An image of Fernleaf Lavender, Lavandula multifida, and English Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia. The main focus is on the leaves, but the purple flowers are visible. English Lavender has largely linear leaves with some dentation around the middle of the leaf, while Fernleaf Lavender has finely divided leaves that give the plant its common name, vaguely resembling certain ferns. The English Lavender's foliage has a pale green appearance with a tinge of blue, while Fernleaf Lavender's foliage has a pale green appearance with a tinge of yellow, like a sagey lime green. Both have a soft appearance due to the presence of very short, densely-growing plant hairs called trichomes.

I wasn't supposed to post today but I couldn't resist! Foliage comparison of English and Egyptian Lavender, also called Fernleaf Lavender.
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A picture captured of the flowering spike of Fernleaf Lavender, Lavandula multifida. The bulk of the plant is lost in an unfocused background, but the flared lavender flowers at the tips of the flower spikes are in-focus though grainy. The deep purple lavender flowers are on the simple side for Mint family plants; short tubular flowers that flare out at one end with a dark purple veining in the petals, and a pale fuzzy calyx cupping the other end. The open flowers are atop a climbing cluster of spent flowers, only visible as closed calyces and the occasional dried flower petal.

It's been a while since I posted a lavender! This is a rarer one in landscaping: Fernleaf or Egyptian Lavender! Although sometimes described as a small shrub, its basal growth habit leans more herbaceous.

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