Lavender vines

Hi all I recently got the free lavenders from gardeners world and just got back from holiday, they were all covered in these orange 'suckers' a bit like what you get on sweet peas. Are these a part of the plant or should I be worried? There are Munstead, pink, ice and blue (I think they have grown from the blue one- elegance sky)

 

Looks like Dodder to me

Parasitic fungus, didn't know it could grow on Lavender though, usually see it on Gorse bushes.

 

I got those lavenders last year from gardeners world and i dont have them growing on them at all.

Never seen it before to be honest

Hopefully someone can be more helpful

 

Thanks, I've removed all the growth and cut back the lavenders to a way below any bits where it had suffocated the plant. Can't be more than a weeks growth so hopefully I've caught It in time. I've transferred the plants into another container and chucked away the old soil. Not going to risk planting them out for a couple of weeks until I'm sure its not coming back

 

Yup, it's Dodder.
A parasitic plant (not a fungus).

I actually think it's quite interesting.