If you're looking for an early blooming lavender that doesn't die back in winter, lavandula x intermedia Phenomenal is the cultivar for you. This hybrid merges together the best of both English lavender and Portuguese lavender, giving it both cold hardiness and heat tolerance. This particular lavender has beautiful blue purple flowers with frosty green foliage, and its particularly fragrant blooms are a pollinator favorite. Phenomenal makes for great mass plantings and boarders, and is both deer and rabbit resistant. Growing anywhere with full sun and well-draining soil, lavandula x intermedia Phenomenal is the perfect choice for sandy, rocky, dry locations, and will brighten up any sunny corner of your garden. Plant will be shipped in dormant state potentially from fall to early spring (metabolic inactivity-shredded foliage and minimal branches). Please note that plant will/can produce full size flowers in the first year with proper care and optimal growing environment.