimeters, blue flowers)
  • Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' (height between 30 and 50 centimeters, dark blue flowers)

The 'Hidcote Blue' variety is often described as dwarf, but this is not entirely true. In fact, this quite dark-flowering variety can remain comparatively small, but easily reaches heights of between 50 and 60 centimeters in good growing conditions.

French lavender also remains quite low

The list above shows that varieties of real lavender - Lavandula angustifolia in Latin - remain relatively low. This species also has the advantage of being hardy-i.e. H. You can overwinter these plants outdoors. With growth heights between 40 and 60 centimeters and therefore relatively small, various varieties of French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) also remain relatively small, although they do not tolerate the cold and should overwinter in a cold house.

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On the other hand, spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia) and Provençal lavandin (Lavandula intermedia) grow very tall. In addition, these varieties are only winter-hardy, but not hardy.

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