Lavender Big Night - Italian

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Big Night is bred to keep growing through heat and drought. It's handsome as well as rugged, with dark grey leaves and deep night-sky purple flowers topped with a flourish of bright petals., like the feathers on a showgirl's headdress.

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Description

Lavandula stoechas La Diva 'Big Night' - Italian lavender

APPEARANCE : Fragrant shrub, with narrow grey foliage and dark purple flowers with long showy purple tufts.
USE FOR : Perfect for cottage gardens and stepover hedging. Suited to rockeries and pots. Right at home in 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 : 30-40cm H x 30-40cm 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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