Selecting Lavender plants

The selection of the right sized lavender plant can make a significant different to the cost of your planting, the speed of establishment and the final structure of the lavender you are growing.

Buy plants in small pots (P9 or P11) for window boxes and other plantings into cramped spaces - they tend to be only a year old but they do better in small containers. We don't sell them that small, but it is still good advice.

Look for plants in medium sized pots for lavender borders, hedges and edges. Two year old plants in 1.5 litre pots are ideal for this. You get more root and more flower in the first year and they do not look lost planted at one plant every 12" (30cms). By the end of the first sunner, they will all have joined up and you will have a solid lavender hedge. Guess what (shameless plug) we specialise in hedging and our lavender exactly fits this specification.

If you want lavender as a feature, then buy older, larger plants in either 3 or 5 litre pots. We do not grow them this big and would always advise that you go and look before you buy as plants this size can easily be covered in the (now) rather unattractive growth of the previous year - called "shab" in the trade.

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