Lavender 'BeeZee Dark Blue'
Bring all the BeeZee bees to your garden this summer...
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Hereford
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The highlights
- Beautiful flowers throughout summer and into autumn
- Produces a wonderful aromatic fragrance
- Fantastic for attracting pollinators like bumble bees
- Perfectly sized for patios and balconies
Description
- With its gorgeous purple-blue flowers and irrefutably iconic fragrance, English lavenders like BeeZee Dark Blue are a must have for any discerning gardener
- Pistachio coloured, evergreen foliage forms a compact bush with peduncles (stems) rising upwards and ending in beautiful, dark violet coloured flower spikes
- Like most lavenders, BeeZee Dark Blue can be planted in both borders and flower beds, as well as patio pots and trough planters
- Don't go thinking this plant is style over substance, because this lavender is one seriously tough customer - not only is it drought tolerant, but it can also withstand temperatures down to -15°C, too!
- Recognised on the RHS' official Plants for Pollinators list, this lavender will attract the gentle buzz of bees to your garden in no time, whatsoever
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How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Lavender generally experiences very few problems with pests or diseases. It can, however, be prone to rosemary beetles and grey mould. To prevent rosemary beetle infestations, remove any adults and larvae by hand during the latter part of spring. To control grey mould, make sure dead leaves and flowers are quickly removed, and ensure that your lavender plants aren't overcrowded.
Light watering
Lavender only needs to be watered regularly in summer during the first year after planting, or if you're keeping the plant in a container (potted lavender should generally be watered once weekly or fortnightly). Lavender is drought tolerant, therefore once its established, plants in the ground don't need any additional watering except for in severely dry conditions. A sign that your lavender needs watering is if the leaves begin to wilt and droop. Yellowing leaves and drooping are both indications that your lavender has been overwatered.
Full sun
Lavender requires a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight per day to grow well, but performs its very best when it receives at least 8 hours of direct sunlight per day.
Free draining soil
This plant will grow best in sandy, slightly alkaline soil that has good drainage. You can improve drainage by adding perlite or coarse sand to your soil. Avoid clay soil or soil which too acidic.
No feeding needed
Lavender prefers soil that's poor in nutrients or only moderately fertile, so feeding isn't generally required.
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