Description

The Spanish lavender is the most colorful of the garden lavenders. It grows as a rounded shrub 24-30 in. high, and 2-3 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of small linear gray-green leaves; flowers spikes feature several large and showy intense purple bracts, and occur on stems extending 4-6 in. above the foliage in early spring. This species produces the most unique and striking flower character of the lavenders by developing large purple bracts that grow out of the top of its flower heads.