Which type of lavender is this?

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• Slow-worm Posts: 1,630

  May 2023 edited May 2023

  Standard English lavender by the looks. They're hardy, but you need to chop them back by about ⅓ or ½ after flowering or they go woody and straggly. 
  You can cut them right back in spring too, as long as there's new growth to cut back to.
  
  

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• alexander.wade Posts: 39

  May 2023

  Thanks for the reply!
  
  Ah I must admit I haven’t cut any back and they are woody as you say! Is it too late? Where would you cut back to? 

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  May 2023

  You could cut last year’s spent flowers off now to tidy the plant up but leave everything else as this year’s flowers are forming.  I give my lavenders a trim in late August, removing all the flowers and stems and an inch or two of soft growth to promote fresh leaves before winter.  Avoid cutting into aged, brown wood.

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• Slow-worm Posts: 1,630

  May 2023

  Yours look ok, and healthy - as @Plantminded says, get the dead flowers and stems off now though. I don't cut mine back until spring because they flower into November, and the late bees are always on them, but I cut one back a bit harshly and it grows out of one side now - it looks alright when it gets going though. 😄
  After flowering, or whenever you do it, cut following the natural rounded shape of the plant. 
  
  

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  May 2023

  @alexander.wade wadeLavender can vary alot in height depending on which one it is, sorry cannot ID from photo. Not sure what your plans are a pot or in the ground. It could shadow out other plants or the opposite could happen. Needs full sun and good drainage as I am sure you are aware. I would grow it just for the smell.

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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