Lavender Pukehou

Vibrant bright purple flowers cover Lavender Pukehou from mid spring through to late summer. This Lavender is ideal for hedging, looks great in a decorative pot, mass planted or as a general garden plant. A perfect plant for cottage gardens. It performs best in full sun and responds well to regular pruning. This plant is approximately one year old when it reaches the garden centre and will triple in size over the next two years growing to a height of 0.6 metres by 0.6 metres if desired.

As featured in The Press Plant of the Month September 2007:
Lavender was among the earliest plants introduced to New Zealand by Europeans and it's still an aromatic garden favourite. Lavender Pukehou, a Stoechas or Mediterranean variety, is characterised by silver foliage and intense violet compressed flower spikes topped with striking purple bracts. It was selected by Mary Robertson, formerly of Pukehou Nurseries in Manakau outside Levin. Significantly Pukehou is a Maori name meaning hills of dedication.

Lavender Pukehou flowers from mid spring through to late summer. It looks stunning massed, as a low hedge, or a a super specimen. As with most lavenders, it does well in most types of well drained soils and is best grown in full sun and is hardy. For best results keep trimming after each flower flush finishes.

Mature Size

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• Hot ‘n’ Dry Solutionz

This Plant also fits into these categories:

• Group Planting Solutionz
• Hardy ‘n’ Fragrant Solutionz
• Border Solutionz
• Evergreen ‘n’ Flowering Solutionz
• Container Solutionz