Lightening clay soil for lavender: How?
"downholme" wrote
I have a narrow (15" wide and 8 foot long) bed immediately alongside the
front of a new conservatory, edged by paver path.
I want to put lavender in it. The soil level is fairly low so I can add
to it: I don't think the bed's ever been used by the prev. owner.
The soil seems OK- it isn't builder's rubble! But it seems a bit on the
heavy side as is a lot in the rest of the garden.
Do I dig out a foot, mix it with- what?- and return it?
Sand?
Grit?
Compost?
I have been given 12 small lavendar plants so though I understand the
'plant something else' concept, I want to exhaust the lavender
possibilities first!
For Lavender I trust the bed is in full sun.
Dig in sand/grit to aid drainage if the soil is clay. That said usually a
bed next to building tends to the dry side anyway.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
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