Lavandula angustifolila Rosea - True Lavender

The Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea', known as true lavender or English lavender, forms a compact, dense and bushy undershrub with a fragrant summer flowering of lilac pink, whose persistent aromatic green foliage will illuminate the garden, even in winter!

This variety of lavender belongs to the family of Lamiaceae, and is native to the Mediterranean regions of southern Europe. It forms a small-sized bush of 60 cm (24in) in all directions, with an erect habit, very compact, dense and vigorous, forming a rounded bushy clump. Its decorative evergreen foliage is composed of narrow aromatic leaves of a beautiful green color. In summer, this lavender is covered with highly scented lilac pink flowers that are also melliferous, borne on short cylindrical spikes at the end of woody stems.

This pink lavender, like most other lavenders, needs to be planted in full sun in an ordinary soil (or even dry and rocky), that is very well-drained. In a sunny and warm location, its green foliage will be vibrant and its pink flowers will exude an intense fragrance.

As an ornamental and Mediterranean plant par excellence, lavender can be used in flower beds, as standalone plants, for borders, rock gardens, potted plants, coastal areas, and even as low flowering hedges.

With its graphical aspect, the color of its foliage, and its lilac pink flowers, there are infinite possibilities for the gardener. Lavender Rosea can be paired with grasses that, with their tousled habit, will contrast with its rounded shape and create a very graphical scene. It will also work wonders at the base of climbing roses, paired with shrubs like cistus, landscape roses, and shrub sages; or mixed with Iris germanica and Poppies. You can also create beautiful potted arrangements to place on the terrace or balcony. It is also possible to combine several varieties of lavenders together, which will compose a harmonious and elegant tableau, both in terms of flower and foliage color variety, as well as the size and volume of the plants.

Properties: Lavender is a very melliferous plant, contributing to the preservation of bees: the nectar from its flowers attracts bees, making it 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, purifying, diuretic properties, etc.

Anecdote: In Roman times, women who wanted to secretly taste wine (a drink forbidden to them) would chew a few sprigs of lavender to perfume their breath and deceive the vigilance of their husbands.