Where should I put lavender in a pot?

NualaBuala

Hi everyone,

I splashed out on a lavendula augustfolia plant in Lidl this week - am I right in thinking that's a lavender plant? It's in a plastic plant pot which sits in an outer pretty terracotta pot.

As I am completely clueless on gardening (but keen to learn) I don't know if it's supposed to be kept indoors or outside. Could anyone advise where I can put it so it won't die on me?!

Hippychick

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/10533.shtml

I think it's fairly hardy so plant it outside and enjoy the bees

cuddles123

I have lavender in pots and leave them outside.
One is not looking too good after the snow, but generally they are hardy.

NualaBuala

Thanks for the replies - at least I now know it is lavender. I'll stick it outside and hope for the best!

cuddles123

Yep - bees will love it. My FIL always says that a sign of a good garden is lots of bees.

NualaBuala

I like bees, hope I get lots. I do remember having bees last year but my garden tends to be more full of slugs and snails! Wonder if your FIL could guess from that that my garden is a tad neglected!

peter_the_piper

Make sure the weathers reasonable first as even lavenders will have been grown under shelter and even in a heated greenhouse to get a sellable plant at at this time of year.

NualaBuala

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Make sure the weathers reasonable first as even lavenders will have been grown under shelter and even in a heated greenhouse to get a sellable plant at at this time of year.

That's what I was afraid of - it's still very wintry here. Hmmm, just thinking I could put it in my porch. It's cold but would be a bit better than outside. Would be warm for the few hours the sun shines in. Sort of like a halfway house till it goes outside full-time. Would that work do you reckon?

Farway

NualaBuala wrote: »

That's what I was afraid of - it's still very wintry here. Hmmm, just thinking I could put it in my porch. It's cold but would be a bit better than outside. Would be warm for the few hours the sun shines in. Sort of like a halfway house till it goes outside full-time. Would that work do you reckon?

Your porch sounds like an ideal spot for the time being

I have lavender in a pot near the front door, bakes in summer but comes to no harm and gives nice scent as folk brush buy

NualaBuala

Farway wrote: »

Your porch sounds like an ideal spot for the time being

I have lavender in a pot near the front door, bakes in summer but comes to no harm and gives nice scent as folk brush buy

Thanks, I'll give it a whirl so! I've always wanted lavender just like you have so I get the nice scent when I pass by.