English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
- Flowering period
- June–August
- Nectar
- sehr gut
- Pollen
- mittel
English Lavender flowers in July and August and provides very good nectar with a medium pollen value. It needs full sun and dry, well-drained soils and holds up through extended heat without a drop in yield. In the growing regions of southern Europe it produces a light, highly aromatic varietal honey; here it is a reliable garden flow in midsummer. Pruning after flowering is important, otherwise the sub-shrub becomes woody and flowers more weakly the following year.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Echter Lavendel
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces