Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Perennials
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Small
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 1-2' x 1-2'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Mounding, Rounded, Shrubby
Native To: Cultivar, Mediterranean
Exposure: Full Sun
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Lavender / Purple
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Edible / Erosion Control / Fragrant / Hedge / Intermountain Conditions / Seacoast Conditions
Container Sizes: #1, #3
Sunset Garden Zones: 2-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ is an evergreen woody perennial with a compact, shrubby, mounding, dense habit and featuring silvery gray-green needle-like leaves and spikes with lavender-blue to vibrant purple flowers. The leaves and flowers are aromatic and the flowers are edible; Munstead is considered an excellent culinary variety. Uses include borders, edging, informal hedges, erosion control. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Tolerant of desert conditions if given supplemental irrigation and light afternoon shade. Excellent in intermountain conditions. Low water needs when installed and acclimating; water once or twice a week when top inch of soil is dry. It is highly drought-resistant once established and easily killed by overwatering. Needs lean, gritty, well-draining, sandy, or shallow-rocky soils with a neutral to alkaline pH. It has extremely low shade tolerance. Requires full sun; becomes leggy and declines in shade. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to -30°F.
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ is an evergreen woody perennial with a compact, shrubby, mounding, dense habit and featuring silvery gray-green needle-like leaves and spikes with lavender-blue to vibrant purple flowers. The leaves and flowers are aromatic and the flowers are edible; Munstead is considered an excellent culinary variety. Uses include borders, edging, informal hedges, erosion control. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Tolerant of desert conditions if given supplemental irrigation and light afternoon shade. Excellent in intermountain conditions. Low water needs when installed and acclimating; water once or twice a week when top inch of soil is dry. It is highly drought-resistant once established and easily killed by overwatering. Needs lean, gritty, well-draining, sandy, or shallow-rocky soils with a neutral to alkaline pH. It has extremely low shade tolerance. Requires full sun; becomes leggy and declines in shade. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to -30°F.
