The Lavender Patch team consists of Kathy Kimbrough, Linda Patton, Paula Bockman, Sherry Hassinger and Elizabeth Hochevar. Planting and bed preparation began in September 2007 and finished in October 2007. Some of the tender lavender plants died and will be re-planted in the Spring of 2008. We plan on adding a yellow-flowered lavender in the spring along with other interesting varieties we find this winter. The following varieties are in the ground now.

English – Lavandula angustifolia Hardy to Zone 5

Hidcote – dark purple blooms, great for drying, potpourri
Royal Velvet – dark purple blooms, great for drying, potpourri
Jean Davis – pink blooms, great for drying, culinary and medicinal uses

Lavadin – Lavandula x intermedia Cross between English lavender L. angustifolia and spike lavender L. latifolia Hardy to Zone 6

Provence – Great for culinary uses especially deserts, drying and oils
White Grosso
Dutch Mill
Edelweiss – white blooms
Fred Boutin – large plant – suitable for hedges silver foliage

Spanish - Lavandula stoechas Hardy to Zone 8, no culinary uses

Kew Red – red blooms (This was not planted – all plants died shortly after arrival. We are working on a refund and new plants for the spring)
Sugarberry Ruffles – pink/purple blooms Developed in Australia

Goodwin Creek Grey – Parentage differs from source to source Cross between L. lanata and L. x dentate (might also be L. x heterophylla) Hardy to Zone 6? Not used for culinary – too camphorous, beautiful grey foliage.

Woolly - Lavandula lanata Hardy to Zone 8

Bois Woolly - great silver fuzzy foliage. Developed in southern Spain Good for drying.