Ellagance Purple English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Ellagance Purple’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial Herb
Height at Maturity: 12-14″
Width at Maturity: 10-12″
Spacing: 10-12″ for mass plantings or solid borders; 24″ for space between plants
Spacing: 10-12″ for mass plantings or solid borders; 24″ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple-Blue
Flower Size: Small flowers packed on large wands
Flowering Period: Early Summer to Early Fall
Flower Type: Spikes, Wands
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Grey-Green
Fragrant Foliage: Yes
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, drought tolerant when established
Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Most But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.7 – 7.5 (Neutral to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention, Sensory Appeal
Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-20F / Zones 5-9), Deer, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit
Description
A Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner, Ellagance Purple is an outstanding English Lavender variety selected on the basis of its uniformity, color, and extremely free-flowering and floriferous qualities over a prolonged period of time during the season. Whether it’s used to line sunny pathways, planted in drifts, or added to combination containers, Ellagance Purple performs like a champ in the garden, producing masses of fragrant, intense purple-blue flower spikes atop bushy mounds of silver-green foliage from early summer through early fall. Its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris, sachets and floral arrangements, and the butterflies and beneficial pollinators in the garden love them. Plant this one near patios, porches, decks and other outdoor living spaces where the lovely flowers and aroma can be enjoyed. For a soothing effect, brush the foliage with your fingers and rub it on your arm.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 12 to 14 inches tall and 12 inches wide, Ellagance Purple Lavender is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and mixed container gardens, or in groupings, mass plantings, or as a low border in landscape, perennial or herb gardens. A fine addition to herb gardens, purple theme gardens, cut flower gardens, cottage gardens, rock gardens and fragrance gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 12 inches apart for mass plantings or solid borders; 24 inches or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Lavender is easy to grow in a moist to somewhat dry well-drained soil of average to low fertility and plenty of sun. Constantly soggy soil or standing water is problematic. If desired, the plant can be cut back by one-third its height after flowering to maintain a fuller plant. For example, if your plant is 15 inches tall you can cut it back to 10 inches tall.
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