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Can I cut back lavender now?

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  • 12-08-2015 12:08pm
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    tricky99
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭


    Lavender has flowered and looks very untidy. can i cut it right back or is it too early? Not much sent unless it is ruffled up a bit.


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    lk67
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭lk67


    tricky99 wrote: »
    Lavender has flowered and looks very untidy. can i cut it right back or is it too early? Not much sent unless it is ruffled up a bit.

    Cut back now but not in to old wood. Leave a couple of inches of green leaves on every stem.

    There's a bit of a myth about how scented lavender is ... The scent is only released in any quantity when it's brushed against or pinched.


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    tricky99
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭tricky99


    thanks for that. true I need to dry/bag the leaves as much as the flower?


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    pawrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭pawrick


    thanks for the advise also- was going to ask the same question but mine is still flowering and full of bees so will leave them to it for now since it's been such a poor summer for the little critters


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