SuperBlue English Lavender

Lavenders grow best in Mediterranean climates, with hot, dry summers and mild winters. That’s why, if you don’t have such a climate, we recommend you follow the British and grow English Lavender – a plant more suited to cooler, damp climates, and therefore best for most of the colder parts of North America too. If you want to enjoy a short lavender hedge – and who wouldn’t? – or have a plant in your herb garden, the SuperBlue English Lavender is our top suggestion. Sturdier than ‘Hidcote’, but compact and more suitable for small spaces than most of the large hybrid types, you will love the intense blue-purple of the abundant flower spikes, and be carried away by the scent of the silvery foliage. A great choice for growing in a pot. Everyone loves the romance of lavender, and with this one you can enjoy all that in a compact, reliable plant that will accept your local climate, and not demand a first-class ticket to the South of France/

• A compact variety just 12 inches tall and wide
• Short, abundant spikes of blue-purple flowers
• Silver-green foliage with a rich aroma
• A great choice for low hedges and smaller gardens
• Gives you its best in hot and dry places

Definitely plant your SuperBlue English Lavender in full sun, and go for a drier, poorer soil – it won’t enjoy a spot in moist, rich ground at all. For a hedge, space plants about 9 inches apart and clip once a year after flowering is over. You will need to water regularly while it establishes, but after that it will thrive on being left alone in the heat and dryness of summer. It isn’t eaten by rabbits or by deer and normally has no particular pest or disease problems. To enjoy that fragrance indoors, cut flower spikes when they are in full bloom and hang them in bunches upside down to dry. Plants in pots are only winter hardy to zone 7, so bury the whole pot, or just the plant, in the garden for the cold months if you are in zones 5 and 6.