Lavender Hidcote Blue Strain – Mr. Fothergill’s Seeds

Lavendula angustifolia

• Perennial
• Full Sun
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Vividly Coloured with a classic fragrance
• Extremely versatile
• Richly aromatic plants
• Perfect as a low hedge or path edging

A compact plant with deep blue flowers and contrasting foliage. Lovely as a fragrant low hedge or border edging. Lavender is unbeatable as a low growing hedge, the flowers may be used to scent drawers of linen or in potpourri.

Approx. 100 seeds

Sow indoors, February-June, 0.5cm () deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse, or on a warm kitchen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 21-50 days. Pot on individually, when large enough to handle, to 7.5cm (3″) pots. Always hold by a leaf, never by the stem. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out, into well-drained soil, September-October, 30cm (12″) apart. Flowers: July-September, the following year.