Thread: can i plant my lavender now?
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Old 14-03-2013, 12:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 14/03/2013 11:13, wrote:
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stuart noble wrote:

IME lavender is as tough as old boots but, like anything that's probably
spent its life in a greenhouse, the current weather may be a shock for it.
I have a couple of things in transparent plastic bags, hanging on hooks,
waiting the temperature to go above 5degC before planting out

It's not the temperature, but the sogginess. Like all of those
dry-habitat labiates, it loathes waterlogging and dislikes the
combination of soggy soil and cold.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


My last year's pelargoniums have been outdoors but under cover all
winter, so nice and dry, but showing all the signs of being stone dead.
OTOH a neighbour's have survived in half filled troughs on an east
facing window sill. Totally neglected all year round but now showing
green shoots. It's just not fair
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