Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil where it has low water needs and it is hardy to about 20 degrees F. This is a great long lived shrubby lavender species that forms dense mound holding attractive flowers rising just above the foliage but unlike the English Lavender varieties these flowers are not recommended for human consumption.

Lavandula dentata comes from the Mediterranean Sea basin primarily in Europe from Spain, Gibraltar and the Balearic Islands, in North Africa in Morocco an Algeria east to the Arabian Peninsula and south to Ethiopia and it was long ago on Madeira and the Canary Islands. The name for the genus is from the Latin 'lavare' or 'lavo' meaning "to wash" in reference to use of infusions of the plants. The specific epithet is a reference to the dentate margins of the leaves. This plant is commonly called Spanish Lavender in Europe and also is called Fringed Lavender. We have sold this plant continuously since 1986 and also grow the gray foliage form Lavandula dentata var. candicans. 

The information about Lavandula dentata that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.