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Munstead English Lavender, £4.95
This English lavender, named after Edwardian plants-woman Gertrude Jeykll's garden at Munstead Wood, will give you aromatic overload with its dense spikes of fragrant, blue-purple summer flowers and delicately scented grey-green leaves. Plant in a sunny, well-drained site and cut back stalks after flowering to maintain shape. Perfect as a lovely low hedge as plants will have an eventual height of 45 centimetres and spread of about 60 centimetres.Available from: Crocus
Six of the Best Lavenders
Whether you want a gorgeous hedge of blue, mauve, pink or white flowers or just a lovely scent wafting across your patio, lavender is the perfect answer. And best of all, it is fairly easy going, as plants go, needing only well-drained alkaline soil and plenty of sunshine.Remember to cut back well after flowering – at least to leaf level – to maintain a compact and tidy bush.
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