Lavender

Hi chums. At the tail end of last year, I planted out some lavender. At the moment it's around 1ft tall and still in flower. What I'd like to know is....when should I cut it back ?
Cheers...freddy.

 

Hi Freddy, I tidy mine up when it's finished flowering. You can do it now but it's a shame to get rid of the flowers.

 

Hi Freddy my lavendar i sstill well in bloom an dlooking good and with all this rain very healthy looking.

When bloom sgo I keep dead heading and get more blooms .

I will prune back and when my lavendars get woody I do replace.

I have some in containers some in garden and one in a hanging pot.

 

Yep, Freddy.. cutting back lavendar is one of my favourite jobs.

Wait til it starts looking grotty, then go over, either with sheers, or I grab handfuls and chop off with secerteurs (that way the bits can go straight in the barrow!), cut back the old flower spikes, and just into the leafy shoots, which will encourage them to branch out and thicken up.

Don't be tempted to cut back into old wood at this time of year.

Apparently, if you try up the stawks into bundles, and chuck them in the pond, it works better than barley straw at getting rid of blanket weed!

(Help... how on earth do you spell storks, stawks, ?????? )

 

Stalks :thumb:

 

Ok folks, thanks for that :thumb:

 

Ill try that in my pond thanks Quercus

 

i have a pot of lavender which for some reason is turning from the beautiful silver foliage to a very yellow colour..is it on its way out ?...I was wondering if I should prune it back now ....or leave it...Cheers..sorry i should add i think it is the french lavender type...

 

a good thing to do with all those clippings is to put in a tidy jar(how ever big you want it) then fill it with some good virgin oil(best you can buy)leave to stand in the window somewhere for about a fortnight or longer if you want, then transfer to small tidy jars and you've got your own essential oil,which would'nt have cost you much:gnthb:

 

Littltorme you need to cut the flowers off if they look past their best, it sounds to me like you may have over watered,
i would leave a couple of flower to go to seed, and keep them for spring, if the plant doesnt make it through you can start again,
I put 10 x 6" plants down the side of my path Saturday, and i grew those from seed last spring

 

Many thanks Pam ..will do

 

I'd suggest grapeseed oil, Tesco's sell it. Bit expensive but it is used as the base of a lot of essential oils. Very good for cooking also as it has a high smoking point and little of its own flavour (learned that from Rural TV).