Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and water sparingly - it prefers to be kept on the dry side once established and is reportedly hardy to below -10° F. A very popular lavenders and that is useful for its smaller size, early flowering and deep blue edible flowers - it is one of the most aromatic of the lavenders.

'Munstead' is a selection of what is commonly called English Lavender - for more information on this species see out listing of Lavandula angustifolia. This selection was named for Munstead Wood, the home of the renowned garden designer, writer, and artist, Gertrude Jekyll, who favored this plant for its compact growth, early flowering and deep colored flowers. Our crops sold between 1986 and 2017 were grown from seed purchased from Park Seed. 

The information displayed on this page about Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.