Meet Phenomenal® Lavender

The Plant That Welcomes You Home

Some plants are chosen because they bloom beautifully.

Others become part of the way you experience your garden every single day.

Phenomenal® Lavender has become one of those plants for us.

Several years ago, we planted it along both sides of our front porch.

Long before the flowers appear, a gentle summer breeze carries its familiar lavender fragrance across the entrance. Once the blooms arrive, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators spend their days visiting the flowers, bringing even more life to the garden.

It's one of those plants we never walk past without noticing.

Sometimes we stop just to enjoy the fragrance.

Sometimes we watch the butterflies.

Sometimes we simply smile because we're home.

Why We Love Phenomenal® Lavender

There are many beautiful lavender varieties, but Phenomenal Lavender has earned its name through dependable performance and exceptional garden beauty.

Its fragrant foliage, abundant summer blooms, and outstanding heat and cold tolerance make it one of our favorite perennial plants for sunny landscapes.

Highlights

• Wonderfully fragrant silver-green foliage
• Beautiful lavender flower spikes throughout summer
• Attracts butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Excellent cold hardiness
• Deer and rabbit resistant
• Low-maintenance perennial
• Beautiful fresh or dried flowers
• Returns year after year with even greater beauty

Whether you're creating a cottage garden, pollinator garden, or simply adding fragrance near your front door, Phenomenal Lavender delivers season after season.

Where Phenomenal® Lavender Fits Best

One of the things we appreciate most about Phenomenal Lavender is that it invites you to slow down and enjoy your garden.

Plant it where you'll experience it every day.

Some of our favorite locations include:

• Along front walkways
• Beside porches and patios
• Around outdoor sitting areas
• Welcome Home Gardens
• Sunny perennial borders
• Cottage gardens
• Pollinator gardens
• Herb gardens
• Decorative containers
• Near front entrances where its fragrance can be enjoyed every time you come home

Lavender isn't simply a plant you look at.

It's one you experience.

Cheryl's Notes

Our Phenomenal Lavender has become one of my favorite parts of coming home.

Even when it isn't blooming, its fragrance drifts across the porch whenever there's a gentle breeze.

During bloom, butterflies and pollinators visit throughout the day, turning our front entrance into one of the liveliest parts of the garden.

It's a reminder that some of the best plants don't just add color.

They become part of the memories we create at home.

Common Questions About Phenomenal® Lavender

Is Phenomenal Lavender easy to grow?

Yes.

Phenomenal Lavender is one of the easiest lavender varieties to grow because of its outstanding tolerance to heat, humidity, cold winters, and drought once established. Give it full sun and well-drained soil, and it will reward you with years of fragrant blooms.

Does Phenomenal Lavender attract pollinators?

Absolutely.

Butterflies, bees, and many other beneficial pollinators are naturally drawn to its fragrant purple flowers throughout the blooming season, making it an excellent choice for pollinator-friendly landscapes.

Can Phenomenal Lavender handle hot summers?

Yes.

One of the reasons this variety has become so popular is its exceptional ability to thrive in hot summer conditions while continuing to produce beautiful flowers and fragrant foliage.

Is Phenomenal Lavender deer resistant?

Lavender is widely recognized for being deer and rabbit resistant because of its aromatic foliage. While no plant is completely deer-proof, it is far less attractive to browsing deer than many flowering perennials.

Plants That Pair Beautifully with Phenomenal® Lavender

The soft purple blooms and silver-green foliage of Phenomenal Lavender combine beautifully with many other perennials and shrubs.

Some of our favorite companions include:

• Snowcap Shasta Daisy
• Black Knight Butterfly Bush
• Guava Lava Agastache
• Georgia Blue Veronica
• Moonshine Yarrow
• Color Guard Yucca
• Sweetbay Magnolia
• Winter Gem Boxwood

Together they create landscapes filled with fragrance, butterflies, texture, and season-long color.

Quick Facts

Botanical Name: Lavandula × intermedia 'Phenomenal'

Common Name: Phenomenal Lavender

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial

Evergreen: Semi-evergreen in warmer climates

Growth Rate: Moderate

Mature Height: Approximately 24–36 inches

Mature Width: Approximately 24–36 inches

Sun Exposure: Full sun

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–9

Water Needs: Low once established

Bloom Time: Summer

Wildlife Value: Excellent pollinator plant for butterflies, bees, and beneficial insects.

Best Uses: Walkways, patios, Welcome Home Gardens, cottage gardens, herb gardens, pollinator gardens, containers, borders, and foundation plantings.

A Garden That Welcomes You Home

Phenomenal Lavender is one of the plants that inspired our Welcome Home Garden idea.

Because sometimes the best garden isn't the one everyone else sees.

It's the one that greets you every time you pull into the driveway.

The one whose fragrance drifts across the porch.

The one where butterflies dance through the flowers while you enjoy a quiet evening outside.

Those are the gardens we remember.

Gardens Are for Living.

Some plants are remembered for their flowers.

Some for their fragrance.

Some for the butterflies they attract.

Phenomenal Lavender offers all three.

But what we love most is something that's harder to describe.

It has a way of making ordinary moments feel special.

A walk to the front door.

Coffee on the porch.

A gentle breeze carrying the scent of lavender through the summer air.

Those simple moments are what gardens are really about.

We hope Phenomenal Lavender becomes one of your favorites, too.

💚 Let's grow this together.

Cheryl & The Greenwood Nursery Team