lavender flower near me English Lavender 'Essence Purple' – New Blooms Nursery

lavender flower near me English Lavender 'Essence Purple' – New Blooms NurseryThis lavender has the classic purple color that gardeners love in a consistent and compact size that makes it usable in gardens, borders and mass plantings. Unlike some other lavenders it is cultivated to grow in the first year of planting and consistently each year after. Essence Purple forms a perfect rounded ball shaped, uniform, dense clump of green, aromatic foliage. This variety retains their shape all season without opening up or discoloring.

This lavender has the classic purple color that gardeners love in a consistent and compact size that makes it usable in gardens, borders and mass plantings. Unlike some other lavenders it is cultivated to grow in the first year of planting and consistently each year after. ‘Essence Purple’ forms a perfect rounded ball-shaped, uniform, dense clump of green, aromatic foliage. This variety retains their shape all season without opening up or discoloring. It starts to bloom about 10 days earlier than standard Lavenders, silver foliage shoots forth a multitude of stems and producing a profusion of bright blueberry colored flower spikes for many weeks. The stems are just the right length for cutting for fresh or dried bouquets. "Essence Purple' makes a great addition to a cut flower bouquet and the plant itself has many fine qualities as an aromatic herb.

Lavender is a classic plant with many medicinal and culinary uses and it has a unique ability to grow in poor dry soil where many other plants fail. It is very resistant to pests and disease, but poor drainage will lead to crown rot, so site selection in an area with good winter drainage is essential. Cutting back plants in the early winter will help soil dry out and reduce the risk of rot. Plants should be grown in poor soil so avoid soil improvements or fertilizers. Do you have a place where nothing else grows? Lavender will! 

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