English Lavender - Lavandula angustifolia, Botanical Classification and Varieties
Lavandula angustifolia is one of the most popular types of lavender. This is due to the fact that it is a bush of exceptional strength – when cultivated in gravelly and calcareous soils with excellent drainage – and on the other hand the possibility of utilizing its flowers both as dried flowers and for the production of high quality essential oil.
These features gave the incentive to create many varieties of the species. Lavandula angustifolia varieties now number several dozens and are suitable for planting both in productive plantations and for planting in gardens, parks or other suitable places, but also for planting them in pots, window-boxes and all types of containers.
English Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia, Botanical Classification and Varieties
Horticultural Classification of Lavandula Angustifolia Varieties
The cultivars – varieties of English lavender plants are divided into three types:
- Dwarf cultivars
- Semi-dwarf cultivars
- Giant cultivars
Dwarf cultivars of Lavandula angustifolia included, among others, Compacta, Folgate, Dwarf Blue, Dwarf White, Hidcote Pink, Hidcote Superior, Munstead, Nana Atropurpurea, Nana Rosea, Sarah, Summerland Surpreme and Lady Lavender.
Semi-dwarf cultivars include, Betty’s Blue, Bowles Early, Hidcote Variety, Loddon Blue, Martha Roderick, Jean Davis, Twickle Purple, Pink Perfume and Rosea.
Giant cultivars include, among others, Alba, Blackhouse Purple, Biostos, Bridestowe, Graves, Gray Lady, Gwendolyn Anley, Hidcote Giant, Irene Doyle, Mailette, Middachten and Royal Purple.
English Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia, Botanical Classification and Varieties
Botanical Classification and Lavandula Angustifolia Varieties
Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Subkingdom: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
Superdivision: Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae (Lavender family)
Genus: Lavandula L. (Lavender)
Section: Lavandula (section Spica Ging.)
Species:
Lavandula angustifolia
Varieties:
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Nana Alba’
- English Lavender ‘Nana Alba’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Ashdown Forest’
- English Lavender ‘Ashdown Forest’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’
- English Lavender ‘Munstead’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote Pink’
- English Lavender ‘Hidcote Pink’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
- English Lavender ‘Hidcote’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Rosea’
- English Lavender ‘Rosea’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Irene Doyle’
- English Lavender ‘Irene Doyle’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Dwarf Blue’
- English Lavender ‘Dwarf Blue’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Royal Purple’
- English Lavender’Royal Purple’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Betty’s Blue’
- English Lavender ‘Betty’s Blue’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Folgate’
- English Lavender ‘Folgate’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Little Lottie’
- English Lavender ‘Little Lottie’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Miss Katherine’
- English Lavender ‘Miss Katherine’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Thumbelina Leigh’
- English Lavender ‘Thumbelina Leigh’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Martha Roderick’
- English Lavender’Martha Roderick’
- Lavandula angustifolia ‘Buena Vista’
- English Lavender’Buena Vista’
- The English lavender ‘Buena Vista’ variety describes the ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ ensemble with the song ‘Chan Chan’, of the great Cuban artist Compay Segundo
Buena Vista Social Club – ‘Chan Chan’
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