Lavender Lavendula Angustifolia Hidcote Blue
Lavender Lavendula Angustifolia Hidcote Blue. A compact strain with grey foliage and dark purple blue flowers ‘ 35cm.
Cultivation Advice Lavender Lavendula Angustifolia Hidcote Blue
- Lavender tolerates various types of soils, but does best in dry, sandy, well-drained alkaline soil in full sun.
- Start seeds indoors or in a propagator from 10 to 12 weeks before your last spring frost date at a minimum temp of 70 degrees.
- To increase the speed of germination, chill the seeds in the refrigerator for a week before planting.
- Plant seeds no deeper than 6 mm (1/4 inch). Seeds take from 14 to 28 days to germinate.
- When large enough to handle, plant seedlings on and transfer gradually outside after all danger of frost is past.
- Please note Lavender is slow to germinate and is a slow grower once established.
- Add liquid fertilizer regularly to potted plants to encourage flowering.
- Although English lavender can live 20 to 30 years,
- it becomes untidy after a few years, so trim plants back in spring and again in early fall.
- Please Note – Lavender seeds are by nature ‘ low and slow’ germinators and one of the harder varieties to grow from seed.
- Lavender seeds have a short shelf life (these are the freshest possible),
- and therefore the germination rate (how many seeds out of 100 come up) is usually pretty low.
- They can also take a long time to sprout (two weeks or more) and this increases the risk of fungal problems,
- with the potential for seed to rot if insufficient temperature is provided.
