Description
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Ashdown Forest’ or Lavender ‘Ashdown Forest’ is a compact English Lavender cultivar celebrated for its soft violet blooms, timeless fragrance and it’s dense, upright habit.
Key Features:
Propagation method: Vegetative soft-wood cuttings.
Substrate: Jiffy peat-free propagation Mix.
Plug Size: 4.5cm.
Production system: Grown without artificial light or heating for hardened plants.
Flowers: Fragrant soft violet spikes, up-to 2-3cm long.
Foliage: Evergreen, linear, aromatic green leaves up-to 4cm long.
Flowering period: Mid to late summer (typically June-July).
Height: Up-to 60cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 75cm 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.
Awards: Included in RHS lists of pollinator-friendly plants; selected for ecological value.
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:
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Ashdown Forest’ are supplied as strong, well-rooted, hardy plug plants ready for potting into pots up-to 2lt formats.
Ideal for nursery, and wholesale formats and performs well in peat-free and organic programs.
Suitable for wildlife-friendly, sensory, and sustainable product ranges.
Excellent for cut flower use, aromatherapy, and culinary applications.
During the growing season, our Lavandula plug plants potted into 9cm pots with a good quality Peat-Free substrate like Fargro Shrub Mix, will have rooted enough to sell or plant in the ground after 50 days.
Plant Profile from Royal Horticultural Society:
LAVANDULA plants are not subject to VAT.
