Lavender cuttings - have I done this right?

I dont know what kind of lavender plant i have, probably the most common whatever that is
I have never taken cuttings before of anything, and not even totally sure if i picked the right time of year (i'm a total novice at this) anyhoo, i really cut my lavender plant down as it's never been pruned at all in 2-3 years, and what i did was i removed the lower leaves and placed in cups of water-
will this produce roots? And if so when will i know to plant into pots? And can I plant and leave outside or do I have to keep them indoors untill they look hardy enough?

thanks for any advice, and the lavender is the back row, I am hoping for lots of plants so took cuttings of everything i had.

 

Wrong time of year mgn best about Aug-Sept, read this article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/lavender_cuttings.shtml

 

I have been taking lavendar cuttings at the wrong time of year quite wuccessfully it seems! I always thought that if the sap was just beggining to rise, and the plant was beginning to show signs of growth - then this wojuld be the best time to take cuttings. I haven't tried the jar of water method - just taken the cutting, stripped the lower leaves, and put straight into a pot - most make it!

You could try taking half from the water, and putting them into pots - and see which works best. Ialso take the growing tips out - so the energy is put into roots and not into trying to grow tall!

 

It's likely to be Hidcote, MGN.

 

thanks for your replies

oh dear walnut :( well i did say i was a novice, i'd better read that link and start keeping a book of notes i think.

jarbax (my hope!) i will try that and plant out half tomorrow and will see how they do - if nothing then i learned something anyway and that was to not dive in.

thanks dendrobium, it might be, i really dont know but it's been a good one anyway that has looked after itself for a long time now so must be quite hardy.

i feel such a phoeny here as i dont know plant names or anything, i think i'm going to struggle to keep up.

 

mgn you will not struggle one step at a time we are all here to help, there are times when you will get conflicting advice what works for one may not work for another and vice versa sometimes experiment you have got nothing to lose in no time you will be giving us advice.

 

Totally agree with Walnut - and sometimes diving in is the best way! Often the best way to learn is by trial and error (in my case a lot of error!) It is often the 'errors' which give interesting results!

Good luck with your lavendar, and let us know what happens!

P.S. I can't remember the names of the two lavenders I re-planted - could be hidcote and munstead - but who knows, and infact, it's not really until they flower that you can really tell anyway! There are hundreds of varieties - I have a very wee collection - my favorites being 'little seal' (my son's name is Ronan - which is gaelic for 'little seal', and I just love the name 'dilly dilly' - but ask me which is which... :confused: :D

 

walnut, thanks for the encouragment. i dont know about being able to soon give you good folks advice, but give me a few years and you never know I do have a lot of gardening books although you would never know by how little i know!

I found a pic of my lavender bush jarbax (as it looked before the pruning!) and I planted half out today, so we'll see how they progress. Maybe you know which one it is? It was a freeby a few years ago and is about the same size as it was. I was told it would grow big but it didnt, but I love the smell of lavender.

these are what i have on my doorstep, they take no looking after and are well sheltered.

the lavender is the one in the middle of the picture