'Ellagance Purple' is a wonderful garden plant, producing masses of fragrant, intense purple-blue blossoms atop bushy mounds of silver-green foliage from midsummer through early fall. It is a staple item of every sunny garden, and its dried flowers are widely used in potpourris and arrangements. Use to line sunny pathways, planted in drifts, or added to combination containers.
Plant in full sun, in very well draining soil. When the blossoms are finished, it is important to cut the entire plant back about halfway down the stems where you see new growth sprouting. Cutting plants back helps to renew their growth and prevent long, woody, leafless stems and to maintain their shape.
Plant in full sun, in very well draining soil. When the blossoms are finished, it is important to cut the entire plant back about halfway down the stems where you see new growth sprouting. Cutting plants back helps to renew their growth and prevent long, woody, leafless stems and to maintain their shape.
The flowers can be harvested and dried to make fragrant sachets to keep in drawers and closets. Dried flowers can also be used in many different recipes like lavender cookies, lavender lemonade, even to season fish and chicken.
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