please ID this plant? Is it a Lavender?

[Yuet_Lee]

please can anyone tell me is it a lavender?

[Yuet_Lee]

[honeybee]

Hmmmm the flowers look similar to butterfly lavender, but the leaves certainly dont.

[manicscousers]

dunno but it's pretty, does it smell?

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

It's Lavandula pinnata, from New Zealand I think. Absolutely lovely, but will get killed by the first frost. Maybe it overwinters OK frost-free but I haven't tried

[flowerlady]

I did ... and it died  :'(

[Yuet_Lee]

thanks for all yours help!
I thought their flowers look like it but leaves not!