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Moving ancient lavender

coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
in Plants
I have to install a water butt exactly where the lavender is. Do you think I can transplant it in October? Will it survive?

Luxembourg

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Best way would be to take some cuttings now and grow on.
    Looks to be rather large to transplant successfully and you would need to cut it back and have a good hole prepared to put it in.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Thank you. It is about 2 metre diameter and I am a bit attached to it, but cuttings it is. 

    Luxembourg
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    The easiest and fastest thing to do is to buy a new plant.  And keep it pruned.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Prune it back to ground level. Dig the rest up. Trim the roots and stick it somewhere to see what happens but take some cuttings first as suggested above just in case.
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