Botanical Name: Common Names:
Lavandula pedunculata Sugarberry Ruffles French Lavender,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Shrub Like
Description:
The Ruffles lavender range bear a wide range of colours and flower from early to mid spring. The chunky bracts on top of the flower heads are distinctively rippled along their margins, to give the ruffled appearance for which the collection has been named after. Sugarberry Ruffles has a tight compact habit, with aromatic grey foliage. The flowers are born close to the plant, forming domes of bright colour and an impressive display for any garden or landscape. Sugarberry Ruffles have attractive mauve/pink flowers and grows approx. 60cm tall x 80cm wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Fragrant Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Rockery, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Lamiaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Grey, Silver
Flower Colour: Pink, Purple
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: High