Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Betty's Blue Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Betty's Blue'

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Betty's Blue Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Betty's Blue') at Job's Nursery

Betty's Blue Lavender flowers

Betty's Blue Lavender flowers

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Betty's Blue Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Betty's Blue') at Job's Nursery

Betty's Blue Lavender flowers

Betty's Blue Lavender flowers

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Betty's Blue Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Betty's Blue') at Job's Nursery

Betty's Blue Lavender in bloom

Betty's Blue Lavender in bloom

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Height:  30 inches

Spacing:  30 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4b

Other Names:  English Lavender, Common Lavender

Description:

This dense variety forms a rounded, tidy clump of fragrant foliage and deep violet-blue blooms in summer; excellent choice for low, informal hedging, borders and formal gardens; plant near doors and walkways where the lovely scent can be appreciated

Ornamental Features

Betty's Blue Lavender has masses of beautiful spikes of fragrant violet flowers with blue overtones rising above the foliage from mid to late summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has attractive grayish green evergreen foliage. The fragrant needles are highly ornamental and turn coppery-bronze in the fall, which persists throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Betty's Blue Lavender is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and can be pruned at anytime. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Betty's Blue Lavender is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Rock/Alpine Gardens
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Betty's Blue Lavender will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 30 inches apart. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Betty's Blue Lavender makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
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Characteristics
Massing  Rock  Edging  Garden  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Foliage Color  Texture  Winter Value  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features