lavender

hallowitch

Novice gardener here




My lavender plug plants arrived today ive been looking on-line at garden web sites on where to plant them


Ive got a border at the front of my house that gets the sun till about 2/3 ish in the afternoon the back of the border (against the house wall) never seems to gets wet even after a heavy rain can I plant them there



I would also like to put some in pots do I just fill the pot with compost and put them in it

thanks for any advice

Dizzy_Ditzy

Lavender plants are quite tolerant of most conditions i think

Just bear in mind that if it is not in pots, it can be quite invasive

WestonDave

Lavender is pretty drought tolerant - as an experiment in a previous house I shoved a spare plant (root ball in compost) in a pile of gravel sweepings and it survived quite well until I cleared up and it got relocated! I wouldn't say it was invasive - the plants can grow quite big but I've not been aware of the plants spreading.

malebolge

If you've got the lavender plants from Suttons, like I have, they are pretty sturdy but small. I'm going to put mine in small pots to grow them on a bit before I put them in their final positions. Lavenders don't spread but they can go 'leggy' so it's important to prune them when they're established so you don't have straggly plants.

hallowitch

Thanks for all the replies very much appreciated




yes its the plants from Sutton's I wasn't planning on putting them in small pots first to grow them on was planning on putting them in garden now as they are


ive got some fine grade seed and cutting compost I was going to put in the holes before I plant them was going to plant them about 1ft apart this would leave me 2 plants that I was going to put in pots I plant in a 2ltr pot

TonyMMM

Poor Soil, well drained, full sun, and cut back after flowering.

Annie1960

I would plant them 2 ft apart as they will be very squashed otherwise. A row of lavender planted at 2ft intervals makes a hedge, just make sure it's not too near the house because it attracts lots of bees. Good at the end of the garden, but not good if it's near the car where young children are getting in and out.

When I planted mine, for the first year or two one of the plants looked as though it was not going to grow, but I just left it and it soon caught up with the others.

Linda32

TonyMMM wrote: »

Poor Soil, well drained, full sun, and cut back after flowering.

^^^this, it grows well in Norfolk, so if you can add some sand to the planting hole I would try this. You might only get it as an annual but it would be worth it.

Mojisola

hallowitch wrote: »

I wasn't planning on putting them in small pots first to grow them on was planning on putting them in garden now as they are

When the plants are established, they will be quite happy in the dry soil but you will need to water them to start with.

twiglet98

I put a 'papillon' French type in a tub and it's very tall and leggy. How drastically can that type be cut down after flowering to have any hope of regenerating?

malebolge

twiglet98 wrote: »

I put a 'papillon' French type in a tub and it's very tall and leggy. How drastically can that type be cut down after flowering to have any hope of regenerating?

This is a lovely lavender but not very long lived and not as tough as English ones. I'd only give it a trim - cutting it hard back will probably kill it. Why not take some cuttings as you trim it? Very easy to do and will ensure you have plants for years to come.