True lavender "Pink Perfume"

English lavender "Pink Perfume" (True lavender).
Perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family.
Height of flowering plant: 35 cm.
Flower colour: light pink.
Natural flowering period: June - September.
Winter hardiness zones: Z5 - Z9.
Soil requirements: dry, well-drained.
1,0 g =1200 seeds.

Lavender spica rosea Pink Perfume™. 
"Pink Perfume" produces an abundance of rosy pink flowers on mound of aromatic grey green foliage.
Hardy Perennial.
Flowers in: July to frost.
Days to germinate: 10 to 14.
Germination: experience.
Useful Aftercare: easy.
Ideal for: Borders, Cottage Gardens.
Special Features: Edible Flowers.
Height : 38-60 cm.
Description: attractive rosy pink flowers, cover mounds of fragrant silver green foliage. Rosea is so fragrant, it is used as one of the main ingredients of Eau de Cologne. Excellent planted in borders or containers.
Sowing Instructions: pre-chill 4-6 weeks. Sow on to a moist seed sowing compost in a 576 plug tray or similar size cell. Cover lightly with vermiculite and propagate at +15 to +18 °C. 
Sowing Time: February to June or September to October. Sow into pots or trays of moist seed compost and cover seed with a very fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Keep at a temperature of between +15+20 °C. After sowing, do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep the surface of the compost moist but not waterlogged; germination can take 1-5 months.
Growing Instructions: when large enough to handle, transplant seedlings into 7.5 cm pots or trays. Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out after all risk of frost, 30 cm apart. For best results, provide any ordinary, well-drained soil in full sun.
* Grow the seedlings on at +10+15 °C until they are ready to pot in late summer pot either into a 9 cm pot or put 3 plugs into a 1 or 2 litre pot and over winter under cover in a well ventilated cold glasshouse, polyethilene tunnel or cold frame. Plants should be of saleable size in April-May the following year.
Germination should begin to take place after 10 to 14 days. Maintain a temperature of +15 °C after germination.

Eng.: Common lavender rose. Bot.syn.: Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Lavandula delphinensis, Lavandula officinalis, Lavandula pyrenaica, Lavandula spica L., Lavandula vera DC.

Alfred de Breanski.