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Lavender
Plants
Lavender
or Lavandula are native of dry, sunny, exposed, rocky
habitats from the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and
N E Africa to S W Asia and India. Lavender plants are
suitable for a large variety of planting situations from
shrub borders to rock gardens and are excellent as
hedging plants or for edging borders. Lavenders are
fully hardy or half hardy, and it is recommended that in
frost prone locations the half hardy lavender varieties
are grown at the base of a warm, sunny wall, or in a
container that can be over wintered in a green
house.
Ideally
grow lavender plants in a moderately fertile, well drained soil in
full sun.
In
the UK, seeds are sown in cold frames in the spring or
cuttings are taken in summertime. The main growing
season is April to September. These lavender plants will mature to
provide young plants suitable for 9cm pots in spring the
following year. More mature plants are best pruned
in Autumn or Spring and will require little water
through the dormant winter period. After 18 months our
lavender plants are repotted into larger 2 litre
containers.
We
supply plants all year round. During the winter months
you will receive more mature plants in a pruned, dormant
state that are ideally planted out in a protected
position or once the risk of frost has subsided, and may
be kept in a cool greenhouse, conservatory, window box
or sheltered spot outdoors.
Buy
online in our Lavender
Shop
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