differences in lavender?

[kerryp]

sorry if this sounds simple ( or makes me sound it) but can anyone tell me the difference between hidcote & munstead lavender? are the flowers really different etc?

also i have the remains of a lavender tree from our wedding (blasted winds blew it over in the winter & has killed off 3/4 of it, grrrrr) & that lavender seems to have serated edged leaves... can anyone tell me which lavender that is?

Thanks for your help.
Kerry

[kerryp]

found site showing differences between munstead & hidcote
LAVENDER: Choosing,Planting,Growing,Pruning,Harvesting and Using

but still dont know which lavender is the serated one....

[rustylady]

Have a look on here Lavender

[bearded bloke]

Munstead is fully hardy with narrow,
grey-green leaves and tiny blue flowers, while Hidcote has silver-
grey leaves and dense spikes of deep purple flowers.

taken from .... How do you choose between Munstead and Hidcote lavendar plants for the garden? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

[Jeanied]

Do you think the serrated one may be cotton lavender, Santolina chamaecyparissus?

[veggiechicken]

A photo would help!! Cotton lavender is quite easy to identify - does your lavender have blue/purple or yellow flowers?

[bearded bloke]

Or maybe second to last in RL's link......

Lavandula Dentata "French Lavender"
Early Summer
Serrated leaf
Dislikes winter wet
Often used in container gardens

[Two_Sheds]

also i have the remains of a lavender tree

Kerry, lavender isn't a tree ... or do you mean a potted standard? (I'm wondering if it is lavender at all? Photo please !)

The one in this photo is French lavender (easy to spot, it has those bunny ears)

[kerryp]

ill try & get photo up tomorrow although it will make you sad to see a poor plant in such a state after the wind beat it up. definately lavender. i know it isnt officially a tree as such... its just the way it had been grown. prefered it to bay trees for the entrance to our teepees for wedding. Oh & it has purple flowers (when it gets any).

[Two_Sheds]

i know it isnt officially a tree as such... its just the way it had been grown.

Grown like in my photo you mean?

(I'm trying to think what you're thinking, in the absence of a photo we're all just making guesses )

[zazen999]

ill try & get photo up tomorrow although it will make you sad to see a poor plant in such a state after the wind beat it up. definately lavender. i know it isnt officially a tree as such... its just the way it had been grown. prefered it to bay trees for the entrance to our teepees for wedding. Oh & it has purple flowers (when it gets any).

A photo of the flowers and the leaves would help

[kerryp]

sorry if these arent the right way round...
photos are... lavender i want to identify, the poor remaining half of the ball/tree of said lavender & one weve got in a pot that the OH threw away the label of! (very rich purple flower)
sorry as well for slow replies, im juggling a newborn & toddler as well as trying to ask stuff ;o)

thanks

[veggiechicken]

Is your mystery lavender this one http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Lavandula-dentata.htm
and here Half-hardy lavender | Downderry Nursery
Fringed lavender?