Description
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Little Lady’ (‘Batlad’) (Lavender) is a compact English lavender cultivar known for its highly fragrant, pale lilac-blue flower spikes. It features bushy, clump-forming growth with well-branched stems and narrow, silver-grey aromatic foliage. This variety blooms prolifically throughout the summer, adding both scent and colour to garden borders and containers.
Key Features:
Propagation method: Vegetative soft-wood cuttings.
Substrate: Jiffy peat-free Shrub Mix.
Plug Size: 9cm
Production system: Grown without artificial light or heating for hardened plants.
Flowers: Pale lilac-blue spikes, highly fragrant.
Foliage: Narrow, silver-grey, aromatic leaves.
Flowering period: July to September.
Height: Up-to 45cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 45cm at maturity.
Hardiness: Hardy in most UK regions.
Pollinator value: Highly attractive to bees and beneficial insects.
Sensory value: Ideal for SEND gardens and therapeutic planting schemes.
Ecological impact: Grown in peat-free substrate with no artificial inputs, pollinator and wildlife-friendly.
Planting & Care:
Prefers full sun and well-drained soil.
Drought-tolerant once established.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Ideal for containers, borders, gravel gardens, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
Supplied as strong, well-rooted, hardy plug plants ready for potting into +2lt pot formats or directly into the ground.
Ideal for nursery, and wholesale formats and performs well in peat-free and organic programs.
Suitable for wildlife-friendly, sensory, and sustainable product ranges.
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner – trusted performance and garden value.
Plant Profile from Royal Horticultural Society:
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Lavandula plants are not subject to VAT.
