How to care for lavender

Caring for Lavender in your garden, late August and early September is a great opportunity to make a start on pruning it back for the cooler months. Pruning is absolutely key to the longevity of Lavender and should be done as soon as the flowers begin to fade in late August/ early September. They can handle a hard pruning and we recommend removing approx. one third of the plant, not just the flower spikes. This will then allow light to penetrate the plant before the plants start to go dormant in September.

Pruning in this way ensures that the plants have a neat and tidy appearance through winter and once spring arrives new shoots will appear along with a mass of beautiful flowers as the weather warms – ready to attract all the wonderful bees and butterflies!
Once pruned it worth feeding with some Growmore fertiliser and as the spring growth starts to grow in March/April feed every there. weeks with liquid tomato feed.
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