White Lavender

One of our cats, Trixy, had a car accident and it was not clear if she would survive, so updating the blog was the least of my worries. She is now out of danger and I can resume following the garden more closely.

Trixy enjoying the garden

The plant that stood out most in the last week is the white lavender. I grow a few blue lavenders, mostly inherited with the garden, and they all finished flowering a few weeks ago.
I was not really aware of white lavenders until I saw them at Hampton Court Flower Show last year. I promptly bought a few from one of the show gardens selling them off.

I found it is not as tolerant of dry soil as the blue ones (I have to admit I have no idea which cultivar it is, though I suspect it is Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba'), but it remains in flower for much longer, the flowers opening slowly along the short spire


Unlike the blue lavenders where all the flowers open at once, more impressive perhaps, not so sure.