Looking good already. Continue with it and as the weather warms up more, you can start placing them in an open sunny area.
I do however believe they are best grown in pots. Not really suitable and hardy enough in the ground. Bring them back into the greenhouse in winter if they last till then.
I've trawled the internet several times before finding this page. I've a few lavenders in containers (2 newly bought from Tesco). The standard lavendula dentata seems to be thirsty all the time. I had it in the sunroom and the leaves & stems wilted a few times (giving extra water did the trick, but I'm concerned about overwatering). Then I put it in the garden last week where it seemed ok, till the stalks grew tall and flowers began forming. Now the stems are good and look healthy but the tall flower stalks wilt daily, coming back upright after a good watering. I put both (they were very pot bound) in larger pots, plenty of stones and sand at the bottom, and mixed sand with the new compost. Now every part of me wants to give the standard more than the recommended amount of watering when it wilts. I'm so worried that I'll kill it in the long run. Ive read all the posts on the subject and still not sure. Its in a full sun position, in a 12" container with other plants around the base for shade and I've even put a couple of pots of violas on top of the dentata's soil to help stop evaporation. Is this all completely wrong? (I might add, I get very attached to my plants🤷♀️) When I push my finger down into the soil a couple of inches (before watering) it never feels wet, only barely damp if at all.
Thanks for replying. The violas are in their own pots, just put them there to shade the lavender soil. I'm now wondering if I've put in too much drainage material. I've really got to get to the bottom of this before the real heat of summer.
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I do however believe they are best grown in pots. Not really suitable and hardy enough in the ground. Bring them back into the greenhouse in winter if they last till then.
I think I'll get the next time I get some ill get slightly larger pots.
Also next time buy them end of May instead of April.
I've a few lavenders in containers (2 newly bought from Tesco). The standard lavendula dentata seems to be thirsty all the time. I had it in the sunroom and the leaves & stems wilted a few times (giving extra water did the trick, but I'm concerned about overwatering).
Then I put it in the garden last week where it seemed ok, till the stalks grew tall and flowers began forming. Now the stems are good and look healthy but the tall flower stalks wilt daily, coming back upright after a good watering.
I put both (they were very pot bound) in larger pots, plenty of stones and sand at the bottom, and mixed sand with the new compost.
Now every part of me wants to give the standard more than the recommended amount of watering when it wilts. I'm so worried that I'll kill it in the long run.
Ive read all the posts on the subject and still not sure.
Its in a full sun position, in a 12" container with other plants around the base for shade and I've even put a couple of pots of violas on top of the dentata's soil to help stop evaporation.
Is this all completely wrong? (I might add, I get very attached to my plants🤷♀️) When I push my finger down into the soil a couple of inches (before watering) it never feels wet, only barely damp if at all.
I'm now wondering if I've put in too much drainage material. I've really got to get to the bottom of this before the real heat of summer.