Hidcote Blue English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote Blue’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial Herb
Height at Maturity: 18-24″
Width at Maturity: 18-24″
Spacing: 18″ for mass plantings or solid borders; 36″ for space between plants
Spacing: 18″ for mass plantings or solid borders; 36″ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Bluish-Purple
Flower Size: Small flowers packed on large wands
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower Type: Spikes, Wands
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes!
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Most But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.7 – 7.5 (Neutral to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention, Sensory Appeal
Resistances: Deer, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit
Description
A superior selection and recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit, ‘Hidcote’ is a free flowering compact English Lavender that produces some of the darkest bluish purple flower wands of any we’ve seen. The highly fragrant flowers attract butterflies and beneficial pollinators and are excellent for both fresh or dried flower arrangements and bouquets. You might be happy to know that deer and rabbits turn their nose up to this one. A fine selection for containers or garden beds in hot and dry sites.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to only 18 to 24 inches tall and wide, Hidcote Blue Lavender is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings or mass plantings, or as a border in landscape and perennial borders and herb gardens. It has also done well for us in container gardens, which can be overwintered indoors above Zone 5a. A fine selection for herb gardens, perennial gardens, purple or blue theme gardens, cut flower gardens, cottage gardens, and rock and fragrance gardens.
Outstanding for planting near walkways, decks and patios where scent can be enjoyed. Excellent cut flowers for fresh or dried arrangements. Popular for sachets and potpourri.
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches apart for mass plantings or solid borders; 3 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Lavender is easy to grow in a moist to somewhat dry well-drained soil of average to low fertility and plenty of sun. Constantly soggy soil or standing water is problematic. If desired, the plant can be cut back by one-third its height after flowering to maintain a fuller plant. For example, if your plant is 30 inches tall you can cut it back to 20 inches tall.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, prune, fertilize and water Lavender plants.
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