lavender plants illinois Vera Lavender

Buy Now: Add the Classic Vera Lavender to Your Garden!

Product Overview: Discover Vera Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Vera'), a renowned English Lavender celebrated for its exceptional oil production. This heirloom lavender thrives in cold hardiness zones up to Zone 5 and is known for its resilience and timeless beauty.

Key Features:

• Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia 'Vera'

• Common Name: Vera Lavender

• Winter Hardiness: Cold hardy up to Zone 5.

• Heat Tolerance: Performs best in non-humid climates, not ideal for southern states with humid summers (e.g., TN, GA, SC, FL, AL, MS, LA).

Planting & Care Instructions: Plant Vera Lavender in full sun, ensuring it is away from any structures to allow full air circulation. This Old Fashion English Lavender grows best in sandy, loamy, or even poor soil, provided there is excellent drainage.

• Mature Size: Reaches 15 to 18 inches in height and spreads up to 30 inches wide.

• Bloom Season: Blue-purple blooms appear from early to late summer. Shear in late summer when blooms fade for another round of flowers.

Uses and Benefits:

• Oil Production: Grown in the United States and Europe for lavender oil production.

• Substitute Variety: An excellent substitute for Hidcote Lavender.

• Garden Borders: Perfect for defining garden edges.

• Winter Interest: Adds structure and beauty during winter months.

• Containers: Great for container gardening.

• Cut Flowers: Ideal for fragrant cut flowers.

Order Your Vera Lavender Today! Enhance your garden with the classic beauty and fragrance of Vera Lavender. Order now at GreenwoodNursery.com and enjoy its many benefits in your garden.

Shipping Information:

• Available Sizes: Grown in pint pots.