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Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender

Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Gray'

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Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender (Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Gray') at Green Acre Farm & Nursery

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender flowers

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender flowers

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Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender (Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Gray') at Green Acre Farm & Nursery

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender foliage

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender foliage

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Height:  24 inches

Spread:  30 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  6b

Description:

This beautiful, aromatic variety forms a bushy shrub of bright silver-gray leaves bearing tall spikes of deep purple flowers for a long period; excellent choice for low, informal hedging, borders, or containers; best wintered indoors in colder areas

Ornamental Features

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender has masses of beautiful spikes of fragrant deep purple flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has attractive silver-variegated grayish green foliage. The fragrant needles are highly ornamental and remain grayish green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and can be pruned at anytime. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Rock/Alpine Gardens
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight Soil pH Preference
Characteristics
Massing  Rock  Edging  Garden  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Foliage Color  Texture  Winter Value  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features

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