Lavender Seeds

Lavender Seeds for Planting: English Lavender for Beds and Borders

Lavender is one of the most rewarding perennials you can grow from seed, and it's far more affordable than buying established plants. Our collection of lavender seeds features English lavender, the hardy, compact type prized for its sweet fragrance, silvery foliage, and long-lasting purple flower spikes. Both organic and conventional options are available, and each listing notes which is which. A single packet can fill a border, edge a path, or line a raised bed with pollinator-friendly color.

Lavender Seed Varieties: English-Vera and Munstead

English-Vera Lavender is a classic English type with fragrant purple blooms and a long history in herb gardens, and it comes from an organic seed grower. Munstead Lavender is a compact, slow-growing variety that suits borders, rock gardens, and containers, and it's known for being cold hardy and reliable over winter. Both grow into mounded, gray-green plants that thrive in full sun and lean, well-drained soil, and both are perennial, so a successful planting returns year after year. Lavender is popular for fragrance, cut and dried bouquets, and, in small amounts, culinary uses like baking and tea, and its flowers draw bees and butterflies all summer.

Planting Lavender from Seed: Slow, but Worth It

Lavender rewards patience. Lavender seed can take anywhere from 15 to 90 days to germinate, which is why starting indoors 10 to 12 weeks before your last frost is recommended. The seeds are tiny and need light, so scatter them on the surface of the mix and press them in lightly rather than burying them. Even after a good start, lavender grown from seed often takes time, and plants usually don't begin flowering until their second year. That long timeline is easy to lose track of, so the Seedtime garden planning software builds a planting calendar around your frost dates, the task list reminds you when it's time to harden off or prune, and the layout planner helps you give a perennial patch a permanent home.

Buy Lavender Seeds with One Shipping Charge

When you buy lavender seeds here, you can add seeds from multiple suppliers to the same order and pay one flat shipping charge, or qualify for free standard shipping on Seedtime-fulfilled orders of $49 or more to the lower 48 states. Paid Seedtime members get 20% off seed packets marked "Fulfilled by Seedtime" and 5% off everything else in the store. You can start planning for free, and if you want unlimited calendars and layouts along with those store discounts, compare Seedtime's plans to find the right fit. Whether you want a single lavender seed packet for a small border or several for a larger planting, it all ships together.