Hidcote Blue Lavender
Variety: English (Lavandula Angustifolia)
Name: English Lavender Hidcote Blue
Height: A shorter variety, growing only 12 to 24 inches tall
Color: Purple with silvery green foliage
Qualities: Highly fragrant and excellent for drying
Hidcote Blue Lavender for cooking…and just generally smelling.
Hidcote Blue lavender is known as one of the most fragrant lavender varieties making it a great option for culinary use and equally amazing to use in your creation of essential oils. It’s definitely a standout a variety for it’s size and it’s purple-blue buds with a soothing silvery green foliage, but it’s the strong scent that will have you reaching for this variety time and again.
Hidcote Blue is an ENGLISH variety of ‘Lavandula Angustifolia’ that sees dark blue-purple flowers on medium spikes. Hidcote Blue flowers in mid-summer. It is an excellent variety for drying.