Add fragrance and beauty to your garden with this fabulous collection of English Lavenders. The fragrant flowers are highly attractive to bees, and excellent for cutting and drying. Perfect for fragrant patio containers or try growing Lavender as a low hedge or path edging where the perfume can be appreciated as you brush past the aromatic evergreen foliage. Heights and spreads: Up to 60cm (24″).
- Collection comprises:
- Lavender angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – An RHS AGM variety with a compact habit and dark purple flower spikes, this is one of the nation’s best known varieties.
- Lavender ‘Munstead’ – This neat, compact variety of English lavender bears masses of dark purple-blue flower spikes.
- Pot up plants using free-draining compost, and grow them on in frost free conditions until large enough to plant outside. Once they are well grown, acclimatise English lavender plants to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days before planting out on free draining soil in full sun. Lavenders dislike wet ground, particularly during winter. Improve heavy soil conditions by adding coarse grit or sharp sand prior to planting. When growing English lavender in large patio containers, use a well drained soil based compost such as John Innes No. 3. After planting, prune lavender plants to encourage bushy growth.
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