Days to Maturity: 95

Every garden deserves this lovely French Long Lavender, also known as Spanish lavender. French Long Lavender is perfect for drying, with very bright two-tone blooms and an intense fragrance you will love. Make French Long Lavender part of the perennial garden or shrub border this season and enjoy it for years to come.

The blooms on French Long Lavender are actually long, violet bracts topped with a few large petals of lavender. This creates a lovely bicolored look that sets French Long Lavender apart from all the English lavenders in the garden. Even the stems are attractive, colored a bright magenta that holds well in the summer sun.

French Long Lavender begins blooming a bit earlier than English varieties, too. Expect the first blooms in late spring or early summer. They last a long time, luring bees and butterflies in for lengthy visits, and their bold color complements the subdued grayish-green tone