Lavender LAVINNOVA® ‘English Summer Blue’

Common Name:
Lavender LAVINNOVA® ‘English Summer Blue’

Description:
Lavender LAVINNOVA® ‘English Summer Blue’ is a compact, highly fragrant English lavender selected for its strong flowering performance, dense habit, and cool-toned flower spikes. This variety produces a profusion of soft blue-purple flowers through late spring and summer, held above tidy mounds of silvery-green, aromatic foliage. As part of the LAVINNOVA® breeding line, ‘English Summer Blue’ has been developed for improved disease resistance, heat tolerance, and uniform shape—perfect for contemporary landscapes and traditional cottage gardens alike. It thrives in Melbourne’s sunny, temperate conditions, especially in well-drained soils and open positions. With regular trimming and minimal water requirements once established, this hardy, evergreen perennial is ideal for borders, edging, mass planting, and containers. It also makes an excellent low hedge and provides valuable nectar for bees and other pollinators throughout its flowering season.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 40–60 cm
Width: 50–60 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
Soft Blue
Blue-purple

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Scented flowers
Bee Attracting
Butterfly Attracting
Herbaceous
Perennial
Evergreen Foliage
Drought Tolerant
Suitable for Hedging
Suitable for Cut Flowers

Toxicity:
Generally non-toxic, but may cause mild gastrointestinal irritation in pets if consumed in large quantities.

Companion Plants:
Salvia
Echinacea
Thymus (Thyme)
Achillea
Nepeta (Catmint)
Gaura

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.