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Goodwin Creek Grey French Lavender
Lavandula ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Grey'
Regular price
$9.32
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$9.32
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$0.00
per Plant - 3" Pot
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7-9
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7-9
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Description
20" tall x 24" wide. 'Goodwin Creek Grey' Lavender sets itself apart with its silver-grey foliage and dark violet flower spikes. Sweetly fragrant, it tolerates shaping making it ideal for borders or topiary. A beautiful addition to a group of lavender, ornamental grasses, coneflower or yarrow, it’s also a lovely container plant. Like all lavenders, plant in full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant once established, overwinter indoors in colder climates. Easy-care, just cut back the flowers and foliage by up to a third in late fall to shape it as you like. (Lavandula ginginsii)
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Success with Lavender:
Originating in the Mediterranean, lavender prefers hot sunny days, dry air, and non-enriched, well-drained soil. While that’s great news for those gardening in the West, nowadays lavender can also be successfully grown in higher-humidity areas of the East and Pacific Northwest very successfully by remembering its basic needs. Be sure to pick a variety that is matched to your area. Depending upon your location and your desired use, there are lavenders for almost any setting. Next, follow the four basic elements to ensure lavender success:
1. SUN Lavender loves sun. Plant them in a sunny location where there is plenty of air circulation. Six to eight hours of sun is best, but some afternoon shade is fine in the hotter climates of the Southwest.
2. AIR Good air circulation is essential, especially in areas of high humidity. Lavender is not fond of damp, still air, which makes it prone to root rot. In humid areas, plant them with ample spacing, keeping in mind the mature size of your plant when in bloom and allowing for a bit extra space for good circulation.
3. SOIL Well-drained soil. This is perhaps the most important factor in success with lavender. One rule of thumb from is that the soil should be loose enough to dig with your hands, and not cake-like. You can add sand or small gravel to recreate this consistency if your soil is too compact. In areas where drainage may be a problem, mound the soil up to create a raised row or stand-alone mound.
In humid areas especially, a 1-2” mulch of pea sized gravel or white sand will do two things – it will help improve drainage, and it will reflect heat and light back up into the plant. More heat = more fragrant blooms! If you use a weed barrier, make sure it is breathable so the soil can drain and the roots can breathe.
4. WATER During the first year of your lavender’s growth it needs to establish a good root system. It will require regular watering (unless you’re experiencing healthy rain fall). Starting in the second year, your lavender will need less water, as it becomes the water-thrifty plant you’re hoping for, but to get there it needs to grow deep roots in year one. By the end of year three it will have reached its mature size and shouldn’t need any extra water. If water is needed, water in the morning, and deeply, to help root growth. A mature lavender plant is happy with only 9-12 inches of rain per year, but remember, with the right variety and good drainage lavender can thrive with more water.
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Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 4 reviews.
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All 15 of my lavender plants are thriving!
"The Goodwin Creek Lavender is especially tolerant of hot and dry climates. I live in the Mojave desert and they are watered 3x a week in the summer and they are growing and thriving! It will be so nice to have a crop of lavender flowers growing when they all mature"
Yes I will buy this product again
"I bought this plant in spring 2017 at the market. it was healthy and did well over the summer but it did not survive the spring frosts of 2018. It was very fragrant. I had harvested the dead dry leaves from this plant when I knew it was not going to live and they are so fragrant. I was able to use the leaves to fill several fragrant sachets for gifts"
My Goodwin Creek Grey French Lavender
"I bought this plant Spring 2017 - She was healthy and took root in her garden pot very well. Very Fragrant. Sadley it did not survive the spring frost's of 2018. I live in Zone 7a East TN. I plan on replacing this Plant but need to learn how to protect it better from the winter frost."
Beautiful!
"This plant is easy to take care of and is fragrant and hardy."