Great Video. You have solved all my problems...What to grow, how to propagate, types of lavender, but most of all when to PRUNE!! Thank you from me and the bees!
I must have seen more than 10 times. Excellent advice.This video has probably contribute more than anything else in the well being of the lavender population in the uk
Such great info in this video. Thank you! For those who (like me) had trouble catching all the audio, turn on the closed captioning. Works like a charm!
Thank you. I was late to find this video and what a revelation it was! I had been brought up that to believe heavy pruning was the worst thing to do to lavender. I shall go out later today and prune back mine. Thank you.
Hi, What an excellent tutorial; many thanks for posting it. I've just planted four French lavenders bought from our local Morrison's in pots and although it might be a bit late I've also pruned them back to about half size; fingers crossed the planting and pruning will be beneficial; I didn't even know lavender needed pruning until I watched your video. After spending the last 30 years working on our bungalow it's time I got to work in our gardens? I'm now subscribed and keep up the good work. Kind regards, Colin.
My lavender is about 5ft 5" ,tall and 4ft wide. Its about 16 years old. I never really touch it except for taking some stems in summer autumn. Soil is alkaline and a little stony.Its magnificent. I had it in a little pot for a long time, and it was half dead. I got an allotment and it was the first plant I put on it. It took off with such gusto, and happiness, I am still in awe when I see it. 😊
Mine is younger and the flowers just came out a month ago im afraid im not pruning till the ends of november, I don want to upset her, I hope it lives as long as yours!
You were of great help ! I am currently growing alot of Lavenders for It's medicinal benefits and properties. You literally saved me from killing more lavenders. Prunning in this video is done outstandingly. I am a huge fan of your Lavender Kent collection.
I must confess to being a gardening Philistine. When my English Lavender "goes over" I just give it a fairly short haircut down to around 10-12 inches with the hedgetrimmer, & it's been rewarding with great blossom year after year.
Downderry you guys are awesome! Please ship your plants outside of the UK. It's very hard to find some varieties in the USA for sale. Would love to get 'Sussex'!
I feel like I’ve tapped into just the right place for some much need divine lavender wisdom. I’m struggling but yet I keep trying. I can get growth, but I’m not getting a bushy return the following spring. Believe me, I’ve been at this for a while. Lol I’ve sheered/trimmed well back after bloom. Not sure if I should trim in fall, preemptively, or in spring. I have been experimenting quite a bit. I just can’t seem to get enough compact or bushiness to my my stead or hidcotes. Do you ever use fertilizer of any kind? Much appreciation for skills!
I'm a complete beginner gardener .... so please forgive my lack of knowledge 😊 I have some lavender that I bought with dead flowers, but the foliage was so beautiful and healthy. Should I prune it all back like you did with your 9cm pot? I previously pruned each lavender stem off one by one, but left the foliage. I've not had any blooms since after 4 weeks. I'm in Australia, we are in the middle of summer currently
Great info thanks for sharing - such an honour to have advice and experiences handed to us the present and future generations, especially now... I'm new at gardening, im guessing i did the following incorrectly: took out a full lavender bush from the roots and planted on the other side of the garden which has very hot day sun with wind early evenings, its 2 weeks now and bush is brown and dry even though watering the whole garden daily...? Please assist with a cure 🌱🍃
I have a small (1 yr old) lavender, but haven't prune yet. It's Nov 30th (Illinois, Zone 5), and winter is here. Is it too late to prune or should I wait until Spring?
Another great video on how and when to prune different varieties of lavender. Thankyou. Two successive hot and dry summers here in Essex tells me to seek out tougher, drought resistant shrubs that require less watering without sacrificing colour, beauty and perfume.Evie.
I have two huge gorgeous lave see plants. It's middle of Mine now and the flowers are super tall and gorgeous,should I cut them back now or wait? I hate cutting the beautiful color off as so many butterflies are loving them! What should I do??
How can I save my potted french lavender? Can I even grow it potted indoors in Chicago? (It's been about 15 F outside). It was gifted to me about a month ago, and it was doing well until about week ago. The tips of the leaves started to BROWN on one side. Now about half of the plant is browned, and a couple places droop while other parts thrive. The only directions I was given was to keep moist and hot, give good light. I put it on a South facing window sill. How often is it supposed to be watered? How do I save this plant? Would it help to repot it? How big does the pot have to be? What kind of soil does it need? Would it help to cut off the brown? If so, how do I do this without damaging it? Note: there are no buds yet, just leaves.
Thank you for posting. New gardener here. I am in central Florida and it's still hot. Also we get a lot of torrential rain here in the summer, alternating with brutally hot summer sun. Ok to prune now in mid August? It's looking brown and leggy and stopped flowering awhile back. It's in a pot so maybe it's feeling a bit squished, hard to say. I trimmed about 1/4 of the way down last week and it doesn't look too happy about it. Ok to go forward with trimming it further down? And what's the best way to fertilize lavender in a pot? (preferably something not too toxic because I thought I might try making tea or something from it). Thank you =)
In the States your local County Extension Service’s Master Gardener program is a good place to get location-specific gardening advice. CES is usually ran by the state ag college, which I suspect would be Fl A&M. (It’s Tx A&M in Texas & Or State U. in Oregon.)
Hi nice to have found your channel ! glad to meet ! I'm kinda sad due one of my lavenderspecies and I really would like to get some help if possible ... The lavender I am growing is the last thing that in fact remains of my father , he adored this grandiose blue flowered plant so much he had them everywhere you'd spot a bit of soil , he made oil from it too and had a small company next to his other jobs in herbs and oils , now the lavender species I have ? NO IDEA !!! I have them all I guess ??? mutiple species but ONE in particular was his favourite and he called it the " normal lavender " , now these plants are over 15 y old but they start to look so scabby now since this spring and nothing that I have tried on them seems to work , how come and how can I save my lavender ? this plant means more to me than money can buy due the fact it is the last thing I grabbed and planted on his grave and in and around my house after selling his house , it stood litterly into the ruins and I grabbed them , almost all of them and gave them simply a new home , every year I prune lavender but this year it was impossible , his scaly legs is not what I am after ofcourse and the time I wanted to prune it , I had a poor handfull and that was it , the plants have only a few youngsters growing so my question is " could I grow the little ones on the motherplant and can my motherplants survive with any effords ??? " I really do not want to lose the last thing that grows and is actually alive from my father , please sir , if you read my comment , do reply please . I sincerely thank you much
Vicky Victoria Jolina Modelling Iliaens search for how to propegate lavender ! usually lavender has some new green growth and you have to make a sharp clean cut on these new stems and remove 2 sets of leaves and let with 2 gems from the lower leaves exposed to dig it in rooting hormone and stick it in soil and let atleast 2 sets of leaves on top and make sure that ur pruners are clean and u will deep it the first bottom stem in rooting powder found in stores and u will follow the instructions about preparing and creating new plants from the mother plants take as much as possible because the sooneer u do this the higher chance u can create new plants. Water their sandy rocky lowly fertile soil do not exagerate on the compost or organic matter and make the soil a mix always make as drained as possible and never overwater it. But u will water and make more umid to the new stems in cups that u make and try to keep them atleast a few weeks 2 or 3 with sticks to hold a plastic around the cup and the new tiny plant and do not let it get direct sunlight only indirectly otherwise it will kill the plant. After this 3 weeks i will slowly introduce each day some minutes to sun little by little with patience with everysingle one and then they will be new plants ans transplant them into new big pots to get stronger with GOOD DRAINAGE otherwise no drainage and no loose sandy rocky soil it will not help the plant WITH PH around 7-8 alkaline and with either lime mixed in the soil do not overdose it but give it a good hand of it ask for some help in garden center or if u choose mix many dried egg shells that it will be mixed with the soil and eill slowly make ur soil morr alkaline. If u feel like doing all the process it is possible but requires some care atleast for the first month for the stems to root. Get this ! Lavender gets old after 8 years... after 15 years the plants get extremely old and usually may die or really slow it down almost completely if u are lucky 20 yrs she might still give some growth and flowers but this is the limit of the plant ur dad went to the place where there are many other lavenders do not worry they go but they always will rebloom ! Thanks for worrying for him @ Btw the normal lavender must be the Lavandula Angustifolia Officinalis which is the english or traditional lavender usually she is kinda green and gray in winter andvery long both leaves and stems ! Try buying some new plants at the store those tiny ones and give them a good pruning to grow beautifully ! many blessings to u ! Almost forgot do not FERTILIZE with any liquid ur lavender just mix compost with sand in their soil once a year after the pruning to their preparation to bloom in spring/summer and make sure the soil is not clay oe heavy it needs drainage and watered gently slowly and it needs to get dry to the plant get stressed the more stressed and in suffer this plant is in poor soil no water and full sun the better and stronger it gets but if u overwater and make the soil too fertile u will kill them do not let them in shade just aclimate the plants slowly but in the end let them in sun happily
Thank you for this. I bought and planted lavender (I'm in Tuscany) in early June. Some of the stalks were already long. I now find in mid July that they are grey and spent, while other shorter, blooming stalks are coming up. Should I prune the spent ones and leave the others? Thanks so much.
Nice video, thank you. I have a question. I was given quite a lot of lavender bunches to hang up and dry. I haven't ever worked with lavender before. I layed out some paper and went to bundle them up and noticed a lot of tiny, almost microscopic bugs everywhere and what looks like tiny aphids and several other types of tiny bugs. My question is, Is there a proper way to hang and dry them and get rid of the bugs in the stalks?
Hi. I am a 1st time lavender planter. My plants were very small when planted in July. I live Norway. We just experienced a 0.05 celcius last night. I haven't pruned all 12 but only 3 yesterday. Now I'm afraid to prune the rest for fear of further damage if frist comes tonight or later before the plants have time to recover from pruning. Is this correct? Thank you in advance!
Thanks for your comments. We intend to make more videos as time allows. Sound can be a problem on CZcams. Just crank up the sound on you computer to compensate. We'll be tweaking the sound on the video a tad too!
Our lavender doesn't look like any of the ones you showed. It looks like a bushy mess. I had no idea how to make it look more uniform. I'm glad I watched this. I'm not sure which type of lavender I have, but am I correct to assume that this is the way to prune all lavender? I'm on the east coast of the US, and the plants I purchased said 'English lavender' but I think that might be any number of lavender now that I am watching this.
Prune the 'squat' angustifolia (often referred to as English Lavender, but there's no such thing really) and the spiky x intermedia lavender (often mistakenly referred to as French Lavender) immediately after flowers are over.
Hello I have an English lavender in a big container (first year I bought it in spring).. Should I still prune now? Also should I cover over or around with straw mulch to protect the lavender in winter please. Thank you Natalie
You can still prune lavender very lightly at this time of year. You can mulch, but not too close to the base of the plants as this will create still moist air around the base, which through the winter could give rise to botrytis (grey mould).....lavenders nemesis!
Good video; I agree that the sound could be louder though. I have a (stoechas) lavender plant; but I'm not sure how best to prune it - please could you give me some advice? The problem is that I forgot to prune it for a couple of years, and now it's almost a standard - i.e. there's a bare stem about a foot long, and everything now grows off that one spindly stem. Please can you tell me how best to prune it?
Leggy stoechas are tricky to correct! Several periods of light pruning are best. Always leave a hand's width of green above the bare wood and do this principally after flowering in June and maybe again in late July.
TheAtomicTurnip i would just go with it if it's got a good stem and push for a tall standard, they look great with the heavy flower heads! just prune it a bit for training, stake it and grow the clippings as cuttings in pots. come next year you'll have plenty to replant when you pull out your standard and pot it as a show piece. I did that with one stoechas that went a bit awry when some school kids stomped on our garden, ended up with this extremely fancy standard blows my mind when it flowers and a complete hedge from the cuttings...
I have a 5 year old lavender that is growing crazy long but sprawled out on the sides and hardly any in the center. It's a northwestern US English variety. Any ideas as to why it is so floppy with no straight center growth?
i have really one question for you. if you can answer this question i would appreciate . which type of lavender is the best for oiling. i wanna grow lavender which gives me the best lavender oil. i will grow them in Mediterranean climate where is in turkey
angustifolia 'Maillette' is renowned for being the best in Europe and quite readily available. It has a sweet scent. If you want a stronger and sharper scent then go for x intermedia 'Grosso'
Hi I was in hospital from beginning of August and it’s now mid November and I am home but I missed pruning my huge lavenders in August. Is it too late for me to prune them now??
Abbie D I was just watching another video on when you should cut the lavender and in one of the comments there was the same question. The answer was that it is too late now and it’s better to do it in early Spring
Any later and you risk the new, tender shoots being killed by frost, which will then rot on the plant and make the plants susceptible of disease. You could prune later if there is no danger of frost where you live. I live in the subtropics and I prune whenever I feel like it. My plants flower year round!
Hi man,thanks for sharing,i am newbie in gardening and iw ant to plant this on my garden,do i need to install drippers/watering for these?do they need lots of water?thanks
I didn't know you were funny. What I learned about lavender watching this video. 1."We work with other uber-geeks and anowex?"2. "The easiest way to prune lavender is to get somebody to do it for you....but in the absence of somebody grab yourself a sharp pair of secateurs " 3. "When you're pruning lavender it's no good just wussing about here up in the stems because in a couple of years the lavender will be showing it's woody legs" 4."just grab the plant by the scruff of the neck....." okay, I get it , lavender likes it rough.
If it wasn't for the caption to this video I would have no idea what time of year you were talking about - you say it's 'too late to prune xxx' - when is, exactly? Why do you praise Folgate as a lavender variety when at the time of writing your nursery doesn't stock it? And why mention in passing at the last minute the optimum growing conditions for lavender - well drained, poor soil, alkaline etc? Kind of important if you're planting! And I note your nursery just sells plants - no bonemeal or lime based soil treatment that would help lavender grow. Kind of a missed opportunity.
Noghar - Thanks for your comments. At about 2mins 37 secs I mention the time of year. We try our best to stock all plants we regularly sell all the time, but we produce all on site and can't always accurately reflect the demand for certain varieties. I could mention the growing conditions in more detail and will in future videos. We sometimes sell bonemeal and lime, but demand doesn't usually warrant stocking them!
I could listen to you all day. You remind me of my fathers friend from England. Soft spoken with a dry humor. Nicely done.
Great Video. You have solved all my problems...What to grow, how to propagate, types of lavender, but most of all when to PRUNE!! Thank you from me and the bees!
I must have seen more than 10 times. Excellent advice.This video has probably contribute more than anything else in the well being of the lavender population in the uk
Such great info in this video. Thank you! For those who (like me) had trouble catching all the audio, turn on the closed captioning. Works like a charm!
Thank you. I was late to find this video and what a revelation it was! I had been brought up that to believe heavy pruning was the worst thing to do to lavender. I shall go out later today and prune back mine. Thank you.
Great sarcastic dry humour in this video making gardening feel less geeky/serious but giving great advice.
Hi,
What an excellent tutorial; many thanks for posting it. I've just planted four French lavenders bought from our local Morrison's in pots and although it might be a bit late I've also pruned them back to about half size; fingers crossed the planting and pruning will be beneficial; I didn't even know lavender needed pruning until I watched your video. After spending the last 30 years working on our bungalow it's time I got to work in our gardens? I'm now subscribed and keep up the good work.
Kind regards, Colin.
My lavender is about 5ft 5" ,tall and 4ft wide. Its about 16 years old. I never really touch it except for taking some stems in summer autumn. Soil is alkaline and a little stony.Its magnificent. I had it in a little pot for a long time, and it was half dead. I got an allotment and it was the first plant I put on it. It took off with such gusto, and happiness, I am still in awe when I see it. 😊
Mine is younger and the flowers just came out a month ago im afraid im not pruning till the ends of november, I don want to upset her, I hope it lives as long as yours!
No good woosing about in the stems. Haha. Straight to the point. Talking my language. Good man.
You were of great help ! I am currently growing alot of Lavenders for It's medicinal benefits and properties. You literally saved me from killing more lavenders. Prunning in this video is done outstandingly.
I am a huge fan of your Lavender Kent collection.
I must confess to being a gardening Philistine. When my English Lavender "goes over" I just give it a fairly short haircut down to around 10-12 inches with the hedgetrimmer, & it's been rewarding with great blossom year after year.
I enjoyed the information on the different types of lavender. A good informative video
Thank you for this video! I live in California and I have one lavender plant that grows like mad all year round.
Without doubt the best Lavender geek on the web - excellent and interesting
Prof Graham Stone, University of Edinburgh
Thank you for sharing. It made me realise that I haven't been cutting off enough.
You gave a lot of insite as I didn’t realize I was pruning too much, thanks. Ohio, late Cambridgeshire
I adore lavender, time and time again They amaze me. Simple and yet special 💟.
Thank you so much for all the helpful information - I have high hopes for next year now!
Thank you for this helpful tutorial! You explained it so well, that I knew exactly what to do! Thanks again!
Great video, one of the best on lavender, thank you !
GOD Bless you + great advise Thank you
I am new to pruning lavender so this video was of great interest and help. You explained the process very well. Thank you so much
Jane Kirkland Joelyn today is your day and I will be home if you guys want me enjoy the sun and smell, dad❤️❤️
thank you for this informative video. Lots of great info.
thank you so much for the information, Will be planting soon
Very informative video. Thanks
Your video is very helpful, I just bought a new home with some beautiful lavenders I am having trouble finding ways to cure
Thanks a lot for your advice ! Please share with us all you know about this magnifique flower.
Nice video. Please could you do a video about preparing soil for planting lavender and a demo of planting a lavender hedge.
Donald666 Check out the Lavender Lover's Handbook. Will point you in the right direction.
Downderry you guys are awesome! Please ship your plants outside of the UK. It's very hard to find some varieties in the USA for sale. Would love to get 'Sussex'!
Should I move my pot lavender to indoor to protect cold winter snow here in Connecticut.
What an excellent video!! Thank you so much...do you have a video on taking cuttings? Whilst prunning could those bits be using for cuttings? Cheers
Great information! Thanks for the video!
Great video. I have a very basic question. That what you prunned was a single plant with several shoots or many plants seemed very near?
Very informative, thank you!
Thank you. Very helpful video.
Please make more videos about the different varieties.
i freaking love lavender
Very useful! Thanks a lot!
I feel like I’ve tapped into just the right place for some much need divine lavender wisdom. I’m struggling but yet I keep trying. I can get growth, but I’m not getting a bushy return the following spring. Believe me, I’ve been at this for a while. Lol
I’ve sheered/trimmed well back after bloom. Not sure if I should trim in fall, preemptively, or in spring. I have been experimenting quite a bit. I just can’t seem to get enough compact or bushiness to my my stead or hidcotes.
Do you ever use fertilizer of any kind?
Much appreciation for skills!
Good share
I'm a complete beginner gardener .... so please forgive my lack of knowledge 😊
I have some lavender that I bought with dead flowers, but the foliage was so beautiful and healthy. Should I prune it all back like you did with your 9cm pot?
I previously pruned each lavender stem off one by one, but left the foliage. I've not had any blooms since after 4 weeks.
I'm in Australia, we are in the middle of summer currently
Thank you for all your comments and questions. I'm sorry I've not had the time to get back to most people, but I do appreciate your feedback.
i should probably subscribe to your channel since i’m just beginning a lavender farm, i have about 110 lavenders now.
Great info thanks for sharing - such an honour to have advice and experiences handed to us the present and future generations, especially now...
I'm new at gardening, im guessing i did the following incorrectly: took out a full lavender bush from the roots and planted on the other side of the garden which has very hot day sun with wind early evenings, its 2 weeks now and bush is brown and dry even though watering the whole garden daily...? Please assist with a cure 🌱🍃
hi..when do you think it's better to plant the lavender?? in the autumn or in the spring??
I have a small (1 yr old) lavender, but haven't prune yet. It's Nov 30th (Illinois, Zone 5), and winter is here. Is it too late to prune or should I wait until Spring?
excellent video on lavenders can you show how to take cuttings please.
Another great video on how and when to prune different varieties of lavender. Thankyou. Two successive hot and dry summers here in Essex tells me to seek out tougher, drought resistant shrubs that require less watering without sacrificing colour, beauty and perfume.Evie.
I have two huge gorgeous lave see plants. It's middle of Mine now and the flowers are super tall and gorgeous,should I cut them back now or wait? I hate cutting the beautiful color off as so many butterflies are loving them! What should I do??
Unexpectedly hilarious presentation, great video!
I bought a small tree lavender this summer and would like to know if I can leave it outside in the winter. I live in Canada, it's real cold here.
How can I save my potted french lavender? Can I even grow it potted indoors in Chicago? (It's been about 15 F outside). It was gifted to me about a month ago, and it was doing well until about week ago. The tips of the leaves started to BROWN on one side. Now about half of the plant is browned, and a couple places droop while other parts thrive. The only directions I was given was to keep moist and hot, give good light. I put it on a South facing window sill. How often is it supposed to be watered? How do I save this plant? Would it help to repot it? How big does the pot have to be? What kind of soil does it need? Would it help to cut off the brown? If so, how do I do this without damaging it? Note: there are no buds yet, just leaves.
Thank you for posting. New gardener here. I am in central Florida and it's still hot. Also we get a lot of torrential rain here in the summer, alternating with brutally hot summer sun.
Ok to prune now in mid August? It's looking brown and leggy and stopped flowering awhile back. It's in a pot so maybe it's feeling a bit squished, hard to say. I trimmed about 1/4 of the way down last week and it doesn't look too happy about it. Ok to go forward with trimming it further down?
And what's the best way to fertilize lavender in a pot? (preferably something not too toxic because I thought I might try making tea or something from it). Thank you =)
LE R did you ever get answers? Did your plant grow back after you cut it back?
In the States your local County Extension Service’s Master Gardener program is a good place to get location-specific gardening advice. CES is usually ran by the state ag college, which I suspect would be Fl A&M. (It’s Tx A&M in Texas & Or State U. in Oregon.)
Great video, thank you. Are you able to some more please? 👍
Thanks simon😁😁😁
I am having trouble growing the stalks...so pruning is not a thing right now!! LOL!! But good to watch and know this video!!
uppanadam74 j
This is the single video!!!🤔..Will be nice to see more
Those cutter make a lovely chomping sounds
Спасибо, очень красиво! У меня всего один куст и я не умею его растить. Ваше видио очень понятно. Людмила, Украина.
Hi nice to have found your channel ! glad to meet ! I'm kinda sad due one of my lavenderspecies and I really would like to get some help if possible ... The lavender I am growing is the last thing that in fact remains of my father , he adored this grandiose blue flowered plant so much he had them everywhere you'd spot a bit of soil , he made oil from it too and had a small company next to his other jobs in herbs and oils , now the lavender species I have ? NO IDEA !!! I have them all I guess ??? mutiple species but ONE in particular was his favourite and he called it the " normal lavender " , now these plants are over 15 y old but they start to look so scabby now since this spring and nothing that I have tried on them seems to work , how come and how can I save my lavender ? this plant means more to me than money can buy due the fact it is the last thing I grabbed and planted on his grave and in and around my house after selling his house , it stood litterly into the ruins and I grabbed them , almost all of them and gave them simply a new home , every year I prune lavender but this year it was impossible , his scaly legs is not what I am after ofcourse and the time I wanted to prune it , I had a poor handfull and that was it , the plants have only a few youngsters growing so my question is " could I grow the little ones on the motherplant and can my motherplants survive with any effords ??? " I really do not want to lose the last thing that grows and is actually alive from my father , please sir , if you read my comment , do reply please . I sincerely thank you much
Vicky Victoria Jolina Modelling Iliaens search for how to propegate lavender ! usually lavender has some new green growth and you have to make a sharp clean cut on these new stems and remove 2 sets of leaves and let with 2 gems from the lower leaves exposed to dig it in rooting hormone and stick it in soil and let atleast 2 sets of leaves on top and make sure that ur pruners are clean and u will deep it the first bottom stem in rooting powder found in stores and u will follow the instructions about preparing and creating new plants from the mother plants take as much as possible because the sooneer u do this the higher chance u can create new plants. Water their sandy rocky lowly fertile soil do not exagerate on the compost or organic matter and make the soil a mix always make as drained as possible and never overwater it. But u will water and make more umid to the new stems in cups that u make and try to keep them atleast a few weeks 2 or 3 with sticks to hold a plastic around the cup and the new tiny plant and do not let it get direct sunlight only indirectly otherwise it will kill the plant. After this 3 weeks i will slowly introduce each day some minutes to sun little by little with patience with everysingle one and then they will be new plants ans transplant them into new big pots to get stronger with GOOD DRAINAGE otherwise no drainage and no loose sandy rocky soil it will not help the plant WITH PH around 7-8 alkaline and with either lime mixed in the soil do not overdose it but give it a good hand of it ask for some help in garden center or if u choose mix many dried egg shells that it will be mixed with the soil and eill slowly make ur soil morr alkaline. If u feel like doing all the process it is possible but requires some care atleast for the first month for the stems to root. Get this ! Lavender gets old after 8 years... after 15 years the plants get extremely old and usually may die or really slow it down almost completely if u are lucky 20 yrs she might still give some growth and flowers but this is the limit of the plant ur dad went to the place where there are many other lavenders do not worry they go but they always will rebloom ! Thanks for worrying for him @ Btw the normal lavender must be the Lavandula Angustifolia Officinalis which is the english or traditional lavender usually she is kinda green and gray in winter andvery long both leaves and stems ! Try buying some new plants at the store those tiny ones and give them a good pruning to grow beautifully ! many blessings to u ! Almost forgot do not FERTILIZE with any liquid ur lavender just mix compost with sand in their soil once a year after the pruning to their preparation to bloom in spring/summer and make sure the soil is not clay oe heavy it needs drainage and watered gently slowly and it needs to get dry to the plant get stressed the more stressed and in suffer this plant is in poor soil no water and full sun the better and stronger it gets but if u overwater and make the soil too fertile u will kill them do not let them in shade just aclimate the plants slowly but in the end let them in sun happily
Excellent video! Lots of great information. Thank you. I like the way you anthropomorphize - eg, grab it by the scruff of the neck…
Do you prune once a year on the hidecoats?
Geeks and anoraks ... got me right there ! Thanx
Wonderful, I miss the cooing
Are you growing them for oil ?
Thank you for this. I bought and planted lavender (I'm in Tuscany) in early June. Some of the stalks were already long. I now find in mid July that they are grey and spent, while other shorter, blooming stalks are coming up. Should I prune the spent ones and leave the others? Thanks so much.
Nice video, thank you. I have a question. I was given quite a lot of lavender bunches to hang up and dry. I haven't ever worked with lavender before. I layed out some paper and went to bundle them up and noticed a lot of tiny, almost microscopic bugs everywhere and what looks like tiny aphids and several other types of tiny bugs. My question is, Is there a proper way to hang and dry them and get rid of the bugs in the stalks?
That's a good question. Did you get any advice?
Thanks. More info than I've been able to get at my local lavender farm. When would be the best time for putting in new plants?
Early September and early May are best, but if weather mild and not too wet lavender can be planted into October and then in April.
Hi. I am a 1st time lavender planter. My plants were very small when planted in July. I live Norway. We just experienced a 0.05 celcius last night. I haven't pruned all 12 but only 3 yesterday. Now I'm afraid to prune the rest for fear of further damage if frist comes tonight or later before the plants have time to recover from pruning. Is this correct? Thank you in advance!
What about house plants in Arizona?
Great video but a little hard to hear you , please make more videos
Thanks for your comments. We intend to make more videos as time allows. Sound can be a problem on CZcams. Just crank up the sound on you computer to compensate. We'll be tweaking the sound on the video a tad too!
Very nice video! Where can I purchase Gros Blu and Miss Dawderry Lavender to be sent here in the US? They are so unique and beautiful.
Just use captions.
Mi lavender hasn’t bloomed at all the leaves smell amazing but no flowers whatsoever. What should I do?
The Will Self of lavender :)
Say I live in Thailand. Do I need a specific month to prune? Cos we dont have winter here.
Prune into the foliage about a third when flowers have gone over and when subsequent flowers go over in the same year.
@@simoncharlesworth6562 thanks sir. Ill keep that noted
Our lavender doesn't look like any of the ones you showed. It looks like a bushy mess. I had no idea how to make it look more uniform. I'm glad I watched this. I'm not sure which type of lavender I have, but am I correct to assume that this is the way to prune all lavender? I'm on the east coast of the US, and the plants I purchased said 'English lavender' but I think that might be any number of lavender now that I am watching this.
Prune the 'squat' angustifolia (often referred to as English Lavender, but there's no such thing really) and the spiky x intermedia lavender (often mistakenly referred to as French Lavender) immediately after flowers are over.
Hello I have an English lavender in a big container (first year I bought it in spring).. Should I still prune now? Also should I cover over or around with straw mulch to protect the lavender in winter please. Thank you Natalie
You can still prune lavender very lightly at this time of year. You can mulch, but not too close to the base of the plants as this will create still moist air around the base, which through the winter could give rise to botrytis (grey mould).....lavenders nemesis!
Good video; I agree that the sound could be louder though.
I have a (stoechas) lavender plant; but I'm not sure how best to prune it - please could you give me some advice? The problem is that I forgot to prune it for a couple of years, and now it's almost a standard - i.e. there's a bare stem about a foot long, and everything now grows off that one spindly stem.
Please can you tell me how best to prune it?
Leggy stoechas are tricky to correct! Several periods of light pruning are best. Always leave a hand's width of green above the bare wood and do this principally after flowering in June and maybe again in late July.
Downderry Lavender
Thank you for your advice; it's appreciated!
TheAtomicTurnip i would just go with it if it's got a good stem and push for a tall standard, they look great with the heavy flower heads! just prune it a bit for training, stake it and grow the clippings as cuttings in pots.
come next year you'll have plenty to replant when you pull out your standard and pot it as a show piece.
I did that with one stoechas that went a bit awry when some school kids stomped on our garden, ended up with this extremely fancy standard blows my mind when it flowers and a complete hedge from the cuttings...
That's not a bad plan!
Sorry to hear your garden got stomped on though :(
What did you say after, "one thing that will clobber lavender is wet weather". Couldn't get what you said. Thanks.
"into and through the winter if pruning is done too late."
please upload more videos.
I have a 5 year old lavender that is growing crazy long but sprawled out on the sides and hardly any in the center. It's a northwestern US English variety. Any ideas as to why it is so floppy with no straight center growth?
J Carter I have the same problem. Mine look like wild bushes.
J Carter 😄
My lavender did not blossom much. What can I do with the lavender that did not flower
Is mid September too late to prune lavender?
Have you done any import export business , sir.
I cut my lavendar to day it was dry. It still smells good cant it be used for sachets?
Linda Mann I don’t see why not if it is dry and smells good.
i have really one question for you. if you can answer this question i would appreciate . which type of lavender is the best for oiling. i wanna grow lavender which gives me the best lavender oil. i will grow them in Mediterranean climate where is in turkey
angustifolia 'Maillette' is renowned for being the best in Europe and quite readily available. It has a sweet scent. If you want a stronger and sharper scent then go for x intermedia 'Grosso'
What variety would you recommend for Ohio ?
wildomar1987 try English lavender, it’s not as fickle as Spanish lavender
Hi I was in hospital from beginning of August and it’s now mid November and I am home but I missed pruning my huge lavenders in August. Is it too late for me to prune them now??
Abbie D I was just watching another video on when you should cut the lavender and in one of the comments there was the same question. The answer was that it is too late now and it’s better to do it in early Spring
Are you going to make more videos?
It is harvesting really.
Ha, love that just one video on this channel has had almost half a million views and people love it! But no more for 6 years!
Time?!?!
still don't understand why everyone says to prune in July / august. there's no time to enjoy the plant then
Any later and you risk the new, tender shoots being killed by frost, which will then rot on the plant and make the plants susceptible of disease. You could prune later if there is no danger of frost where you live. I live in the subtropics and I prune whenever I feel like it. My plants flower year round!
From where ill get lavender seeds?
Chiltern Seeds
I bought the plants flowering, do I still have to prune them even though I’ve only planted them this season?
Apologies for the late reply. You still need to prune them to maintain their habit.
What are those trees behind you?
Amazingly they're Leylandii, but kept pencil thin as a hedge
Pencil trees. I have some.
Cómo preparar la tierra para la Dalia
6 years since my last comment and still no videos , they would slow in kent , ill come back in six years time
Plans are afoot for more videos. It's all about having the time!
it's looks like harvesting paddy
What kind of scissors are those?
Hand Pruners. Made by Felco.
Hi man,thanks for sharing,i am newbie in gardening and iw ant to plant this on my garden,do i need to install drippers/watering for these?do they need lots of water?thanks
Key Wizard he said well drained soil. I planted mine with my rosemary. :-)
I learned so much thank you!
I didn't know you were funny. What I learned about lavender watching this video. 1."We work with other uber-geeks and anowex?"2. "The easiest way to prune lavender is to get somebody to do it for you....but in the absence of somebody grab yourself a sharp pair of secateurs " 3. "When you're pruning lavender it's no good just wussing about here up in the stems because in a couple of years the lavender will be showing it's woody legs" 4."just grab the plant by the scruff of the neck....." okay, I get it , lavender likes it rough.
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If it wasn't for the caption to this video I would have no idea what time of year you were talking about - you say it's 'too late to prune xxx' - when is, exactly?
Why do you praise Folgate as a lavender variety when at the time of writing your nursery doesn't stock it?
And why mention in passing at the last minute the optimum growing conditions for lavender - well drained, poor soil, alkaline etc? Kind of important if you're planting! And I note your nursery just sells plants - no bonemeal or lime based soil treatment that would help lavender grow. Kind of a missed opportunity.
Noghar - Thanks for your comments.
At about 2mins 37 secs I mention the time of year.
We try our best to stock all plants we regularly sell all the time, but we produce all on site and can't always accurately reflect the demand for certain varieties.
I could mention the growing conditions in more detail and will in future videos.
We sometimes sell bonemeal and lime, but demand doesn't usually warrant stocking them!