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Lavender is one of the most attractive, versatile garden plants.
Here are 23 of the most fragrant and beautiful types oflavender plants to consider for your garden.
Warning
Lavender plants (Lavandulaspp.
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and hybrids) are toxic to cats, dogs, and horses.
Both the flowers and leaves of this low-growing, compact plant are edible.
This heat-tolerant species requires lots of sun and warm temperatures to thrive.
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This hardy herb is perennial in colder climates, making it ideal for northern gardeners.
Cut back flowers after they fade to encourage a second round of blooms.
This lavender thrives on neglect, but you might deadhead spent flowers to encourage future blooms.
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It also flowers later in the season.
Its tall stems bloom with slightly pointed clusters of showy, pale purple flowers through the summer.
This aromatic variety is particularly attractive to pollinators.
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It has long, white-tinged leaves.
Profuse, attractive clusters of blooms grow two to three feet high on tall spikes.
Stout clusters of dark purple flowers attract pollinators like bees and butterflies.
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The slightly lighter, almost purple-pinkish bracts are ruffled and curved, adding great visual interest to any garden.
It’s a drought-tolerant addition to a sunny herb garden.
This key in of lavender blooms in early or mid-spring.
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Dark purple calyxes holding tiny, paler purple flowers give the blooms on this variety a more intense color.
Harvest flowers for drying or culinary uses.
It’s ideal for growing in warm, humid climates.
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‘Alba’ is a lavender known for its tubular white flowers with tiny yellow centers.
Cut back spent blooms on this bushy, deer-resistant cultivar to encourage a second flush later in the season.
Its smooth-edged leaves are a silvery gray-green.
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This hybrid cultivar offers large, dark purple flower spikes from early summer through early fall.
In fall, the foliage turns an attractive coppery color.
This Lavender is highly aromatic and perfect for bees and butterflies.
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Blooms begin as clusters of violet buds that open to reveal sweet-smelling, light-purple flowers.
Aromatic, dark purple flower clusters are topped with purple bracts.
This lavender’s compact size and successive waves of blooms make it a welcome addition to the garden.
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Give this extra-large lavender lots of room and let the pollinators enjoy it.
In the right conditions of well-drained soil and full sun, it can reach two feet tall and wide.
Its scent lies between a true lavender scent and a rosemary fragrance.
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Lavandin is a naturally occurring hybrid generally considered the most fragrant.
It is often used in potpourris or as a culinary herb.
Dwarf varieties of lavender will stay small, as will some compact cultivars, such as English lavender.
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