![]() ![]() Regularly pinching off the tips of your young lavender plant as it grows encourages branching and a bushier plant, helping shape them into a denser shrub. Spikes of lavender flowers in bloom Pruning They can tolerate a little shade, but they don’t really like it- a lavender in the sun is a happy lavender. Lavender wants full sun! That means it needs a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight a day to be happy. Sometimes climates that get very heavy rainfall in spring are also better off planting lavender later in the year, so the young plants don’t get drowned, or so waterlogged that they end up with root-rot. However, if you live in a climate that doesn’t exactly experience winter, but does experience an exceptionally hot summer that tends to bake your plants, then fall planting may be your friend. ![]() ![]() It gives them plenty of time to get well-established before winter and cold weather hits, raising their chances of survival. Spring, after all risk of frost has passed, is the ideal time for planting most lavender plants. In general, plant lavender about 2-4 feet apart. Lavandula angustifolia “SuperBlue” Growing Tips for Lavender Plants Move the tray to an area with light, and where you can keep them cool and moist.Press the seeds into the surface of the soil, but leave them uncovered.Moisten the seed starting mix and press into seed starting trays, as described above for the cold stratification method.Place the trays in an area where they’ll be around 50 to 65 degrees F.Once your seeds are finished cold-stratifying, it’s time to move them to the light!.Place the seed starting tray into a freezer bag and place in your fridge for 2 to 3 weeks.Now take your scarified lavender seeds, and press them into the surface of the soil, tamping them in with your fingers.Press the soil into your seed starting trays.Slowly add small trickles of water and work it in, until the soil is evenly moist, but not water-logged. Start by taking a small scoop of seed starting mix and placing into your mixing container.Sealable plastic bag (if cold stratifying).Lavender seeds (scarified, right before planting).After blooming season, prune and shape the plants while cutting off spent flower stalks.Some seeds need a period of cold weather to break their dormancy so they’ll sprout – in nature, this happens naturally over the winter, the cold and the wet working together so that when spring’s warm weather and sunlight get to work, the seeds will germinate! The home gardener can use their refrigerator to mimic this effect. Plants flower lightly the first season and come into full bloom by their second summer. If given excellent drainage and good air circulation, Hardy Hidcote lavender is perennial to Zone 5. After seedlings are well established, plant them out in a sunny spot with excellent drainage and good air circulation or in big, well drained pots. Space seedlings 18 inches apart when large enough to handle.īecause perennial lavender’s small seeds germinate slowly and unevenly, we strongly recommend starting them indoors so you can tend them carefully. Plant outside in a well-drained sunny spot when plants are 2 to 3 inches tall after gradually acclimating to outdoor conditions. When seedlings have several sets of leaves, transplant 2 inches apart into deeper containers. Keep container moist but not soggy until seedlings slowly emerge over 14 to 25 days, providing a good light source. In early spring, sow lavender seeds 1 inch apart in a container of seed starting mix, cover very lightly and keep at 65☏ (18☌). ![]()
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