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helen CONNELLY
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hi all , I have a beautiful standard lavender bush given to me by my daughter for my 50h birthday . It has a lot of dead parts in the centre but now the ends are starting to sprout . Should I trim it back ? Any suggestions be very grateful really don't want to lose it
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Lavender should be trimmed after flowering - if you cut it back now you'll lose the flowers. When it's flowered cut it back - but not into old wood.
Sounds a lovely thing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i looked at rhs and could not find a standard lavender it sounds nice,i cant ever remember seeing one
Thank you so much for replying . It did look like that beautiful picture above but now lot of dead area in centre only green is new growth .Should I cut it right back to base to at least keep plant . I would be sad to loose it .
No, don't cut into old wood with a lavender - sure to kill it! Just a gentle trim after flowering.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine is the same Helen, i am cutting the dead bits right out, whats to lose, it looks horrible anyway. Hopefully the new green shoots will fill in the gaps, if not its for the bin,