Lavender Impress Purple
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Lavender ‘Impress Purple’ is a beautifully elegant lavender, celebrated for its exceptionally rich purple flowers, long graceful stems and wonderfully aromatic foliage. With its unmistakably Mediterranean character, it’s a fantastic choice for bringing colour, fragrance and movement to sunny borders, gravel gardens and larger containers.
The real attraction of ‘Impress Purple’ is its flowers. Deep violet-purple blooms are carried on impressively long stems above a mound of narrow, silvery-green foliage, creating a wonderfully loose and natural appearance. Planted in groups, those tall flower spikes sway gently through the summer garden and create a spectacular haze of purple.
The flowers are also enormously attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects, making this an excellent plant for bringing both beauty and activity into the garden. Its long stems are particularly good for cutting too, whether used fresh in summer arrangements or gathered into bunches and dried.
Like most lavenders, ‘Impress Purple’ loves sunshine and free-draining soil. Once established it is remarkably drought tolerant, thriving in those hot, dry corners of the garden where many other plants struggle. Try it alongside other Mediterranean herbs such as rosemary, thyme, oregano and sage for a wonderfully fragrant, sun-loving planting scheme.
A particularly lovely choice if you’re looking for a lavender with a little more drama than the traditional compact varieties, ‘Impress Purple’ combines intense flower colour with height, fragrance and that wonderfully relaxed Mediterranean feel.
Plant Information
Botanical Name: Lavandula × intermedia ‘Impress Purple’
Common Name: Lavender ‘Impress Purple’
Plant Type: Evergreen perennial / sub-shrub
Position: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained, light or sandy soil
Height: Approximately 75–90cm when flowering
Spread: Approximately 60–75cm
Flowering Period: July–September
Flower Colour: Deep violet-purple
Foliage: Aromatic, silvery-grey evergreen foliage
Hardiness: Hardy in most UK gardens when grown in free-draining soil
Watering: Drought tolerant once established; avoid waterlogged conditions
Wildlife: Excellent for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects
Uses: Borders, gravel gardens, Mediterranean planting, containers, low hedging, cut flowers and drying
Care: Trim after flowering to maintain a neat, compact shape, avoiding cutting hard into old woody growthDelivery Information
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Hidcote Lavender is an old favourite that continues to delight us. It is a really traditional variety of Lavender that is hardy and puts on a great show of flowers in mid to late summer. Absolutely worth growing as bees flock around the flowers as a nectar source, providing a much needed source of pollination.
There is something about the smell of Lavender that we find re-assuring, comforting and soothing. And the flowers look really cool!
RANDOM FACT ALERT. Apparently Queen Victoria used Lavender when making biscuits and we know it remains popular with cake and bake fans today.
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Delivery options explained
Pre-order delivery option
From January to March, customers are able to pre-order herbs for delivery later in spring, to ensure that you receive the unusual varieties that you desire. We begin dispatch of pre-orders from late March, once all items in your order are available for dispatch in one delivery, as some varieties will be available a little later in the year than others. You will receive notification when this dispatch takes place along with tracking information but if you would like an estimated delivery date after placing your pre-order, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Order Now delivery option
From late March to autumn, herbs will be available for immediate dispatch subject to their availability. We dispatch our fresh potted herbs Monday-Wednesday each week to avoid postal delays over the weekend. We aim to dispatch all fresh herb orders in less than seven days, i.e. an order placed Thursday-Sunday would likely be dispatched the following Monday. Orders placed Monday-Tuesday, we would aim to dispatch by the Wednesday of that week.
If you have a specific dispatch date that you would like us to aim towards, please do not hesitate to let us know. We can't guarantee a particular date but will strive to do our best for you.
Dispatch information
All orders are dispatched via a next day courier, ensuring that your herbs reach you promptly and in good health. For customers in the Highlands and Channel Islands this is a 48-hour delivery service. (From 2021 onwards we are unable to ship to Northern Ireland.)
Please note that we do not offer a collection service. Our site is not suitable to receive visitors and this is a rule that we have to apply universally out of respect to our neighbours and family.
Packaging
We aim to reuse packaging as much as possible. Your herbs will be delivered in taupe recyclable pots. We are moving over to using plastic blister cell packaging which contains at least 90% recycled content and is itself 100% recyclable. These things are important to you and are important to us.Customer satisfaction
Occasionally due to circumstances beyond our control, problems can arise. If you are not satisfied in the condition of your plants upon reaching you, please contact us as soon as possible providing pictures so that we can deal with your enquiry and feedback to our courier service. We will endeavour to ensure a resolution is reached that leaves you satisfied.