This perennial can make be grown as either an annual or a perennial (if provided with good drainage) for an effective display in temperate gardens. The foliage is richly aromatic, suggesting anise or even liquorice.
Erect herbaceous perennial with aromatic, ovate, golden -yellow leaves to 2 inches long. Produces violet-blue flowers in short spikes 3 inches long from mid-summer to autumn. Height 3 feet; spread 18 inches.
This bushy perennial has silvery aromatic leaves and bears spikes of salmon-coloured flowers throughout the summer. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The flowers are edible. Drought-tolerant. 36"high/18" spread.
This small shrub has bright to mid-green lanceolate leaves that are lightly aromatic and reminiscent of mint. The purplish-pink flower spikes are produced in summer and persist into autumn, even as the leaves change to yellow and begin to drop.
This perennial has rosettes of glossy dark green leaves and bears tubular bell-shaped 2-lipped violet-blue flowers in summer. Height 8 inches; spread 12 inches.
<i><b>Lavandula stoechas</b></i> has the classic scent of common lavender, <i><b> Lavandula angustifolia</b></i>, but produces flower spikes with some additional purple bracts, which appear almost as if butterflies have come to rest on them. These...
Compact shrub with linear, gray-green leaves that bears dense purple flower spikes in summer. Height and spread 3 feet. Grow in a shrub border, use as a low hedge or for edging a border.
This bushy perennial has softly hairy green leaves and bears lilac or pale pink flowers with purple-tinged bracts from mid-summer to fall. Height 4 feet. Attracts bees and butterflies.
