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 the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.