Click here for Lavender Care Guide Lavandula angustifolia - Hidcote Hidcote is one of the most popular and dependable English lavenders, prized for its deep purple flower spikes, compact growth habit, and strong fragrance. Blooming through summer, it attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators while adding beauty and fragrance to herb gardens, borders, and walkways. Excellent for fresh bouquets, dried arrangements, sachets, and culinary use. This hardy perennial forms a neat, rounded mound of silvery-green foliage and performs best in full sun with well-drained soil. Once established, Hidcote is drought tolerant and easy to maintain. Plant Characteristics Size & Spacing: Grows 18"-24" tall and wide; space 2' apart Hardiness: Zones 5-9 Bloom Time: Summer Flower Color: Deep purple Fragrance: Strongly aromatic flowers and foliage Pest Resistance: Excellent Disease Resistance: Very Good Drought Tolerance: Excellent Heat Tolerance: Very Good Humidity Tolerance: Fair Sun Tolerance: Excellent Wet Soil Tolerance: Poor Shade Tolerance: Poor No Spray: Excellent Salt Tolerance: Good Fresh for Kids: Good Deer Resistance: Excellent Thorns: No Plant Type: Perennial Herb Soil Type: Well Drained Edible Type: Herb Self Fertile: Yes This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Comments and opinions are always welcome.