Just in passing - I did divide my 'Grasse' Lavender and they have taken beautifully - Now have new big clumps that I have trimmed into jolly balls of joy. Can highly recommend this instead of buying new stock. Cuttings nowhere near as successful. Pretty but weak and feeble!
Can you give us a bit more information about how you did the division please Biofreak?
As far as I can tell all my lavender plants only have one stem coming out of the soil. I can't think how I would divide a plant unless I split the central stem - which I'm not sure is a good idea.
If, however, that is what you did I might sacrifice one to give it a try as it sounds as though you had good results.
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You could try mounding some soil around the base so that it becomes multistemmed. This often promotes new growth from the middle, then divide next year into loads of smaller plants
I think that it is the type of Lavender because my Hidcote was a disaster but the 'Grasse' was brilliant. I just split it in two like they do in Provence. The Papillon 'Butterfly Lavender' seems to only work from cuttings too. On rambles I have always tugged a root out of the ground and it has taken well.
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Just in passing - I did divide my 'Grasse' Lavender and they have taken beautifully - Now have new big clumps that I have trimmed into jolly balls of joy. Can highly recommend this instead of buying new stock. Cuttings nowhere near as successful. Pretty but weak and feeble!
Can you give us a bit more information about how you did the division please Biofreak?
As far as I can tell all my lavender plants only have one stem coming out of the soil. I can't think how I would divide a plant unless I split the central stem - which I'm not sure is a good idea.
If, however, that is what you did I might sacrifice one to give it a try as it sounds as though you had good results.
You could try mounding some soil around the base so that it becomes multistemmed. This often promotes new growth from the middle, then divide next year into loads of smaller plants
Yes, I think I'm with you on this one Verdun - I just don't see how lavender would split well.
I might try both layering and cuttings later in the year. I could believe that layering might give larger plants sooner.
I think that it is the type of Lavender because my Hidcote was a disaster but the 'Grasse' was brilliant. I just split it in two like they do in Provence. The Papillon 'Butterfly Lavender' seems to only work from cuttings too. On rambles I have always tugged a root out of the ground and it has taken well.