August or September is the best time to hard prune Lavender for great flowers the following year Late August is the absolute best time to prune your Lavender plants, when the final flush of flowers has died down.September is also fine, but it’s best not to leave it later, or you will get sparser flowers… Continue reading How to Cut Back Lavender Hard In Late Summer / Early Autumn
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Should I Cut Lavender In Spring Or Autumn?
Lavender should be pruned hard every year to keep it dense, bushy, and covered in flowers during Summer It’s not good to prune your Lavender plants in late Autumn / Winter when it’s not in growth, and if you prune it in Summer you will remove all the flowers, so that leaves either Spring, or late-Summer… Continue reading Should I Cut Lavender In Spring Or Autumn?
How to Grow Lavender
How to Grow Lavender Lavender loves sun and poor dry soils, ideal for the coast or beside warm South facing walls. Which variety should I choose? In the sunnier South, all varieties will be fine outdoors, in suitably well drained soil and sunny aspect. In colder regions, the issue is longevity. Which size should I buy? The… Continue reading How to Grow Lavender
Soft Edges in Urban Garden Design
Modern buildings and roads tend to create stark boundaries: all structure with no life Well-thought-out planting will soften these hard lines and corners, and bring them alive, like adding a great painting to an empty frame. In general, you want to employ a lot of evergreen shrubs and climbers that cover things up all year-round.… Continue reading Soft Edges in Urban Garden Design
Lavender Pests and Diseases Exist!
I read an article the other day that claimed that lavender is immune to disease, a quality linked to its healing properties I almost choked on my caviar and crisps at such dangerous misinformation. As the most famous musical plagiarist of my youth said: In the everyday running of our nursery, we are always on the… Continue reading Lavender Pests and Diseases Exist!