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Gros Bleu French Lavender

Lavandula x intermedia 'Gros Bleu'

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ZONES  6-10 | Good to grow! Zone
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Lavandula intermedia 'Gros Bleu' is a hybrid French Lavender that is considered to be the very best of all the French hybrids. More compact than 'Grosso' but with equally darkly colored flowers, the scent is sweeter and with less camphor. Twice blooming.
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Description

Lavandula intermedia 'Gros Bleu' is a compact growing French hybrid Lavender for smaller gardens. The plant blooms in mid-summer with gracefully thin, tapered flower heads with dark indigo-blue calyxes and lavender flowers. The flowers have a very sweet, long lasting fragrance. When grown in full sun, the plant has distinctive silver-gray foliage that turns a distinctive Lavender color in winter. It's flower spikes are re-blooming, so don't deadhead 'Gros Bleu' until the first frosts of fall

Planting & Care

Tips for Growing Lavender

Lavender are sun-loving plants that thrive in hot weather and grow best in arid climates. Lavender plants will be taller and wider in mild winter, hot summer climates. The same varieties when grown in cold (zone 5-6) winter climates tend to be more compact. Lavender plants require two-to-three growing seasons to reach mature size.

Lavender plants are at their best in the drier parts of the US like the Great Plains, Intermountain West and West Coast (which has a true Mediterranean climate (wet winters and dry summers). The key is to make sure you choose a variety with sufficient winter cold hardiness for your region. (‘Vera’ and ‘Pastor’s Pride’ are among the most cold hardy.) Yet with proper soil preparation, and planting site selection, Lavender can also thrive in moister, more humid climates like the Mid-West, East Coast and Mid-Atlantic states.

  • Plant in full sun with good air circulation.
  • Plant into well drained soil. Compost-enriched garden loam is alright in drier climates, sandy or gravel soil is best in moister climates. Heavy, poorly-drained clay soils will be fatal.
  • Select a raised or sloped bed, or a planting site against a hot wall or along a cement/asphalt walk or driveway where the reflected heat keeps growing conditions hotter and drier.
  • New transplants need regular watering. Don't let the plants get too dry. Supplemental watering can be greatly reduced the second growing season as the plants become established.
  • When using drip irrigation, place the emitter off to the side of the plant, not right on the root ball to avoid overwatering of mature plants.
  • Fertilize once annually in the fall with a top dressing of Yum Yum Mix.
  • Mulch with gravel or pine needles in arid climates. In moister climates mulching with gravel will protect the crown from excessive moisture and soil splashed onto the foliage.

More in-depth guidance for growing and maintaining Lavender plants: How To Grow Lavender and How to Choose Lavender.

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (801) 769-0300 or contact us by email or chat.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Bloom Time

Summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Evergreen
  • Low Maintenance
  • Cut Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Rock Gardens
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

24-30" tall

Mature Spread

30-36" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil
  • Low Fertility Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Waterwise

Planting Time

  • Fall

Growing Zones

  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 4.909091 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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"Perfect and healthy!!!"

— Sally (5/5)

Nice upright lavender

"Wanted a lavender that could mix with grasses. Wanted a lavender that was taller than it was wide. . . and this fit the bill. Very very pleased with it. Doing just what I hoped it would do to screen an ugly utility box in my yard. Great product. Glad I gave it a go."

— Tristans M. (5/5)

Great product

"Great company. This was my first time ordering with them, and I will order more in the future. I am familiar with the Gros Blue Lavender, and it is a great lavender, with lots of beautiful and fragrant long stems. The plant, itself, is a wonderful variety of lavender, and tolerates quite a bit of heat. I ordered a 'tray' of 9 plants. They arrived in beautiful condition. The company really has a very smart system for handling the plants. The plants are planted in great pots allowing for lots of root development. The method of shipping has each plant in its own cardboard packing, which protects the plant in an excellent way. The plants, themselves, are in great shape. They have been planted in the ground only a short time, and I am looking forward to see how they do."

— Lavender L. (5/5)

Lavender

"Fresh and healthy"

— Sato (5/5)

Very healthy plants, best variety!

"Loved these after we picked them at a lavender farm. We had to plant these at home to make the yard smell so good. These are the best variety IMO. Very blue flowers that are long and slender and smell so so good!"

— JNguyen (5/5)

Perfect for my hot & sunny patio

"All the plants came healthy and have grown into little shrubs already. I planted these among the pavers in a hot and sunny southwest facing patio. Every plant is doing well and I'm looking forward to a border of lavender bushes for years to come."

— Sarah (5/5)

Healthy strong plants

"Used the lavender to top a long berm as a focal point in our yard. Plants arrived small but grew quickly. We had unseasonably wet and Temps in teens this spring but plants were unfazed. I watered with 1/2 gallon drip for 20 min every other day and plants seemed to like that."

— E. R. (5/5)

Impressed with this and all of my plants from HC!

"When I received my plants (I ordered 9), they were very small. I was concerned because of their size, but I followed instructions and planted accordingly. All of my plants are gorgeous! We have blooms and lovely fragrance. They are much larger than I would have expected by this time. I bought some larger containers at a discount store around the same time, and treated them the same way and they have all died . . . That tells me what I already knew. . . you get what you pay for!"

— Jessica (5/5)

Best Lavender

"Beautiful long stem Lavender with very sweet fragrance."

— Tim (5/5)

wonderful plant

"Long lasting blooms. Made it through an extremely cold and record snowy winter with a bit of leave covering."

— Acdmom (5/5)

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