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Lavender 'Hidcote' Hedge Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
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1. Select Your Root Type
Bare Roots
Soil-free and seasonal (Nov–Mar), great value for bulk planting in winter.
Root Balls
Larger plants with soil-wrapped roots—ideal for strong, mature growth in cold months.
Pot Grown
Available year-round with established roots, for flexible, reliable planting.
Instant Hedging
Ready-grown hedges for quick privacy and instant garden impact.
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Pot Grown
From £6.99
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Key Features
EVERGREEN
NATIVE
AVERAGE GROWING
HAS FLOWERS (Purple)
Description
Lavender 'Hidcote', or Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote', is a hardy English Lavender variety native to the UK. It’s renowned for its intense fragrance and deep purple flowers that act as a magnet for bees and other pollinators. This makes it an excellent companion for fruit trees and vegetable gardens. It grows to around 50cm in height, making Lavender 'Hidcote' a stellar low-growing choice for creating a traditional English cottage garden look.
Compared to the paler Lavender 'Munstead', 'Hidcote' boasts darker purple flower spikes and bolder foliage, enhancing any garden with its rich colour and enticing scent. A Lavandula hidcote shrub perfectly complements any other flowering hedges that you might have in your garden to form a tantalising sensory garden.
Lavender 'Hidcote' is suitable in poor to moderately fertile, well-drained alkaline soil. It also prefers full sun, ideally south or west-facing. Once established, it's drought-tolerant but does not fare well in waterlogged or very wet conditions. To prevent root rot, we recommend planting it on a raised soil ridge. This variety also shows good tolerance to seaside weather, making it suitable for a range of challenging sites.
Lavender 'Hidcote' is available in pot-grown varieties year-round. These can be planted at any time and flower in the first summer after autumn, winter, or spring planting.
Find our other Lavender varieties here.
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Step 1
Root Grow & Fertiliser
Ensure you buy root grow and fertiliser with your plants at the time of purchase
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Step 2
Prepare Your Planting Area
Make sure your planting area is in good condition and suitable for planting
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Step 3
Plant & Feed
Plant with root grow & the second feed. Support plants if necessary. Water regularly
Pruning Advice
To maintain the vibrant appearance and health of your Lavender 'Hidcote', prune it as soon as the flowers start to fade in August. We recommend removing at least one-third of the plant, not just the flower spikes. This allows light to penetrate into the heart of the plant after which small shoots will then grow a further 5cm before the plants start to go dormant in September.
Deadhead throughout the growing season to promote more blooms. Or, you can leave spent flower heads until spring, as the seeds serve as food for birds over winter.
Though technically evergreen, Lavender 'Hidcote' enters a dormancy phase in the cooler UK climate from early autumn to late spring. During this phase, the plant may appear brown and twiggy. This is normal, and the plants will rejuvenate with lush green shoots as temperatures warm. Head to our Lavender guide for more care advice.