Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’

Otto Quast Spanish Lavender

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 / Shrubs

Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen

Overall Mature Size: Medium

Also Grown As: Bush

Mature Height & Spread: 2-3' x 2-3'

Natural Growth Habit: Mounding, Rounded, Upright

Native To: Cultivar, Mediterranean

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: Medium Water, Low Water

Flower Color: Magenta / Purple

Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall

Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Erosion Control / Hedge / Intermountain Conditions / Seacoast Conditions

Container Sizes: #1, #5

Sunset Garden Zones: 4-24

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-9

A Bit More

Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’ is an evergreen, woody, perennial/shrub with a mounding, upright, dense habit and featuring narrow, linear, silver-gray to grey-green narrow leaves and dark purple flower spikes topped with light purple or magenta bracts. Not edible. Uses include hedges, borders, mass plantings, erosion control, container. Excellent in seacoast landscapes and tolerant of desert conditions in full sun and good drainage. Excellent in urban conditions. Requires regular irrigation when installed and acclimating; low water needs once established. Best practice is to allow the soil to dry out between deep watering. Thrives in lean, sandy, or gravelly, well-drained alkaline soil. It easily suffers from root rot in heavy, soggy clay. It requires full sun. It will tolerate light afternoon shade in desert climates, but heavy shade yields leggy, dull green growth and few blooms. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.

A Bit More

Lavandula stoechas ‘Otto Quast’ is an evergreen, woody, perennial/shrub with a mounding, upright, dense habit and featuring narrow, linear, silver-gray to grey-green narrow leaves and dark purple flower spikes topped with light purple or magenta bracts. Not edible. Uses include hedges, borders, mass plantings, erosion control, container. Excellent in seacoast landscapes and tolerant of desert conditions in full sun and good drainage. Excellent in urban conditions. Requires regular irrigation when installed and acclimating; low water needs once established. Best practice is to allow the soil to dry out between deep watering. Thrives in lean, sandy, or gravelly, well-drained alkaline soil. It easily suffers from root rot in heavy, soggy clay. It requires full sun. It will tolerate light afternoon shade in desert climates, but heavy shade yields leggy, dull green growth and few blooms. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 0°F.