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Advice on pruning lavender

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  • 28-02-2021 11:40am
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    ollie103
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Some advice please for a novice here: I have 2 year old lavender plants that have taken well in the garden but I’ve not done any pruning/trimming in that time. I’m told early spring is a good time to prune so should I cut all the woody flower heads and stems in the attached pic?

    What about pruning the main body of the plant? Should I cut back to a more manageable shape?

    Thanks.


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    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,500 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    Prune about a 1/3 off the top of the plants. They will bounce back in no time.


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    bytheglass
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭bytheglass


    I watched a lavender farmer interview last year. He said “on the 8th day of the 8th month, cut all lavender back to an inch above the old stems” so I put it in my diary as a yearly reminder :)
    ollie103 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Some advice please for a novice here: I have 2 year old lavender plants that have taken well in the garden but I’ve not done any pruning/trimming in that time. I’m told early spring is a good time to prune so should I cut all the woody flower heads and stems in the attached pic?

    What about pruning the main body of the plant? Should I cut back to a more manageable shape?

    Thanks.


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