Lavandula angustifolia Loddon Pink

Lavandula angustifolia 'Loddon Pink' is a variety of compact true lavender or English lavender that stands out for its pretty summer flowering in light pink spikes. This selection forms a small, dense rounded bush with persistent and aromatic, slightly greyish-green foliage. Ideal in a rock garden or a dry garden, this lavender will also bring charm to the terrace.

This variety of 'Loddon Pink' lavender was introduced by Thomas Carlile (Loddon Nurseries) before 1950. It is a plant of the mint family. The species (Lavandula angustifolia) is native to the Mediterranean regions of southern Europe. This 'Loddon Pink' variety is a small evergreen shrubby perennial plant that does not exceed 50 cm in all directions. It has an upright, rounded, and dense habit. Its persistent foliage is composed of narrow and aromatic, beautiful green leaves, becoming more greyish in summer. Between June and August, depending on the climate, the plant is covered with light pink, fragrant, and nectar-rich flowers, carried in cylindrical, 3 to 4.5 cm long spikes at the ends of woody stems.

The 'Loddon Pink' lavender requires, like most other lavenders, to be planted in full sun in very well-drained soil, ideally stony and dry. An ornamental and Mediterranean plant par excellence, lavender can be used in flower beds, borders, rock gardens, pots, and even as a low flowering hedge. The 'Loddon Pink' variety can be associated with grasses such as Stipa tenuifolia. With their tousled habit, these "grasses" will contrast with its rounded shape and create an architectural scene. It will also work well at the base of English shrub roses. In a dry garden, it naturally associates with shrubs such as rockroses and Teucrium. You can also create beautiful pots to place on the terrace or balcony. It is interesting to combine several varieties of lavenders together to compose a harmonious and elegant scene, both in terms of the variety of flower and foliage colours, as well as the size and volume of the plants.

Properties: Lavender being a very nectar-rich plant, contributes to the preservation of bees: the nectar of its flower attracts bees to make one of the most renowned honeys.

Lavandula angustifolia is a medicinal plant, whose therapeutic virtues were once widely used: its essential oil has antiseptic, antispasmodic, healing, depurative, diuretic properties...