Lavender grows quite quickly and can become very bushy and sometimes quite tall. Spit lavender, for example, reaches 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. Under perfect conditions, even low lavender can grow significantly higher than stated.
Which lavender varieties are low-growing?
Low-growing lavender varieties are particularly suitable for small gardens and pot cultivation. Popular varieties are Lavandula angustifolia 'Peter Pan', 'Nana Alba', 'Dwarf Blue', 'Blue Scent' and 'Munstead', with growth heights between 20 and 50 centimeters.
The most beautiful low-growing lavender varieties
Low-growing lavender or, as it is sometimes called, dwarf lavender is the right choice for small gardens as well as for pot cultivation on a 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 short lavenders generally grow slower 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 bordering beds or for low hedges. In mixed beds they should be planted in the foreground if possible.
List of dwarf lavenders
The most important low-growing lavender varieties 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 centimeters, white flowers)Lavandula
- angustifolia 'Dwarf Blue' (height between 20 and 30 centimeters, blue flowers)
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Blue Scent' (height between 25 and 40 centimeters, blue flowers)
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' (height between 30 and 50 centimeters, dark blue flowers)
The variety 'Hidcote Blue' is often described as dwarf, but this is not entirely true. In fact, this dark-flowering variety can remain comparatively small, but can easily reach heights of between 50 and 60 centimeters in good growing conditions.
Crested 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 lavender (Lavandula stoechas) also remain, but they do not tolerate cold and should overwinter in a cold house.
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However, spit lavender (Lavandula latifolia) and Provencal lavender (Lavandula intermedia) grow very tall. In addition, these varieties are only winter-hardy, but not winter-hardy.
