Lavender Exceptional, also known as Lavandula x intermedia, is a French Lavender hybrid. Perennial in zone 5-9, this cultivar offers unique white flower spikes from mid-summer to early fall on grey-green evergreen foliage with a mounded, upright habit of 24" tall with a 24-32" spread. This plant offers superior disease resistance and moisture and humidity tolerance, flourishing in full sun with minimal water, attracting bees and butterflies, and resisting deer. Aromatic flower spikes are excellent for cutting, drying, and use in perfumes, sachets, and medicinal applications. Exceptional's uniform, rounded habit provides visual interest in borders, cutting gardens, and mass plantings. Create stunning color contrast by pairing this white lavender with Intermedia Phenonmenal.
Lavender Exceptional Selling Tips
Sell Lavender Exceptional to customers looking for a low-maintenance perennial for the landscape or a unique lavender to add to the cutting garden. Customers will love this plant's fragrant white flowers, evergreen foliage, good cold-hardiness, and deer resistance. This cultivar offers a uniform, mounded habit, requiring little more than rainwater in full sun once it establishes a healthy root system. Perennial in zone 5-9, this plant blooms from mid-summer through early fall, bringing color, texture, and a pleasant aroma to landscape borders and cutting gardens. Create a charming cottage landscape by pairing Lavender with Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Chrysanthemum, Roses, and Rosemary. Lavender offers many culinary, medicinal, and aromatic benefits as a cut and dried flower.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 24-32" apart in well-drained soil in full sun. Lavender will not do well in soggy soil or shade.
2. Water occasionally or more often in extreme heat or drought.
3. Dry flower spikes for use in culinary applications, sachets, perfumes, and oils. Lavender has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and aromatherapeutic use for anxiety and depression.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Lavender Exceptional, plant one rooted plug per 4- or 6-inch container and three per 10-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a pH of 5.9-6.2, temperatures of 65-75 daytime and 55-65 nighttime, light intensity at 5,000-8,000 fc, and light feed (125-150 ppm N). Pinch once in 4- and 6-inch containers and twice in 10-inch containers. This plant doesn't require PGRs. Watch for thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and fungus gnats. This plant can develop root rot in overly wet conditions.
Flowering
White flower spikes bloom from summer to fall.
Pinching
Pinch once in small containers, twice in large containers.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base of each plant.
Height Control
This plant doesn't need PGRs.
Pests
You may see aphids, whiteflies, thrips, and fungus gnats.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease but root rot can develop in overly wet conditions. Prevent disease by watering at the base of each plant in the morning and allowing the soil to dry out between waterings. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend using horizontal airflow fans. Grow your plants in full sun, spacing containers so sunlight can penetrate to the soil level of each plant.
Planting Lavender Exceptional Liners
Plant one rooted plug per 4- or 6-inch container and three per 10-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot in the center or evenly spaced in your container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Herb Lavender Exceptional Quick Reference Guide
| 4 Inch crop time | 7-8 Weeks |
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| 10 Inch crop time | 12-14 Weeks |
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| Bloom Period | Fall, Summer |
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| Color | White |
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| Habit | Upright |
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| Height | 24 inches |
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| Light | Full Sun |
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| Minimum Temp | 55 |
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| Perennial Zone | Zones 5-9 |
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| Water Needs | Light |
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| Patented Plant | yes |
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