Yule Love It Lavender Farm grows the following lavender varieties:

Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender): hardiest in Michigan's climate.

• Blue Rider: new to Yule Love It Lavender Farm 2009, hardiness not tested.


• Edelweiss: white blooms; new to Yule Love It Lavender Farm 2009, hardiness not tested.


• Hidcote: deepest purple, medium stem, blooms first year; blooms all summer; hardy.


• Jean Davis: short stem, pale pink flowers, large shrub, evergreen: doesn't bloom first year; May/June/July bloomer; very hardy.
  Lady: light lavender color, bushy habit; small blooms at end of stem; very hardy.


• Miss Catherine: long, darker pink flowers on tall stems; very hardy.


• Munstead: deep purple flowers, blooms first year; blooms all summer; very hardy.
  
• Mystery Blue: narrow, wispy medium length stems; periwinkle fairy-like flowers: blooms June/July: very hardy.


• Rosea: much like Jean Davis; hardy.


• Royal Velvet: longest stems in species; long, dark purple flower heads, green foliage; hardy.


• Twickle Purple: sweetly fragrant; narrow oblong leaves; purple flowers fade to blue; hardy.

Lavandula x intermedia (Lavandin: hybrid of French and English lavenders: not as winter hardy as English lavenders

• Grosso: large plant; extremely fragrant deep violet flowers; butterfly magnet; blooms July; hardiest of Lavandins.


• Provence: large plant; subtle lavender-blue flowers; rot-resistant foliage; blooms July; moderately hardy.


• Vera: large plant; blue-violet flowers; long and narrow spike; not hardy at Yule Love It Lavender Farm.

Dentata (French lavender): not winter hardy; toothed silver-green leaves; ideal for containers; blooms all summer and fall.

Stoechas (Spanish lavender): not winter hardy; fast growing; silvery foliage; protruding petals; blooms all summer and fall.

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