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Purple Ribbon Spanish Lavender

Lavandula stoechas 'Purple Ribbon'

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Lavandula stoechas 'Purple Ribbon' (Spanish Lavender) is a long-blooming variety with excellent vigor, dark purple flowers and a strong sweet scent to the flowers and foliage.
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Lavandula stoechas 'Purple Ribbon' (Spanish Lavender) is a superb long blooming, seed grown Spanish Lavender. The flowers spikes are dark purple with dark purple bracts ("wings") on top. Sweetly fragrant and very popular with the butterflies, the plants are nicely uniform in height and width. It is also a bit cold hardier than many of the newer Spanish Lavender cultivars. (seed/cutting propagated.) Lavandula prefers slightly alkaline soil so if planting in the Southeast, we suggest you take a soil test before planting.

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

Bloom Time

Summer

Advantages

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

Additional information

Mature Height

14-16" tall

Mature Spread

15-18" wide

Soil Type

  • Low Fertility Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Waterwise

Planting Time

  • Fall

Growing Zones

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

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Ships As

Potted Plant

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 8 reviews.

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"Beautiful plants"

— Cheryl (5/5)

Replacement plant arrived dead

"The company sent an unwavering plant, that was missing half the dirt. Planted anyway. Rained the next 2 days. Plant was dead. Original order, plant also died. Don't even think about ordering this plant. . . . . . . . ."

— Utahn (1/5)

Spanish ribbon lavender

"Arrived very green and healthy! Super fragrant. Not blooming yet but is starting to bud, great product!"

— Central G. (5/5)

ExcellentSpanish Lavender Plants

"I am originally from the UK so I grew upwith lavender growing everywhere like a weed. I moved the States many years ago and always grew Lavender in my North Eastern gardens where it thrived. I retired to Florida and cold not grow Lavender at all. When you sent me your catalog advertising Spanish plants I jumped at the chance to try Spanish Lavender and I do believe it is going to provide me with the Lavender perfume I crave. Plus the bees are going to love it. My plants are ery young, but already the perfume of Lavender is very noticeable when I brush my hands through it. I am so very pleased with my purchase, the plants are exceptionally healthy and the packing was incredible. Many thanks for this wonderful plant."

— Madelaine A. (5/5)

Doing well under trying conditions

"Planted this in 86303 at 5700 ft elevation in the woods. As it is a vacation house, plants are not tended for long periods and subject to marauding javelina. This plant has flourished!"

— CB (5/5)

NEVER DISAPPOINTED!

"This particular lavender is a real trooper with spectacular long blooming bracts. I grow many different lavenders but this particular variety gets the most comments and queries from my gardening neighbors. It is hot and humid here on the Eastern shore of Maryland but this lavender seems not to mind at all. I am so delighted with all of your perennial plants, but the lavenders and agastaches are my ultimate favorites."

— Loyal C. (5/5)

purple ribbon stoechas lavender

"in grouping with other types of lavender, nice color, height, shape contrast to the angustafolia. consistently returns several times during the years. shear spent flowers for re-blooming."

— Irish (5/5)

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"Great"

— Suze (5/5)

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