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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2018
    Norfolk Lavender say "... If pruned correctly a lavender angustifolia, x intermedia and x chaytorae will live for 15-20 years with lavender stoechas living a little less up to 10 years.

    Be quite bold lavenders need a good hard pruning after flowering.

    The ideal time to prune is late summer when the flowering is over. Trace down the flower stalks to the point where they come out of the bush and then also cut off 1- 2in (2- 5cm) of leaf growth as well as the flower stalk...."


    Lavender Fields 3


    https://norfolk-lavender.co.uk/home/lavender-fields

    I copy them and trim my lavender bushes down to mid shin height after flowering.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If I trim the flowers buds off in spring, might they grow up new, more compact stems in the way that a sedum would?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2018
    Don't think so ... I wouldn't do it.   They're individual flower stems, rather than the sedum's stems with leaves and flowers on the top (not a very scientific way of explaining it but ... )

    I think you need a named variety of lavender ... then you'll know what you're getting 

    Have a look here ... click on the three different types and see the descriptions and options  https://norfolk-lavender.co.uk/plants/lavender-x-intermedia-lavandin.html


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've had the nice little hidcotes before. I'll make sure I get a named variety next time. Thanks Dove.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    My pigs were also Lidl,they've been great,I also got some French Lavender there,and they have flowered since I put them in in June. My Clems were better from there,a Red Montana,and Ernest Markham which is flowering like mad now,unlike the expensive ones I got from the Garden Centre!
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I got mine a couple if years ago so they were probably different to yours.
    I had some of their French lavender too. They did really well until they succumbed to the beast.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Oh dear,do you think I should fleece cover them in the frost?This is my first time with French Lavender. Where are you located @B3 ?
    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    London. Their more delicate than the English ones.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LittlegrowerLittlegrower Posts: 80
    Has anyone tried to grow lavender from seed? I've seen lavender seeds for sale but they don't have any specific variety. Would lavender grow true to the parent plant?
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