Mixed Lavender Hedge Collection

• Variety: Mixed English Lavender Hedge Pack, a blend of blue, pink, and white
• Species: Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender), with the white slot occasionally filled by L. × intermedia (Dutch lavandin) when stock requires
• Colour: Three classic colours per pack: a deep purple-blue, a soft pink, and a clean white
• Foliage: Evergreen, aromatic, silvery-grey
• Height: About 45–75cm depending on variety
• Spread: Roughly 45–75cm
• Flowering: June to August. Munstead opens about a fortnight before Hidcote
• Scent: Strong, classic English lavender. Best of the genus for drying, bags, and culinary use
• Hardiness: Fully hardy throughout the UK
• RHS AGM: Several of the varieties used hold the Award of Garden Merit
• Sold as: A balanced selection of P9 pot-grown plants. Six plants per pack (about 2m of hedge), or 36 plants per pack (about 12m)
• Plant outdoors: From late April when the soil is warming. May is safer in the North
• Delivered: From April/May, weather dependent

A ready-made colour scheme for a low lavender hedge: six plants, three classic colours, all from proven garden varieties. About two metres of finished hedge if you plant at the standard three-per-metre spacing.

Mixed English Lavender Hedge Pack – Three Colours, One Hedge

Every pack is a balanced blend of blue, pink, and white English lavenders. We choose the exact names, not you, and the selection shifts a little with what's growing best at the nursery in any given season. You can expect to find Hidcote or Munstead for the deep purple-blue, Loddon Pink or Rosea for the pink, and Arctic Snow or Edelweiss for the white. Whatever the mix on the day, every plant is a hardy proven variety that should go on flowering for ten years or more.

The point of the pack is the colour balance, not the badge. Plant the six in alternating order: blue, pink, white, blue, pink, white, and within two seasons you'll have a low informal hedge in three colours that draws every bee within half a mile. The plants reach 45–75cm; keep the line even by giving the taller ones a slightly harder September prune. They flower from June into August, with the Munstead-types typically opening a fortnight before the Hidcote-types. In our experience that staggered start adds to the effect rather than spoiling it.

Why a Mixed Hedge Reads Better than a Single Variety

A long block of one lavender variety reads, frankly, like a furniture catalogue. Three colours alternated give the line rhythm: the eye moves along it instead of glazing over. The flower spikes don't all rise at exactly the same height, the silvery-grey foliage holds the whole thing together visually in winter, and the bee traffic is more interesting because different bees prefer different colours. We grow a six-plant mixed run in front of the office and it's been the best lavender we've planted, despite having no business being so.

Planting Companions

For the front of the hedge, low Mediterranean herbs work beautifully: rosemary, thyme, and creeping savory all share lavender's love of poor, well-drained soil and full sun. Catmint (Nepeta) is the classic skirt for a lavender hedge if you want something softer at the base. Behind the hedge almost any rose works; the silvery foliage flatters everything from soft creams to deep crimsons. Stipa tenuissima, the long-haired feather grass, gives a contemporary alternative to catmint and reads well against the lavender's vertical flower spikes.

Why Ashridge?

Your lavender plants are grown here and dispatched only when planting conditions are right. We deliver by next-day courier, and your plants come with our guarantee and friendly advice if you need it from real people in Somerset. Have a look at our full English lavender collection or browse all our lavender plants. We are a Which? Best Plant Supplier, not that we like to go on about it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which lavenders come in the mixed hedge pack?

Each pack is a balanced blend of three classic colours: a deep purple-blue, a soft pink, and a clean white. We select which variety fills each slot from what's flowering and growing best at the nursery. Typically Hidcote or Munstead for the blue, Loddon Pink or Rosea for the pink, and Arctic Snow or Edelweiss for the white. You don't choose; we do.

How far apart should I plant lavender for a hedge?

Plant lavenders at three per metre, about 33cm apart in a single row. The six-plant pack gives you roughly two metres of hedge; the 36-plant pack gives you about twelve metres. Alternate the colours along the line so the same colour never sits next to itself.

Will all the lavenders in the pack flower together?

Most of them will, but not exactly. Munstead-type lavenders open about a fortnight earlier than Hidcote-types, so the hedge often starts with a wave of blue, then catches up over June and into July. Pink and white varieties tend to bloom alongside the Hidcote-types. The hedge looks at its fullest in mid-July when everything is in flower at once.

When is the best time to plant a lavender hedge in the UK?

Plant from late April onwards when the soil is warming. May is safer in the North. Lavender hates being planted into cold wet ground; it sulks for months and sometimes never recovers. There's no rush. Plants set out in May or even June will romp away and catch up with anything planted earlier.

Is a mixed lavender hedge good for bees?

Mixed lavender hedges are exceptional for bees and other pollinators. Lavandula angustifolia is on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list, and a six-metre run in three colours will be working from June until late August. Different bee species favour different flower forms, so the mix attracts a slightly wider range of visitors than a single-variety hedge would.