Lavender
Many Different Types of Lavender Plants
Lavender consists of about 39 different species of plants including some hybrids (plant crosses.) Plants are found growing across many different continents of the world under various growing conditions which means it is possible for you to grow a Lavender plant in your flower garden. Lavender is in the Latin genus known as Lavandula.
All Lavender plants require similar growing conditions with some being a little bit more tolerant than others of humidity which is a major cause of plant problems. This is especially true for those of you desiring to grow Lavender in the southern regions of the United States. Anyone can grow Lavender!
The following is a listing of the species:
Lavandula x allardii
Lavandula x chaytorae
Lavandula x christiana
Lavandula x ginginsii (Goodwin Creek Grey Lavender)
Lavandula x heterophylla (Sweet Lavender)
Lavandula x intermedia (Dutch Lavender)
Lavandula angustifolia (Common or True Lavender, English Lavender)
Lavandula antineae
Lavandula aristibracteata
Lavandula atriplicifolia
Lavandula aurigerana
Lavandula bipinnata
Lavandula bramwellii
Lavandula buchii
Lavandula burmanni
Lavandula canariensis (Canary Island Lavender)
Lavandula citriodora
Lavandula coronopifolia
Lavandula dentata (French Lavender)
Lavandula dhofarensis
Lavandula erythraeae
Lavandula feraudi
Lavandula galgalloensis
Lavandula gibsonii
Lavandula hasikensis
Lavandula heterophylla
Lavandula hortensis
Lavandula lanata (Woolly Lavender)
Lavandula latifolia (Portuguese or Spike Lavender)
Lavandula macra
Lavandula mairei
Lavandula maroccana
Lavandula minutolii
Lavandula multifida (Fern Leaf Lavender, Egyptian Lavender)
Lavandula nimmoi
Lavandula officinalis
Lavandula pedunculata
Lavandula pinnata (Fern Leaf Lavender, Jagged Lavender)
Lavandula pubescens
Lavandula pyrenaica (Pyrenees Lavender)
Lavandula qishnensis
Lavandula rejdalii
Lavandula rotundifolia
Lavandula saharica
Lavandula samhanensis
Lavandula setifera
Lavandula somaliensis
Lavandula sublepidota
Lavandula subnuda
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish Lavender)
Lavandula tenuisecta
Lavandula vera
Lavandula viridis (Yellow Lavender)
