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Products > Lavandula 'Goodwin Creek Grey'
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints) |
| Origin: Mediterranean (Europe) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Violet |
| Bloomtime: Year-round |
| Parentage: (Lavandula dentata x L. lanata) |
| Height: 2-3 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F |
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Lavandula 'Goodwin Creek Grey' (Lavender) - A handsome long-lived and vigorous plant that forms a compact shrub to 2 to 3 feet tall by just a bit wider. It has silvery-grey, toothed-edged leaves, similar to dentata, but larger and of a whiter gray color. The blooms are soft blue lavender in tight whorled spikes on short stems, appearing nearly year-round in mild climates - it is noted as one of the best for winter flowers and can even be grown in a well-lighted sun room in colder climates. Plant in full to part sun, requiring around 5 hours of sunlight to bloom well, in a moderately well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally. It is hardy to 15 - 20°F. This lavender is noted as being heat tolerant and reportedly handles the high humidity found in the southeastern US. This great plant was a chance seedling found in 1999 beneath a Lavandula dentata by Jim and Dotti Becker's of Goodwin Greek Gardens in Williams, Oregon. It is speculated to be a cross between L. dentata and the wooly white foliaged species Lavandula lanata - this hybrid cross has been given the name Lavandula x ginginsii named in honor of Baron Frederic Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz (1790-1863), who wrote an early monographic on Lavandula. Some nurseries list the name using the American spelling "Gray" but Goodwin Creek Nursery originally listed the plant using the more typically British spelling of "Grey". In the book "The Genus Lavendula" by Tim Upson and Susyn Andrews this plant is listed as Lavandula x ginginsii 'Goodwin Creek Grey'.
The information provided on this page is based on the research we have conducted about this plant in our nursery library, from what we have found about it on reliable online sources, as well as from observations of our nursery crops of this plant as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens. We also will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Lavandula 'Goodwin Creek Grey'. |
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