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French lavender

FifsFifs Posts: 45
in Problem solving

I planted three french lavender plants at the beginning of the summer.  They all had beautiful flowers at the start so I was looking forward to seeing them flowering all summer long.  Sadly they have not flowered for the last couple of months - am a little baffled as to why.  I live in a very dry part of the country so had thought this would suit lavender.   Any ideas for how to prolong the flowering would be greatly appreciated!

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    Lavender dont repeat flower. They look their best in June. I leave the flower heads on for most of the winter as the goldfinches will pick seeds out of them. I tidy them up in Spring, but if you like a tidy garden, give them a trim now to dead head them all.

  • FifsFifs Posts: 45

    Thanks both for the advice - I'll look forward to more beautiful flowers next year!

  • LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,496
    One of my most favourite plants, but they don't normally survive the winter for me. They aren't as hardy as English lavender.
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