Lavandula lanata x chaytoraeRichard Gray Lavender

Selected plant size: 3-inch pot

Lavandula lanata x chaytorae Richard Gray Lavender image
Lavandula lanata x chaytorae Richard Gray Lavender image

Lavandula lanata x chaytoraeRichard Gray Lavender

Selected plant size: 3-inch pot

About this plant

Height
2 feet Hardiness: Perennial in Zones 7-11
Hardiness
Perennial in Zones 7-11
Flower Color
Purple
Characteristics
Full Sun, Evergreen, Water Conserving
Uses
Dried Flower, Fragrant, Ornamental

Growing & using Richard Gray Lavender

Richard Gray Lavender in its third spring.

With its silvery leaves and dark purple blooms, Richard Gray Lavender was a lucky find at the Royal Botanic Garden in the 1980’s. Like so many lavenders, it is a naturally occurring hybrid. Woolly Lavender is one of its parents which explains the grayer than normal leaves. However, unlike Woolly Lavender, this lavender has a short sturdy growth habit, a longer bloom season and a spectacular dark purple flower.

It is so gray, in fact, that in early spring we sometimes wonder if we have lost it, but then May hits and we are rewarded with this intense purple bloom. Because it is short, it makes a great front of the garden plant. We like it planted in front of our bright green Mulleins.

Plant in full sun. After the second or third year, cut back after bloom by about a third.

Dark Purple Richard Gray Lavender Blooms

Richard Gray Lavender makes a great addition to our Zone 8-11 Fragrant Herb Garden Six Pack.

This plant is often available in plug trays. These trays hold 128 of all the same plant. They are a great low cost way to fill a lot of space. Each cell is 3/4 of inch by an inch. Check here to see if Richard Gray Lavender Plug Trays are available.

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