Product Description
Lavender 'Hidcote' is the classic, hardy English perennial, and this much-loved cottage garden favourite will transform your garden with colour and incredible fragrance and flower power! Named after the world-famous garden in The Cotswolds and awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, this compact variety is a proven winner in UK gardens. Suitable for edging a path or for planting as a fragrant hedge or garden border where its magnificent scent will delight anyone who walks past!
A perfect solution to attract bees and other pollinators into your garden, Lavender makes an ideal companion plant if you grow your own fruit and veg It’ll stay compact too, reaching 45-60cm (1-2ft) tall so won’t take over your garden either.
Very hardy, incredibly easy to grow and drought tolerant, a top growing tip is to clip lavender back lightly after the flowers have faded in late summer. Cut the stems back by a few inches, but not so far that the stems are bare of live foliage, and plants will then have time to produce new shoots before winter dormancy. The clippings can then be uses to make fragrant indoor displays and potpourri!
This drought-tolerant plant will thrive in a sunny border, container, herb or gravel gardens. If you garden on heavy clay, it is worth adding some grit to improve drainage and to open the soil up. Space plants 90cm (3ft) apart, or if growing a hedge, 30cm (1ft) apart or, 45cm (18in) for larger cultivars. Lavender can be grown in large pots, 30-40cm (1ft-16in) diameter, using a multipurpose or loam-based compost such as JI No 3, with some extra coarse grit, (up to 30%), to improve drainage, along with some controlled release fertiliser granules.
Supplied as 20 x super-sized, Garden-Ready plants to provide you with fast results for the minimum amount of effort they’ve been lovingly nurtured and grown on so that they are ready to plant out immediately. Your lavender plants will be delivered to you in time to create fabulous and long-lasting displays - just plant them straight into your pots, hanging baskets or beds and borders and look forward to great displays with absolutely no fuss.
What Is Supplied
Item 480366 supplied as:
Supplied as one tray of 20 garden ready Hidcote Lavender plants.
Plant Information
Top Tips
In late summer, clip the plants back lightly after the flowers have faded to encourage more growwth - cut the stems back by a few inches, but not so far that the stems are bare of live foliage, and plants will then have time to produce new shoots before winter dormancy.
Care Guide
- An easy to grow, evergreen shrub that produces masses of beautifully scented flowers above silvery-grey foliage.
- Drought-tolerant, lavender thrives in a sunny border, container, herb or gravel gardens.
- Best planted between April and when the soil is warming up, ensure that the plants gets really good drainage and there's no need to improve the soil as lavender thrives in any poor or moderately fertile conditions.
- Water regularly.
- Lavenders should be pruned every year to keep them compact.
On established plants use secateurs to remove flower stalks and about 2.5cm (1in) of the current year’s growth - usually in late summer, after flowering - making sure that some green growth remains.
- You can prune lightly in April if required.
Planting / Flowering Calendar
Planting Time
Flowering Time
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
45cm
60cm
Product Reviews
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
The lavender plugs were dried up when they arrived and despite potting on and watering immediately they all died
Product:
Dead on arrival none grew no wonder they were on offer rubbish
Review Submitted: 14/09/2021 - 09:34:27
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Half looked poorly and now died.
Product:
Not good. Looked poorly and now died.
Review Submitted: 14/09/2021 - 12:02:42
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Lavender arrived very quickly and in excellent condition.
Product:
Not only the cheapest but the best quality plants I have ever purchased.
Would definitely buy from this company again.
Review Submitted: 14/09/2021 - 12:10:06
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
The lavender plants were dry when they arrived and have since died
Product:
Arrived in poor condition and have since died
Review Submitted: 14/09/2021 - 18:06:26
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
They arrived well packaged looking ok I gave them a good drink as they were very dry.I planted them up in good compost and added plant feed to the watering.Now afew weeks later only 9 of the 20 plants have survived which is disappointing.
Product:
Only 50% survived dispite keeping them well fed and watered.
Review Submitted: 14/09/2021 - 19:15:41
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
prompt delivery
Product:
nice healthy plants ready for planting
Review Submitted: 11/07/2019 - 07:45:06
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Plants arrived quickly and were good quality and good price
Product:
Quick delivery. Good price. Quality plants.
Review Submitted: 11/07/2019 - 12:05:36
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
As always excellent plants and service. Will continue to use this company.
Product:
Excellent as always . Beautiful plants in perfect condition.
Review Submitted: 10/07/2019 - 17:58:45
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
I'm a regular customer now because their products and service are so good.
Product:
Super quality plants and super value
Review Submitted: 09/07/2019 - 14:28:56
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
excellent value , prompt delivery and well packaged
Product:
easy and economical plant shopping
Review Submitted: 26/06/2019 - 11:20:14
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Excellent service easy to order strong healthy plants
Product:
Strong healthy plants at a value price
Review Submitted: 26/06/2019 - 16:24:36
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Excellent service, items well packed
Product:
Arrived in pristine condition and on opening the box could smell the Lavender, gorgeous, can't wait for it to grow and flower.
Review Submitted: 21/08/2018 - 06:57:32
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
on this order all o k
Product:
very pleased good value healthy plants & are growing well .
Review Submitted: 17/07/2018 - 10:30:41
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
overall experience good, maybe could be a wee quicker with despatch of goods
Product:
package arrived with slight damage to corner, would say poor courier carriage, as a result 4 plants in poor condition, will hopefully see full benefit of these plants next year if they survive our winter
Review Submitted: 12/07/2018 - 11:49:22
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Have not received goods. On Saturday told goods had been returned by carrier as damaged. Told line manager would get in touch. No contact so far, so very disappointed as this was my first order.
Review Submitted: 28/06/2018 - 09:36:25
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
One item arrived damaged but this was quickly replaced.
Product:
Lovely healthy plants
Review Submitted: 18/06/2018 - 06:52:46
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Good service.
Product:
Healthy plants which were ready to plant outside.
Review Submitted: 13/06/2018 - 08:45:57
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Excellent service. Plants arrived in good order, and had been well packed
Product:
Beautiful healthy plants. I will certainly recommend 'Garden Bargains'
Review Submitted: 12/06/2018 - 05:21:20
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Until this last order I have had no problems with Garden Bargains
Product:
I ordered 20 lavender plants as advertised on tv, 10 each of 2 varieties. I recieved 20 plants of the same variety with no indication of which variety they were. I believe that these were 2 seperate offers with different order numbers. Having said that, they are very good plants, so I didn't complain.
Review Submitted: 12/06/2018 - 08:16:35
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Prompt delivery. Plants arrived in good condition.
Product:
As described, good condition. Growing away in the ground now.
Review Submitted: 04/06/2018 - 10:10:16
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
They arrived much later than usual
Product:
Looked very sad and unhappy damaged
Review Submitted: 23/10/2017 - 08:55:05
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Great to deal with
Product:
Great buy plants came well packed and good condition better than most you buy online
Review Submitted: 17/10/2017 - 08:52:21
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Right product, all healthy, quick turnaround
Product:
All healthy, amazing scent
Review Submitted: 12/10/2017 - 08:49:06
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Great
Product:
Great
Review Submitted: 19/07/2017 - 09:07:41
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Easy to use site, and very prompt delivery.
Product:
Arrived in perfect condition, supposed to be 10 of each, but they all looked the same and were not labeled. They all seem to have taken well.
Review Submitted: 16/07/2017 - 11:42:48
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
customer service good after non delivery of 1st order
Product:
replacement order due to non delivery, items were in good order although they were meant to be 10 x2 different plants they all look to be the same, will know when they grow
Review Submitted: 04/07/2017 - 03:43:21
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
A shop would have had the plants returned as damaged goods. Customer services a joke. Stick to buying bulbs as plug plants will arrive either in good condition or bad.
Product:
Arrived with dry lose soil, due to weather, plants are slow to establish themselves.
Review Submitted: 26/06/2017 - 07:36:29
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
although I have said good, it is your use of Yodel to deliver your goods that lets you down, I have bought from you a number of times ovr the past 3/4 years , they have sent my deliveries as far as Scotland before then returning to my local delivery area, Item's have arrived with boxes damaged, soil spilling out, plants loose, not left in place requested , even though it is stated on the delivery address, Please use someone else, It must cost you more to replace the items,
Product:
This was a replacement Item as the first package is on a touring holiday of the UK,
th plants were in a good condition, but the box was not sealed, Customer srvice did a great Job, thank you
Review Submitted: 24/06/2017 - 07:26:55
Product Rating:
Service Rating:
Service:
Plants were delivered in 2 small boxes inside one large box, the large box was not big enough meaning the small boxes were packed sideways so all the plants had fallen out of the trays & were broken, out of 40 plants in the delivery only 12 survived the delivery to me, it took 7 days from dispatch to delivery which is far to long.
Product:
Plants dried out & only 12 survived the delivery
Review Submitted: 24/06/2017 - 07:21:43