Overview

Introduce elegance and natural fragrance to your living space or garden with the exquisite lavender herb tree. This delightful live lavender plant, standing approximately 14 inches tall and presented in a 6-inch pot, offers both ornamental beauty and a soothing aroma. A cherished member of the herb family, lavender (Lavandula) is renowned for its versatile uses, from perfumes and potpourri to culinary applications. Its compact, tree-like habit, coupled with fragrant gray-green foliage and often delicate purple blooms, makes it a welcome and sophisticated addition to any setting. Whether you’re looking for a unique gift or a charming botanical accent, this fragrant herb tree delivers timeless appeal and a touch of natural serenity.

The specific variety of lavender is chosen for its suitability as a pruned herb tree, providing a structured yet natural look. This plant is a wonderful choice for those seeking a low-maintenance, aromatic, and visually appealing botanical specimen. Its natural fresh scent is a delightful bonus, filling your home with a calming aroma.

Key Benefits

Cultivating a lavender herb tree offers numerous advantages beyond its aesthetic charm. This versatile plant brings a host of benefits:

• Aromatic Ambiance: Enjoy the natural, soothing fragrance of lavender that can help create a relaxing atmosphere in any room or garden space. Its scent is known for its calming properties.
• Ornamental Appeal: With its unique tree-like form and lovely gray-green foliage, this plant serves as an attractive decorative element, enhancing windowsills, patios, or garden borders.
• Culinary & Home Uses: The fragrant leaves and flowers can be harvested for culinary uses, potpourri, or homemade sachets, adding a touch of natural luxury to your life.
• Compact & Manageable Size: Measuring approximately 14 inches tall in a 6 inch lavender pot, it’s an ideal size for various spaces, making it a perfect gift or a personal treat.
• Pollinator Attractor: When grown outdoors, lavender flowers are highly attractive to beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies, contributing to garden biodiversity.
• Low Maintenance: Lavender is generally a hardy and forgiving plant, requiring moderate care once established, making it suitable for both experienced and novice gardeners.
• Natural Air Freshener: Beyond its beauty, the natural scent acts as a gentle, chemical-free air freshener, making your environment more pleasant.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Ensuring your lavender herb tree thrives requires attention to a few key environmental factors. Lavender is a sun-loving plant, so providing ample light is crucial. It prefers bright light to full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal growth and flowering. If grown indoors, place it near a south-facing window or supplement with a grow light. Rotate the plant periodically to ensure even growth. For outdoor placement, choose a spot that receives full sun exposure throughout the day.

Watering should be done carefully, as lavender prefers its soil to dry out between waterings. Keep the soil moderately moist, but never soggy. Overwatering is a common cause of issues for lavender. Allow the top inch or two of soil to dry completely before watering again. Good drainage is essential, so ensure the pot has drainage holes. Pruning is vital to maintain the sharp, tree-like shape and encourage bushier growth and more flowers. Periodically prune back new growth, especially after flowering, to keep its desired form and promote air circulation. This also helps in maintaining the health of your live lavender plant.

Lavender thrives in well-draining, slightly alkaline to neutral soil. A good quality potting mix amended with sand or perlite will provide the necessary drainage. Fertilize sparingly, if at all, as lavender prefers lean soil. An annual light feeding with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in spring is usually sufficient. Protect outdoor plants from excessive winter moisture in colder climates. Understanding proper lavender plant care will ensure your fragrant tree remains vibrant and healthy for years to come.

Size & Details

This offering features a healthy lavender herb tree, delivered as a live plant. The plant you will receive stands approximately 14 inches tall, measured from the base of the pot to the top of the foliage. It is presented in a 6 inch lavender pot, which comes with a decorative pot cover and a gift tag, making it perfect for immediate display or gifting. Please note that the style and color of the pot cover and tag may vary. Lavender typically grows at a moderate rate and can reach mature heights of 1-3 feet when well-maintained, though regular pruning will keep this tree-form compact. It ships as a potted plant, ready to be enjoyed upon arrival.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This lavender herb tree arrives approximately 14 inches tall in its pot. With proper lavender plant care and pruning, it can be maintained at a compact size, typically 1-2 feet tall, to retain its tree-like form.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: This versatile live lavender plant can thrive both indoors with sufficient sunlight and outdoors in appropriate climates. It makes an excellent patio plant or a fragrant indoor accent.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: Lavender requires bright light to full sun, ideally 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. If grown indoors, place it in the sunniest window available.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, lavender is generally considered a low-maintenance plant. Its primary needs are ample sunlight, well-draining soil, and careful watering to avoid overwatering.
• Q: Can I use the lavender from this tree? A: Absolutely! The leaves and flowers of this fragrant herb tree can be used for culinary purposes, making potpourri, or creating aromatic sachets.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your lavender herb tree will arrive as a healthy, live plant in a 6-inch pot, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey. It comes with a decorative pot cover and gift tag.
• Q: When is the best time to prune my lavender herb tree? A: The best time to prune your lavender herb tree is after its main flowering period to maintain its shape and encourage new growth. Light pruning can also be done periodically to keep its desired tree-like form.
• Q: What type of soil is best for this lavender? A: Lavender prefers well-draining soil, ideally a sandy or gravelly loam with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. Avoid heavy, clay-like soils that retain too much moisture.