Munstead Certified Organic Lavender

Description

Description

Munstead Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’) takes its name from one of the most celebrated gardens in English horticultural history — Munstead Wood in Surrey, the home and garden of legendary plantsperson Gertrude Jekyll, who selected and popularized this variety for its compact, tidy habit, early bloom, and signature pale blue-violet flower spikes. Earlier to bloom than most English lavender varieties, Munstead fills the garden with fragrance from late spring into summer — before Hidcote, before Grosso, before Provence. USDA-Certified Organic, compact and bushy, outstanding for crafts, teas, culinary use, and containers. Perennial in Zones 5–9; container-friendly for Zones 2–9 with winter protection.

Named for Gertrude Jekyll’s Munstead Wood — Early-Blooming Heritage

The Munstead Wood connection is genuine horticultural history. Gertrude Jekyll was one of the most influential garden designers in English history — her writings and designs shaped the Arts and Crafts garden movement and remain influential over a century later. This lavender, associated with her Surrey garden, carries that heritage in its neat habit, refined appearance, and reliably early bloom that opens the lavender season before most other varieties are ready.

Earliest Blooms in the Lavender Family — Late Spring Into Summer

Munstead blooms earlier than Hidcote, Grosso, and Provence — opening the lavender season in late spring with pale blue-violet spikes that fill the garden with the clean, classic lavender fragrance before summer has fully arrived. That early timing makes it particularly valuable for succession planting alongside later-blooming varieties, creating a lavender season that spans from late spring through late summer in a single garden.

USDA-Certified Organic — Compact, Crafts, and Culinary

Every Stark Bro’s Munstead Lavender arrives USDA-Certified Organic, potted in quality soil, and ready to plant. The compact 18–24 inch habit makes it ideal for containers, rock gardens, border edges, and mass plantings where a tidy, well-behaved lavender is needed. The pale blue-violet flowers and fragrant foliage are outstanding for sachets, potpourri, dried arrangements, teas, and culinary lavender applications.

Why Growers Love Munstead Lavender

• Named for Gertrude Jekyll’s Munstead Wood — genuine English horticultural heritage
• USDA-Certified Organic — arrives potted in quality soil, ready to plant
• Earliest bloomer in the lavender family — pale blue-violet spikes from late spring
• Compact bushy habit — ideal for containers, borders, rock gardens, and mass plantings
• Outstanding for crafts, teas, and culinary use — versatile fragrant herb
• Perennial in Zones 5–9 — container-friendly for year-round growing in Zones 2–9