Description
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Cedar Blue’ or Lavender ‘Cedar Blue’ is a bushy, evergreen English lavender cultivar renowned for its aromatic foliage and fragrant summer flowers.
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: Spikes of small, strongly fragrant pale purple flowers borne on slender stems.
Foliage: Linear, aromatic grey-green evergreen leaves, forming a rounded, bushy habit.
Flowering period: Summer (typically June-August).
Height: Up-to 75cm 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 plants for pollinators.
Planting & Care:
Prefers full sun and well-drained soils; thrives in chalk, loam, or sandy substrates
Drought-tolerant once established.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Ideal for containers, Corttage borders, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Cedar Blue’ 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.
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.
