"Mix 2tbsp of white,granulated sugar with 1tbsp of water and place on a
spoon for a Bee to reach. "
What do you do with the other 2 spoonfuls of sugar water?
No, no lol you have the mixture on a larger spoon to hold it on 😂 Usually I make a larger batch and around the garden come hot days in summer you'll see little white saucers with spoons balancing on them around the bee loving plants.
Mix 2tbsp of white,granulated sugar with 1tbsp of water and place on a spoon for a Bee to reach. Sometimes they're too exhausted to reach back to the hives when it's hot and dry.
I collected and immediately sowed seed from the dead flowers in my garden last year in early sept. using John Innes with lots of extra grit. I covered the seed in grit too and left it in the cold frame over winter. By Feb this year I had a lawn of seedlings in the box - I had sown much too thickly - but I thinned them out then transplanted the few I wanted into modules. Here they are today-
Mine look much like yours Pete, I sowed seeds in March, they are outside now but will come into the GH for the winter.
They look really good! I will definitely try both seed and cutting methods...I'm actually excited now
Mix 2tbsp of white,granulated sugar with 1tbsp of water and place on a spoon for a Bee to reach. Sometimes they're too exhausted to reach back to the hives when it's hot and dry.
You used to be able to buy bare root lavender in the winter from one of the large lavender companies. Might be worth investigating if you need lots. They were very cheap as I remember.
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Thank you hogweed, I will indeed check it out. I must say I really do appreciate everyone taking the time to answer my question.
Mix 2tbsp of white,granulated sugar with 1tbsp of water and place on a spoon for a Bee to reach. Sometimes they're too exhausted to reach back to the hives when it's hot and dry.
I once bought 288 of the tiniest lavender micro plugs I have ever seen. I treated them too well and 80% of them died (damping off) within weeks. I now know that its better to use cuttings of my own. "treat em mean and keep em keen"..
I've done basically the same as @Pete.8 also with success. I know people often suggest trying to root cuttings, but I found it easy enough to collect seed and grow new plants.
Also, often get self seeded lavender seedlings popping up, so I pot those up when I see them. They're such a good plant for a wildlife friendly garden so I try and pass on spare plants locally.
I sowed french lavender seed today among other things, they were an old packet I got last year as a freebie on a magazine no idea what I will do with the plants if they germinate but you cant just let the seed go to waste and it was raining out so I was stuck in the polly tunnel with nothing better to do 🙄
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Usually I make a larger batch and around the garden come hot days in summer you'll see little white saucers with spoons balancing on them around the bee loving plants.
They look really good! I will definitely try both seed and cutting methods...I'm actually excited now
I must say I really do appreciate everyone taking the time to answer my question.
Also, often get self seeded lavender seedlings popping up, so I pot those up when I see them. They're such a good plant for a wildlife friendly garden so I try and pass on spare plants locally.
Look who's finally decided to make an appearance!
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog