Lavender Provence is an evergreen hybrid lavender known for its vibrant shades of purple blooms and gray-green foliage. Typically mass planted along herb gardens and rock garden borders or hedges, Lavender has been historically used for its essential oil and medicinal properties. This shrub thrives in well-drained and alkaline soil, although it will grow in dry climates.

Lavender intermedia grows in a compact form and reaches heights of 2 to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Its lavender spiked-shaped flowers are drought, deer and rabbit-resistant. Also known as Lavandin, this flowering perennial not only looks amazing, but can be used in many baking, cooking, and self-care recipes. Although it is rarely used for culinary purposes, Provence Lavender's dried flowers are frequently used as an addition to sachets and potpourris.

Genus name comes from the Latin word lavo meaning "I wash" in reference to a former use of the plant as an aromatic wash. Hybrid designation means intermediate. Lavender Provence’ is one of the tallest of the lavandins. It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy (Provence) where it is commercially grown in large plantings for the perfume industry.