USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Perennial Herb

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

Attracts:  Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention, Sensory Appeal

Resistances:  Deer, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

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.

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

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. 

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