Lavender Bella Blue - Italian

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The Aussie-bred Bella range of lavenders are strong compact hybrids, small enough for pots and the front of a mixed border. They have a long flowering seasons from autumn to spring in milder climates.

Bella Blue's flowers are darkest purple with lilac purple tufts, fragrant and a favourite of butterflies and bees.

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Description

Lavandula stoechas 'Bella Blue' - Italian lavender

APPEARANCE : Fragrant shrub, with narrow green foliage and deep purple flowers with paler purple tufts. The Bella range is bred in Australia for bushy dense-flowering plants with a long season of colour.
USE FOR : Perfect for cottage gardens and stepover hedging. Suited to rockeries and pots. Right at home in cool dry climates. Cut flowers may be dried and used in flower arrangements or potpourri.
CLIMATE : Heat and drought tolerant. Not as cold tolerant as English or French lavender but should survive light overnight frost once established.
PLANTING : Plant in full sun and free-draining soil. Avoid wet feet. Will tolerate lower light levels but flowering will be reduced.
CARE : Mulch and water regularly for the first 12 weeks until the plant establishes. Prune twice yearly (taking care to remove only 1/3 of the foliage while avoiding cutting into old wood) and fertilise yearly using a slow release fertiliser after flowering maintain compact growth.
MATURE HEIGHT & WIDTH : 50cm H x 50cm W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
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