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ROYAL CROWN FRENCH LAVENDER

Lavandula dentata 'Royal Crown'

Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’ oozes French chic.
With flower spikes of a dreamy, hazy but sumptuous purple, shaded with blue and violet.
Plus, each flower is regally crowned with a deeper purple top-knot.

Stylish colour

Crowned purple flowers are stylishly contrasted by cool grey foliage.
‘Royal Crown’ has been bred for an even longer than usual flowering season, and optimum fragrance.

 

Delightfully scented flowers and foliage

Both the flowers and foliage are delightfully scented, with the aroma of lavender mixed with fresh, herbal camphor undertones. There is also a hint of fresh pineapple aroma from the foliage.

 

Winter treat of flowers & scent

French Lavenders are marvellous winter treats as they are long blooming through winter and spring, with repeats of flower through the rest of the year too.

 

Useful as well as beautiful

Hardy Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’ adds beauty to the garden, but it is also very useful in the kitchen and around the home.

Fresh flowers can be cut for vases to fragrance your room.
Or both flowers and foliage can be dried for use in pot-pourri and insect repelling sachets.
Because the foliage is also wonderfully fragrant, even when it is dried.

So, add dried leaves to pot-pourri and sachets, where it gives a hint of pineapple and herbs, as well as lavender.

Oil and dried flowers can be used sparingly in cuisine, and both flowers and foliage are valued ingredients for cosmetics, soaps, scrubs, aroma therapy and bath products.
Just rub the fresh foliage between your hands, and then massage your temples for a soothing and refreshing lift, or throw some fresh foliage into the water as you run a relaxing bath.

 

Perfect in pots

Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’ makes a great show planted individually in a pot.
Where it’s long blooming season, and rounded compact, evergreen shape are assets all year round.

 

Ideal as a hedge

Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’ makes a long flowering, informal background hedge of silver-grey.
Which elegantly sets off any coloured flowers or veggies you wish to plant in front.
It also clips well to a formal hedge, as like most Lavenders ‘Royal Crown’ is happy to have an annual shear after flowering (though good luck trying to catch it without a flower).

Tough and water-wise

Grow Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’ in full sun to part shade.

It loves an airy or windy spot, with well drained, gravel or sandy soil.
So ‘Royal Crown’ is perfect for coastal gardeners and those with drier conditions.
It can thrive with minimal extra watering and is naturally adapted to cope with summer heat with its light reflecting, silver-grey, downy foliage.

 

Easy care & low maintenance

Maintenance is low with Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’.
Because it naturally grows in a compact rounded shape and can be happily left to its own devices.
Though you can shape or re-size by shearing back after flowering, if it ever stops.

‘Royal Crown’ prefers to grow a little on the lean and mean side (making it more aromatic too), so do not overfertilize. Just a light feed in spring, or after an annual pruning is usually enough.

Plus ‘Royal Crown’ really appreciates a dressing of dolomite lime once a year.

 

Rarely if ever troubled by pests

French Lavenders are rarely if ever troubled by pests and diseases, and even rabbits prefer to chew on other things because of the concentration of aromatic essential oils in the foliage.

Though our helpful friends the bees and other pollinating insects adore the almost constant procession of nectar rich flowers, especially in the winter when they really need them.

 

GROWING: Lavandula dentata ‘Royal Crown’

Height with flowers: 1m. approx.

Width: Rounded 1m. wide approx. 

Bloom Season: Winter and early spring are the main blooming seasons, but it is not unusual for flowers to occur throughout the year.

Fragrance: Both flowers and foliage are perfumed with the scent of lavender, with refreshing herbal and camphor undertones.

Cut flowers: Flowers make excellent cut flowers for fresh vases or dried purposes.

 

Where to plant

Position: Full sun to a little partial shade, provided the shade is well aired and not damp.

Enjoys windy, exposed locations.

Suitable for coastal planting.

Well suited to pots

Water: Water-wise. Requires occasional, minimal to average garden watering. Do not overwater or keep wet.

Frost: Usually tolerates frost down to approx. minus 10-15 °C, depending on conditions. Best in a well-drained and well aired position.

Soil: Prefers soils that have very good drainage. Appreciates sandy, gravel or rocky soils. Heavy clay or boggy soils can be fatal unless the plant is well raised.

 

Care

Growth: Evergreen. A naturally rounded and compact shrub when grown in preferred conditions.

Care & Maintenance: Easy care, low maintenance.

Pests & Diseases: Rarely troubled by pests or diseases.

Pruning: Accepts pruning well. Best to re-shape or

Fertilizer: Do not over-fertilize. Quality fertilizer, such as Powerfeed, can be applied sparingly in spring. This plant is not a heavy feeder, and actually performs better if it is not over-fed.

We recommend to water in with Seasol at planting. 

Container: Hardy, easy and ideal in a pot.   

 

Bees, Pests & Diseases

Bees, Birds & Pollinators: Bees and other beneficial pollinating insects find its flowers a great source of nectar and sustenance. Lavandula dentata is especially useful to bees because of its long winter flowering peak, when other flowers are scarce for them.

Insect repellent: Flies, mosquitoes, moths and even midges are said to be deterred by the aroma of Lavandula dentata. It is an old country practice to rub your table and chairs with handfuls of foliage before dining outdoors. At the very least it smells delicious.  

Rabbits & Deer Resistance: Lavandula dentata is not attractive to chewing pests because of the high concentration of essential oils in both flowers and foliage.

Pet Friendly: No known ill effects for pets.

 

Herbal & History

Herbal uses: Lavandula dentata has a long history of use as a traditional healing herb.

In the past it has been a traditional medicine for relieving headaches, rheumatism.
And it is still popular today for using to make a vapour for relieving the congestion of colds and flu.
The oil is widely used in modern aromatherapy for calming, relieving tension and promoting sleep, as well as in hime made or commercial cosmetics, beauty treatments and bath products.
It is simple to place the leaves and flowers in boiling water to create an aromatic steam or bath.

History: Lavandula dentata is native to many areas around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East.
So no wonder it is naturally resistant to heat, periods of dry, and exposed positions.
It was an essential for the ancient Egyptians as part of their mummification procedures; and a favourite amongst the pleasure loving ancient Romans for luxurious bathing and perfumery.
During less fragrant eras in the Middle Ages when bathing was considered reckless and dangerous, Lavandula dentata was prized as a strewing herb in an effort to subdue the smells and keep the lice at bay

Quarantine Restriction: Can be shipped to all states from Di’s Delightful Plants - one of Australia’s largest on-line nursery and mail order plant services.

 

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