Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote Blue'

Dwarf semi-shrub, 0.3-05 (0.8) m tall and wide, domed and compact, slow-growing, losing its habit when old and becoming leggy, lives for decades when cut regularly.

Many flowers in dense, long-stem spikes, blue-violet, beginning of July, very fragrant to aromatic.

Evergreen; lanceolate, grey-green; very aromatic.

Only full sun; takes well to heat, likes warmth, usually frost hardy.

Dry to fresh; slightly acidic to very alkaline, in all well-drained, mineral substrates; grows old and dies quickly on heavy, moist soil.

Cut immediately after flowering down to the last recognisable green leaves in the centre of the shrub to keep the habit round and closed.