Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote', 'Alba', 'Rosea'

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote', 'Alba', 'Rosea'

Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote, Alba, Rosea
English Lavender, Common Lavender, True Lavender

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A collection of true lavenders at a low price to decorate the rockery, a border or a balcony without breaking the bank. It brings together three varieties of different colours that will mix their purple, white and pink spikes between June and August. These small shrubs also charm with their remarkably aromatic, grey-green foliage, which remains attractive in winter. Lavendula angustifolia is planted in full sun in a well-drained, even dry, stony and chalky soil. In these conditions, it can withstand temperatures as low as -18 °C (-0.4°F) at its peak.

Exposure

Sun

Hardiness

Hardy down to -18°C

Soil type

Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Stony (poor and well-drained)

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Best planting time March, October

Recommended planting time February to May, September to October

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Flowering time June to August

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Collection items (3 plants)

x1
Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote - True Lavender
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x1
Lavandula angustifolia Alba - True Lavender
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Lavandula angustifolila Rosea - True Lavender
Price per single item: €4.90
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Description

This collection of true lavenders at a low price brings together three varieties of Lavandula angustifolia, named 'Hidcote', 'Alba', and 'Rosea'. These fragrant lavenders form clumps of silver foliage, evergreen in winter, and flower in the heart of summer, in a harmony of violet, white, and pink. You can plant these shrubby perennials in dry and sunny areas of the garden, in a rockery, or to border a bed or path. These melliferous plants will also look stunning in a planter on the terrace or balcony.

The collection consists of:

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' : an award-winning variety in England for its ornamental qualities and performance in the garden. Abundant flowering in July-August, with dark purple spikes.

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba': truly bright white flowering from June to August.

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea': light lilac pink flowering from June to August.

Lavandula angustifolia, sometimes called English lavender, belongs to the family of Lamiaceae. It is a subshrub native to Mediterranean regions that grows in garrigues, in full sun, on rocky, limestone, very dry soils in summer. It forms a dense clump of 60cm (24in) in all directions at flowering time. Its foliage is composed of narrow aromatic leaves of a beautiful gray-silver color in summer, greener in winter.

These lavenders from this collection will therefore be planted in full sun in a very well-drained soil, rather poor, based on gravel or coarse sand. Under these conditions, their vegetation will emit an intense fragrance in summer and they will withstand frost. You can plant them in a raised bed, as a border, in a rockery, container, and even as a low flowering hedge. Allow a spacing of 40cm (16in) between each plant.

With their graphic appearance, the brightness of their foliage, and their beautiful summer flowering, an infinite number of possibilities are available to the gardener. You can associate the lavenders from this collection with ornamental grasses for dry soil which, with their tousled habit, will contrast with the silvery roundness of the lavender. For example, plant them between your bush roses. In a Mediterranean-inspired scene, combine them with small shrubs such as rockroses and shrubby salvias, white, pink, blue, or purple. You can also create beautiful containers to place on the terrace or balcony. It is also possible to combine several varieties of lavenders together, which will create a harmonious and elegant tableau, both in terms of the variety of flower and foliage colours, and the size and volume of the plants.

Flowering

Flower colour multicoloured

Flowering time June to August

Inflorescence Spike

Flower size 4 cm

Fragrance slightly scented

Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Good for cut flowers Cut flower blooms

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen

Foliage colour grey or silver

Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Plant habit

Height at maturity 60 cm

Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Lavandula

Species

angustifolia

Cultivar

Hidcote, Alba, Rosea

Family

Lamiaceae

Other common names

English Lavender, Common Lavender, True Lavender

Origin

Mediterranean

Planting and care

Lavandula angustifolia should be planted in a warm and sunny location, in a rocky or sandy soil, preferably limestone, very well drained, even dry. Indeed, it does not tolerate clay soils and excess water, both in summer and winter. If this is the case, it will be necessary to lighten the soil by adding sand and gravel. The pruning of Lavandula angustifolia should be done every year, just after flowering, by removing the faded inflorescences. A second pruning will be done in early spring, by cutting back the plant by a third (without going to the old wood), to maintain a beautiful compact, rounded shape and its floriferous qualities.

Since lavender requires very little water, watering will only be necessary in the first year of planting. When pruning after flowering, do not throw away the withered inflorescences, but collect them to make sachets that will delicately perfume the cupboards, and also make excellent moth repellents. For making dried bouquets, it is necessary to harvest the lavender flowers, just fully bloomed, and let them dry in a dry and ventilated place, upside down.

Planting period

Best planting time March, October

Recommended planting time February to May, September to October

Intended location

Suitable for Rockery

Type of use Edge of border, Container, Slope

Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map

Ease of cultivation Amateur

Planting density 6 per m2

Exposure Sun

Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous

Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Stony (poor and well-drained)

Soil moisture Dry soil, Well-drained, poor

Care

Pruning instructions The pruning of Lavandula angustifolia should be done every year, just after flowering, by removing the faded inflorescences. A second pruning will be carried out in early spring, by shortening the plant by a third (without going into the old wood).

Pruning Pruning recommended twice a year

Pruning time March, September

Disease resistance Good

Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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