Lavandula angustifolia Nana Alba - True Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia Nana Alba - True Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia Nana Alba
True Lavender, English Lavender, Garden Lavender
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Description
The Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba' is an old selection of "true" lavender or English lavender with white flowers that is particularly compact. The plant forms a small clump of foliage with a lovely silver-gray colour in summer, in harmony with its white spikes that turn blue when dried. Plant it in a rock garden, in a gravel bed, above a wall, in full sun, and in a well-drained soil.
The Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba' belongs to the Lamiaceae family. It is a horticultural selection also marketed under the names of 'Baby White', 'Dwarf White' or 'Compacta Alba'. It was first listed under the name 'Nana Alba' in 1928 in the catalogue of Perry's Hardy Plant Farm (in Middlesex). Its wild ancestor is native to the Mediterranean regions of Southern Europe. This variety forms a small woody-based clump, 35 to 40 cm in all directions, with a dense habit. Its evergreen foliage in winter is composed of narrow, aromatic leaves of a beautiful silver-green colour, even lighter when the soil is dry. This lavender blooms in June-July. It produces numerous fragrant and melliferous flowers, grouped in short and wide cylindrical spikes. As they fade, the flowers change from white to pale blue.
This 'Nana Alba' lavender requires, like most other lavenders, to be planted in full sun in a very well-drained soil, even dry and rocky. Under these conditions, its foliage will be more silver and its flowers will exude a more intense fragrance. A Mediterranean plant par excellence, lavender can be used in borders, rock gardens, pots, and by the seaside. It can be paired with drought-tolerant grasses that will contrast with its rounded shape. It is also perfect at the base of border roses. In an unwatered garden in a hot climate, it is perfect with shrubs such as rockroses, thymes, teucriums, and oreganos. You can also create beautiful containers to place on the terrace or balcony.
Properties: Lavender is a very melliferous plant, contributing to the preservation of bees: the nectar of its flower attracts bees, making it one of the most renowned honeys.
The Lavandula angustifolia is a medicinal plant, whose therapeutic virtues were once widely used: its essential oil has antiseptic, antispasmodic, healing, purifying, diuretic properties, among others.
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Botanical data
Lavandula
angustifolia
Nana Alba
Labiatae
True Lavender, English Lavender, Garden Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Baby White', Lavandula angustifolia 'Dwarf White' ou Lavandula angustifolia 'Compacta Alba'
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Hardy up to -12°C, the 'Nana Alba' lavender needs to be planted in a warm and sunny location, in a light, gravelly soil that is very well-draining, even dry in summer. Indeed, it does not tolerate clay soils and excess water. If that is the case, it will be necessary to lighten the soil by adding sand and gravel. Pruning of the Lavandula angustifolia should be done every year, just after flowering, by removing the faded inflorescences. A second pruning should be done in early spring, by cutting back the plant by a third (without going all the way to the old wood), to maintain a beautiful compact, rounded shape and its floriferous qualities.
Since lavenders require very little water, watering will only be necessary in the first year after planting. When pruning after flowering, do not throw away the faded inflorescences, but collect them to make sachets that will wonderfully perfume wardrobes and also act as excellent moth repellents. For making dried bouquets, it is necessary to harvest the lavender flowers when they are just fully open and let them dry in a dry and ventilated place, upside down.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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