Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
Hidcote English Lavender
Evergreen-Deciduous | Evergreen |
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Overall Mature Size | Small |
Mature Height & Spread | 12-18" x 12-18" |
Exposure | Full to Partial Sun |
Water | Medium, Low Water |
Flower Color | Violet-Purple |
Bloom Time | Spring, Summer |
Special Features | Attracts Butterflies, Bees, Deer Resistant, Low Water Use |
Container Sizes | #1 |
Natural Growth Habit | Mounding |
Sunset Garden Zones | 2-24 |
Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
Plant Type | Shrub |
Moderate-growing evergreen subshrub to 12-18” tall and wide. Lavandula is revered for its delightfully fragrant and useful foliage as well as its abundant showy flower display. This floriferous and highly popular variety forms a compact mound of aromatic gray-green foliage contrasted with abundant fragrant violet-purple flower spikes that rise above the foliage spring to mid-summer attracting butterflies and bees. Considered one of the hardiest of the English Lavenders this variety tolerates heat and requires little water once established but can tolerate moist soils better than most. The versatile fragrant foliage of this species is used for perfumes oils potpourris and various medicinal purposes while the flowers are great for drying and retain their color nicely. Great in beds borders or containers and prefers a well-drained soil in a full to partial sun exposure.