Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote (Lavender)

Highly popular, English Lavender 'Hidcote' is a free flowering variety that is prized by most gardeners for its long-lasting and delightful scent as well as the fashion in which its dark purple flower spikes beautifully contrast with its blue-green evergreen foliage. Hidcote is a perfect choice for low hedges, edging, or creating borders. Excellent for crafts and dried flowers as they retain their color.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Blooms once in late spring or early summer. Lavenders blooming once may have a second, smaller flush of flowers during the season and maybe a third one if the flowers are cut soon enough.
• Evergreen in warm winter climates, typically grows in a bushy shrub, up to 12-20 in. tall (30-50 cm) and spreads up to 20-24 in. (50-60 cm).
• This Lavender is very versatile and can also be used in perennial borders, containers, rock gardens, or herb gardens. Provides a stunning effect in mass plantings. Its fragrant flowers may be dried and used in potpourris.
• Drought, deer, rabbit, and dry soil tolerant and a real magnet for bees and butterflies!
• Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.
• Thrives in full sun and performs best in dry to medium, poor, light, sandy, and well-drained soils. Excellent drainage and air circulation are essential, specifically in hot, humid climates.
• Trim back in spring to encourage bushier growth. Remove spent blooms to encourage new blooms.