Which Lavender Variety for Low Hedge?

Looks nicely Blue to me ... I wonder if there are enough hours in the day to pick the flowers off?

 

Hmmm ... Suffolk Lavender are selling a variety named "Hidcote Blue" ... I wonder if that is their name for "Hidcote" (they mention Laurence Johnston and make the connection ...), or if it is a known cultivar (presumably "even more blue"). There we go again ... another to Buy and Try

 

Yes, aware of the issues with seed-grown, thanks. Not sure how my original Munstead was raised, it arrived densely packed in tiny modules (and I reckon that some were multi-plants per cell), so I figure it was either tissue culture or seed - I am doubtful that cuttings, that small, would have been viable to root.

This is how they arrived:




The Munstead is self-seeding along the row now - so it is obviously viable from seed. The originals, now mature, looks pretty uniform to my eye, so no complaints on that score (so maybe it was vegetatively propagated, or perhaps it comes "consistent" from seed).

I only mention this for anyone else coming along wanting to grow a Lavender hedge - for me it was extremely Cheap and Cheerful. I potted-on the plugs, grew them on a season (didn't want to plant out prior to Winter - heavy clay here, so cold & wet in winter), they were planted out in Spring of Yr2 and I had a great hedge within a year. Back then van Meuwan had a special offer on, and from memory they were about 20p a plant - must have been about 200 plants, so £40 for the whole thing

No major rush to replace it (I figure its good for at least another year, two if needs be), so if I buy a few "mother plants" and propagate them I should have enough in a year's time.

So on that basis, I only need a few Mother Plants, and I will buy quality plants - definitely vegetatively raised from known quality stock