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French Lavender

Also known as French lavender (en) Spanish lavender (en) topped lavender (en)

A variety of lavender

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French lavender facts

Lifespan

Perennial living more than two years

Growing French lavender

Water until established at planting out every week
Pick flower stems at first harvest
Cut back after flowering 4 weeks after first harvest
Replace old woody plants 72 months after planting out

How members grow French lavender

Sunniness

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French lavender crops

Photo by Joan Ventura via iNaturalist (Copyright Joan Ventura)

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Photo by Lúcia Pereira via iNaturalist (Copyright Lúcia Pereira)

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Where French lavender grow

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Who's planted French lavender

AuntyMarion Back Garden · N19 5JP, London, UK
shiny South garden · Wellington, NZ
Tess Garden
Spadix Pots

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Lavandula dentata L.

Family / Taxonomy	Magnoliopsida Asteridae Lamiales Labiatae
Optimal temperature	15 - 24 °C
Absolute temperature	7 - 28 °C
Killing temperature	growth: -1 °C, rest: -10 °C
Optimal rainfall	700 - 1000 mm/year
Absolute rainfall	500 - 1200 mm/year
Optimal soil pH	6.5 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH	6.0 - 7.5
Crop cycle	180 - 365 days
Max altitude	1000 m
Life form	shrub
Life span	perennial
Habit	erect
Optimal soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)
Optimal soil texture	medium, light
Optimal soil fertility	moderate
Optimal soil drainage	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Optimal soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light	very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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