Best Sellers French Lavender, Spanish Lavendar, Topped Lavendar Lavandula stoechas Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Lavandula stoechas Common Name: French Lavender, Spanish Lavendar, Topped Lavendar Seeds Per Pound: 1,513,000 Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 95 Germination Test Type:  estimate Collection Locale: Holland Minimum Hardiness Zone:  8 Harvest hemisphere: Northern In Stock: 0.74 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 95 seeds) $5.95 2 gram (~ 6671 seeds) $15.22 10 gram (~ 33356 seeds) $21.00 1 oz (~ 94563 seeds) $42.95 | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: none required. Germination: Surface sow, cover lightly with medium or vermiculite. Other: Germination should occur between 30-60 days at around 59°F. Germination can vary depending on temperature. | [ edit ] Description A perennial shrub , it usually grows to 30–100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1–4 cm long, greyish and tomentose .The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2–3 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 10–30 cm long; each flower is subtended by a bract 4–8 mm long. At the top of the spike are a number of much larger, sterile bracts (no flowers between them), 10–50 mm long and bright lavender purple (rarely white). [ edit ] Subspecies Subspecies in wide cultivation include L. stoechas luisieri , which has petals much less interconnected, and L. stoechas pedunculata , the common type specific plant, once taxonomically considered L. pedunculata . [ edit ] Medicinal uses Flower spikes can be used internally for headaches, irritability, feverish colds and nausea, and externally used for wounds, rheumatic pain and as an insect repellent. [ 1 ] more » Physical Characteristics  Lavandula stoechas is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in) by 0.8 m (2ft 7in). It is hardy to zone 8. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from May to August, and the seeds ripen from Jul to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, lepidoptera.It is noted for attracting wildlife. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. and can grow in very alkaline soils. It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. more » Physical Characteristics : An evergreen Shrub growing to 0.8 m (2ft 6in) by 0.8 m (2ft 6in). It is hardy to zone 8. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from May to August, and the seeds ripen from Jul to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, lepidoptera.It is noted for attracting wildlife. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. and can grow in very alkaline soils. It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. more » Lavandula stoechas ( French Lavender , Spanish Lavender , Stoechas Lavender , or Topped Lavender ) occurs naturally in the Mediterranean region . A perennial shrub , it usually grows to 30–100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1–4 cm long, greyish tomentose. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2–3 cm long at the top of slender leafless stems 10–30 cm long; each flower is subtended by a bract 4–8 mm long. At the top of the spike are a number of much larger, sterile bracts (no flowers between them), 10–50 mm long and bright lavender purple (rarely white). more » | |