Bloemen-flowers Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote - Lavender

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Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote or Lavender is a well-known summer bloomer and family of Lamiaceae.
This perennial is widely used for the planting of planting and edge planting. However, as a solitary or as a tub plant, this grateful flowering plant also does not look good.
In the summer it is one big blue / purple sea of ​​flowers.

Also the delicious fragrance that lavender gives when you touch the plant, the lance-shaped leaf is used as a culinary herb.
The leaf of Lavandula angustifolia is blue / gray in color and sometimes also green / gray. Lavender keeps their leaves in winter.
There are quite a few different types of lavender available, these vary in height and also the flower color.
On average, this lavender is 40/50 cm high.
The flowers often appear in early July and the flowering continues until the end of August. The flower buds open from the bottom to the top for up to 2 months with their blue / purple splendor.

Also butterflies are often attracted and are crazy about the nectar of the lavender.
Lavender planting can be applied to almost any type of soil and can be fertilized with cow manure grain from the beginning of May. In case of prolonged drought, the lavender may get some extra water, this will directly benefit the growth.
After flowering, you can cut out the faded flower spikes so that the plant shows something. Cutting back the entire bush (halving) can be done from mid-March, after this the plant will be running again in the spring with a nice fresh shot.
For planting you need to count on 8 to 10 plants per m² to get it nicely closed.
Winter hardness zone 6b (-20ºC).