There are over 1500 lavender plants, displaying more than twenty varieties found in our fields. ‘Super Blue’, ‘Ann’s Garden Lavender’, ‘Goodwin Creek Grey’, and ‘Provence” are our main varieties. Many other varieties can be found in our Lavender Lovers Garden (LLG).The LLG is where we test plant varieties to see how viable they are in South Texas. Those that thrive may find their way into the main fields. Others, that require too much babying will remain in the LLG for visitors to see, touch, and of course smell.
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Super Blue
Our first, and best growing, culinary lavender. Ann uses this variety for baking scones, muffins, breads, etc. It is also an excellent choice for use in creating lavender teas and lemonades. Whenever we are able to purchase it from a licensed grower, Super Blue will be available in our shop. Because it does so well for us we have created two large planting areas and have about 400 of them in the ground. These small lavender plants are a continuous bloomers and will be producing from April to December. When the wind is blowing we can smell these while we sit on our back porch. One of our absolute favorites!
Provence
These gorgeous plants are also favorites of the bees and butterflies. When most people think of lavender they envision fields of Provence. Even though we’re in South Texas and not France, these truly beautiful plants are spectacular bloomers. Heads are turned, and vehicles often stop to admire their purple sheen from the road in front of the farm. The long, vibrantly green stems and delicate blooms make these a favorite U-pick choice. We have dried lavender bunches from last season that still have a wonderful scent!
Goodwin Creek
The first lavender we planted! Lavandula ‘Goodwin Creek Grey’ is known for it’s attractive silver to gray foliage and for the fairly short spikes of deep purple to blue flowers. This lavender finds its way into dried bundles and is an excellent choice for the creation of lavender wreaths. The bees and butterflies love this lavender. At times the buzzing and fluttering create an absolutely stunning aural/visual effect. ‘Goodwin Creek Grey’ thrives in our hot, arid, South Texas climate. We currently have about 200 of them in the ground.
Ann's Garden Lavender
This is the lavender that started it all. All we know of this lavender is that it belongs to the var. dentata of the Lavendula dentata species. These lavenders are easily identified by their “toothed” leaves from which their specific name, dentata, is derived. We use this lavender for crafts and sachets. Because we have not been able to identify a specific cultivar for this lavender we simply call it “Ann’s Garden Lavender.” This variety is one of the best growing lavenders that we’ve seen for South Texas!