SWEET ROMANCE® Lavender | Proven Winners®

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SWEET ROMANCE® Lavender | Proven Winners®

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Characteristics

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Lavandula angustifolia SWEET ROMANCE® (English Lavender)
Lavandula angustifolia SWEET ROMANCE® from Proven Winners® is a beautifully compact, early-blooming English lavender that brings timeless fragrance and elegance to the garden. Its dense mounds of silvery-grey foliage are topped with rich violet-purple flower spikes beginning in early summer and continuing into early fall. The aromatic blooms are perfect for cutting fresh or drying for long-lasting arrangements.

Exceptionally heat and drought tolerant once established, SWEET ROMANCE® thrives in full sun and well-drained, even gravelly soil—making it ideal for those hot, dry spots where few other plants perform. This dependable variety resists pests and diseases, needs little care beyond a light spring trim, and rewards gardeners with months of color and fragrance.

Details:

Bloom Color: Violet Purple
Foliage Color: Grey-Green
Height: 12–18"
Spread: 12–18"
Spacing: 12–18"
Exposure: Full Sun
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5–9
Characteristics: Fragrant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Long Blooming, Deer Resistant, Excellent Cut Flower

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Perennial

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

12 - 18 Inches

Spacing:

12 - 18 Inches

Spread:

12 - 18 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Blue, Purple

Flower Shade:

Blue-Purple

Foliage Shade:

Silver

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Attracts:

Bees, Butterflies

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Summer

Hardiness Zones:

5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Poor Soil

Soil PH Category:

Alkaline Soil, Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Cut Flower, Dried Flower, Edging Plant, Landscape, Mass Planting

Maintenance Notes:

Lavender have woodier stems than the average perennial and are somewhat evergreen – they’re used to holding their foliage through winter. Because of this a hard trim in fall is usually not good for them. They need the woody structure to protect the crown of the plant through winter. This plant prefers sandy/loamy soil and not clay.

Gardeners around the world have been growing lavender for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers, beautiful appearance, and ease of culture.

Along comes SWEET ROMANCE™, destined to become a favorite because of its ability to bloom the first year. Additionally, it begins to flower a bit earlier in the season, typically in early summer and lasting into early fall.

The grey-green foliage forms a compact mound topped with plump, rich violet purple flower wands that are perfect for cutting for fresh and dried bouquets. Clusters of tiny flowers appear at the nodes up the stem in addition to the terminal inflorescence, adding color down into the plant.

Features

Lavandula angustifolia SWEET ROMANCE® (English Lavender)
Lavandula angustifolia SWEET ROMANCE® from Proven Winners® is a beautifully compact, early-blooming English lavender that brings timeless fragrance and elegance to the garden. Its dense mounds of silvery-grey foliage are topped with rich violet-purple flower spikes beginning in early summer and continuing into early fall. The aromatic blooms are perfect for cutting fresh or drying for long-lasting arrangements.

Exceptionally heat and drought tolerant once established, SWEET ROMANCE® thrives in full sun and well-drained, even gravelly soil—making it ideal for those hot, dry spots where few other plants perform. This dependable variety resists pests and diseases, needs little care beyond a light spring trim, and rewards gardeners with months of color and fragrance.

Details:

Bloom Color: Violet Purple
Foliage Color: Grey-Green
Height: 12–18"
Spread: 12–18"
Spacing: 12–18"
Exposure: Full Sun
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5–9
Characteristics: Fragrant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Long Blooming, Deer Resistant, Excellent Cut Flower

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Perennial

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

12 - 18 Inches

Spacing:

12 - 18 Inches

Spread:

12 - 18 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Blue, Purple

Flower Shade:

Blue-Purple

Foliage Shade:

Silver

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Attracts:

Bees, Butterflies

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Summer

Hardiness Zones:

5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Poor Soil

Soil PH Category:

Alkaline Soil, Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Cut Flower, Dried Flower, Edging Plant, Landscape, Mass Planting

Maintenance Notes:

Lavender have woodier stems than the average perennial and are somewhat evergreen – they’re used to holding their foliage through winter. Because of this a hard trim in fall is usually not good for them. They need the woody structure to protect the crown of the plant through winter. This plant prefers sandy/loamy soil and not clay.

Gardeners around the world have been growing lavender for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers, beautiful appearance, and ease of culture.

Along comes SWEET ROMANCE™, destined to become a favorite because of its ability to bloom the first year. Additionally, it begins to flower a bit earlier in the season, typically in early summer and lasting into early fall.

The grey-green foliage forms a compact mound topped with plump, rich violet purple flower wands that are perfect for cutting for fresh and dried bouquets. Clusters of tiny flowers appear at the nodes up the stem in addition to the terminal inflorescence, adding color down into the plant.

SWEET ROMANCE® Lavender | Proven Winners®

SWEET ROMANCE® Lavender | Proven Winners®

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Characteristics

Plant Needs

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