Lavender 'Ellagance Purple'

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. Keep in mind when planting that Ellagance Purple is thought of as hardy, so Ellagance Purple will tend to go dormant or grow slowly over the winter months. Ellagance Purple requires a sandy, loamy and silty soil with a ph of 6.1 - 8.5 - it grows best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Look to ensure a distance 1.95 inches (5.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - bury at a depth of at least 0.23 inches (0.6 cm) deep. Soil temperature should be kept higher than 15°C / 59°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Ellagance Purple about 1 days after your last frost date.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Ellagance Purple is a hardy plant.

The species name angustifolia is from the Latin for “narrow leaf”. It was previously called Lavandula officinalis, referring to its medicinal properties ¹.

Angustifolius is Latin for "thin"or “narrow”.²

Elegans, Ellegence, Ellagance, Elegance Purple, Ellegence Purple, Elegans Purple

Elegance Purple

¹ WIkipedia":http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavandula_angustifolia

² Latin Dictionary