LAVENDER Munstead - DWARF Variety - 50 Seeds (Lavandula angustifolia) One of the Lavandula angustifolias or English lavenders, Munstead Lavender is a fragrant robust lavender that, due to its short size and tightly held blooms, makes a great hedge. It flowers profusely in the spring, after which a good pruning will provide an attractive grey bush with highly aromatic leaves. Lavender Munstead produces lush drifts of fragrant blue flowers. The plants have more elongated flower spikes than Lavender Hidcote, they are also faster to grow and earlier to bloom. Growing to around 30-45cm tall, Munstead Lavender is a good choice for hedges, along pathways and around knot gardens. It tolerates summer heat the best of all of the English Lavenders. It is also a good culinary and medicinal plant. Lavender is generally used in herbal remedies for headaches, depression and insomnia. Also, the dried flower heads can be used for such purposes. It is useful for perfumes, sachets and oils too. Propagation notes will be supplied with a seed packet.
