Lavender Rosea

Unlike classic blue-purple lavender, the 'Rosea' variety blooms with beautiful pastel to light pink flowers. The flowers appear mainly in June and July. As for the scent, 'Rosea' fully retains the true, intense, and unmistakable aromatic fragrance for which lavenders are famous.

Yes, the 'Rosea' cultivar is literally a magnet for pollinators. Its nectar-rich pink flowers strongly attract bees, bumblebees, and butterflies. By planting this lavender, you will not only make your garden beautifully fragrant and attractive, but you will also significantly support local biodiversity and beneficial insects.

Lavender 'Rosea' is a fairly compact, long-lived perennial (subshrub). When mature, especially during summer flowering, it reaches a height between 40 and 60 centimeters. This ideal size makes it a great choice for edging beds, growing in containers, or as a fragrant front-border planting in front of taller shrubs or walls.

Yes, Lavender 'Rosea' is completely safe. It is not a poisonous plant, so it does not pose any danger to human health or your pets. You can plant it without worry in areas where children, dogs, or cats usually move about.

Choosing the right location is absolutely crucial for Lavender 'Rosea'. It needs direct sunlight for most of the day and permeable, rather dry and nutrient-poor sandy soil. Plant it in a warm spot that heats up well. It is very important that it does not suffer from waterlogging in winter, so a slightly raised bed or a rock garden with good drainage is ideal.

If you want to dry lavender, the best time to harvest is just before the flowers fully open. At this stage, they contain the most aromatic essential oils and will better retain their color and scent after drying. Cut the whole stems on a dry, sunny day, ideally in the late morning once the morning dew has evaporated from the plants.

Lavender 'Rosea' creates beautiful compositions with low-growing, drought-tolerant grasses, such as fescue. It also pairs excellently with other sun-loving and drought-tolerant herbs and perennials, such as wild thyme, thyme, sage, sedums, or Coneflower. The combination of the grey-green leaves of the lavender and its pink flowers will add wonderful color and structural shape to your flower bed.

Definitely yes! English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), to which the 'Rosea' cultivar belongs, is edible. It is excellent for flavoring desserts, making homemade syrups, lavender sugar, or refreshing lemonades. You can also use its sweet-smelling pink flowers as a gorgeous edible decoration on summer cakes and pastries.

We have great news for you! Thanks to its high essential oil content, lavender is highly resistant to pests, which naturally avoid it. Furthermore, it does not suffer from common plant diseases. The only risk is root rot or mold, which is always the result of a poorly chosen, overly damp location.

Lavender is most commonly and very successfully propagated by cuttings. The ideal time is in late summer, when you cut non-flowering, approximately 10 cm long semi-hardwood tip cuttings from the plant. Remove the lower leaves, you can dip the end of the cutting into a rooting hormone powder, and plant it into a moist mixture of peat and sand, where it will root beautifully by spring.

Yellowing leaves or blackening at the base of the stems is almost always a sign of overwatering or poor soil drainage in lavender. The plant literally suffers from too much moisture, and the roots begin to rot. Reduce watering immediately. If the plant is in heavy soil, we recommend transplanting it to a drier spot and mixing sand or fine gravel into the soil for better drainage.