How Large Will Lavender Grow as a Shrub?

General Height

• English lavender is the most widely recognized lavender. Originally cultivated in the Mediterranean and marketed throughout Europe, it grows in an ideal climate to a height of 2 to 3 feet. Many other lavenders peak at this height and are conditional to climate and cultivar. The genus of lavender includes annuals, perennials, hybrids, non-seed producing, sub-shrubs and shrubs.

Taller Lavenders

• Spanish lavender and sweet lavender behave more like woody shrubs with dense branches and individual gangly spikes climbing through their tender fragrant wands. Allardi lavender, the tallest of the species, is a hybrid and forms a dense hedge. It reaches 5 feet tall and forms a sprawling 4 foot bush.

Dwarf and Miniature Lavenders

• Munstead lavender grows between 18 to 24 inches and is considered by some as a miniature of the genus. Hidcote lavender is a smaller variety of the plant and matures at 12 to 18 inches. The pink Spanish lavender is a dwarf evergreen and climbs between 9 to 15 inches.