Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote', 'Alba', 'Rosea'

The collection consists of:

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' : an award-winning variety in England for its ornamental qualities and performance in the garden. Abundant flowering in July-August, with dark purple spikes.

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba': truly bright white flowering from June to August.

- x 1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea': light lilac pink flowering from June to August.

Lavandula angustifolia, sometimes called English lavender, belongs to the family of Lamiaceae. It is a subshrub native to Mediterranean regions that grows in garrigues, in full sun, on rocky, limestone, very dry soils in summer. It forms a dense clump of 60cm (24in) in all directions at flowering time. Its foliage is composed of narrow aromatic leaves of a beautiful gray-silver color in summer, greener in winter.

These lavenders from this collection will therefore be planted in full sun in a very well-drained soil, rather poor, based on gravel or coarse sand. Under these conditions, their vegetation will emit an intense fragrance in summer and they will withstand frost. You can plant them in a raised bed, as a border, in a rockery, container, and even as a low flowering hedge. Allow a spacing of 40cm (16in) between each plant.

With their graphic appearance, the brightness of their foliage, and their beautiful summer flowering, an infinite number of possibilities are available to the gardener. You can associate the lavenders from this collection with ornamental grasses for dry soil which, with their tousled habit, will contrast with the silvery roundness of the lavender. For example, plant them between your bush roses. In a Mediterranean-inspired scene, combine them with small shrubs such as rockroses and shrubby salvias, white, pink, blue, or purple. You can also create beautiful containers to place on the terrace or balcony. It is also possible to combine several varieties of lavenders together, which will create a harmonious and elegant tableau, both in terms of the variety of flower and foliage colours, and the size and volume of the plants.