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have i killed my lavender
loulou9685
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so stupidly whilst doing a quick rush job tidying in the garden this afternoon, possibly the worst day to have picked, i chopped the old deadheads off my lavenders, not hard pruned but given the late stage of the year have i pretty much killed them?!
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If you've not cut back hard into old wood, they should be ok. If you were going to have severe frost in the next few nights, it might be an issue, but you can always fleece them if that should be the case.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
no, not done to far down....i don't t think!! such a numpty! thanks though
just had a look, some further down then others but lot of the still have the stems above the foliage a good three inches
It'll all be fine loulou - the new growth is the susceptible part as Verdun says. You may lose a few bits here and there to frost, but if you check again in early spring, you can take any of the dead bits off then.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've done it at this time of year before and not lost anything.