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Lavandula angustifolia

  • 21-07-2016 1:14pm
    #1
    niamh4626
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Good afternoon,
    I see Lidl are selling 6No. Lavandula angustifolia plants (15cm high) for €4.99 at the moment. Is this the type of lavender which is suitable for a solid boarder? I want a lovely purple boarder in future years - is this type of lavender the one I should be looking at?
    Also, I read somewhere they should be planted every 20cm or so for a solid boarder.
    Thanks,
    N


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  • #2
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Yes, that is English lavender that you can make a border from. However the quality of the border will depend on the variety of lavender, and while Lidl do some reasonable enough plants, if you are going to go to the trouble of planting and caring for a border I would suggest going to a nursery and paying a little bit more for a named variety. Lidl plants are healthy (until the individual store neglects them, and even then they are not as bad as Tesco) and reasonable quality, but they do tend to use very basic generic stock, and you can usually do better.


  • #3
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    Google pics of L. ang borders and if that's what you're looking for, go with it. Don't plant them immediately after buying. The plants have come straight from a glasshouse; traveled in a dark container and been deprived of the regular feeding/watering they were accustomed to. To be planted into Irish soil in an Irish 'Summer' will be a culture shock, to say the least. Give them a watering and a few days to acclimatise before planting.


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