Description
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Nana Alba’ or Lavender ‘Nana Alba’ is a beautifully compact, slow-growing, dwarf white English lavender cultivar prized for its neat mound forming habit, refined fragrance, and exceptional performance.
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: Pure white flower spikes, held on short, upright stems.
Foliage: Narrow, evergreen, silvery-green leaves with strong aromatic oils.
Flowering period: Early to mid-summer, often June-July in the UK.
Height: Up-to 25cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 30cm 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: RHS Award of Garden Merit for reliability, ornamental value, and strong garden performance.
Planting & Care:
Prefers full sun and well-drained, slightly alkaline soils.
Drought-tolerant once established.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Ideal for knot gardens, patio pots, low borders, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
LAVANDULA angustifolia ‘Nana Alba’ 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.
