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Lavender
I live in zone 5, and wonder how I should treat Lavender before the
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Lavender
On 4/6/11 7:18 PM, BeTu wrote:
I live in zone 5, and wonder how I should treat Lavender before the season starts....do I need to cut back last years growth? Thanks Lavender hardiness depends on the species, but I am not aware of any that will survive a winter in USDA zone 5 or even zones 6 and 7. While pruning lavender will rejuvenate the plant, it must be done carefully. As with other relatives of salvia -- rosemary, sage, mint, etc -- there must be green leaves remaining below the cut. Otherwise the branch will die back to its base. If a branch has no green leaves, remove the entire branch. If there are no green leaves on the plant at all, it is dead; lavender is evergreen. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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Lavender
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:29:01 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote: On 4/6/11 7:18 PM, BeTu wrote: I live in zone 5, and wonder how I should treat Lavender before the season starts....do I need to cut back last years growth? Thanks Lavender hardiness depends on the species, but I am not aware of any that will survive a winter in USDA zone 5 or even zones 6 and 7. While pruning lavender will rejuvenate the plant, it must be done carefully. As with other relatives of salvia -- rosemary, sage, mint, etc -- there must be green leaves remaining below the cut. Otherwise the branch will die back to its base. If a branch has no green leaves, remove the entire branch. If there are no green leaves on the plant at all, it is dead; lavender is evergreen. I'm in zone 6b and my lavender survived this past winter - I think it's about 3-4 years old. I did lose a rosemary and a rue |
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Lavender
"David E. Ross" wrote
On 4/6/11 7:18 PM, BeTu wrote: I live in zone 5, and wonder how I should treat Lavender before the season starts....do I need to cut back last years growth? Thanks Lavender hardiness depends on the species, but I am not aware of any that will survive a winter in USDA zone 5 or even zones 6 and 7. It's happy to overwinter in zone7 (I'm a 7B on the edge of 6, Virginia Beach area). |
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Lavender
David E. Ross wrote:
On 4/6/11 7:18 PM, BeTu wrote: I live in zone 5, and wonder how I should treat Lavender before the season starts....do I need to cut back last years growth? Thanks Lavender hardiness depends on the species, but I am not aware of any that will survive a winter in USDA zone 5 or even zones 6 and 7. While pruning lavender will rejuvenate the plant, it must be done carefully. As with other relatives of salvia -- rosemary, sage, mint, etc -- there must be green leaves remaining below the cut. Otherwise the branch will die back to its base. If a branch has no green leaves, remove the entire branch. If there are no green leaves on the plant at all, it is dead; lavender is evergreen. we are in Zone 5, but i cannot say what variety (or varieties) we have. i do know they survive here and we get some offspring from seeds. the rest of what David says here rings true to me. we trim either late summer/fall or in the spring before the active growing season hits. a very light trim of the previous flower stalks and any dead branches. once in a while a plant doesn't make it and we replace it by cutting off the plant and letting one of the seedlings take over. songbird |
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(1) summer/autumn prune: prune it any time from after the flowers are over to about a couple of weeks before the first serious risk of frost. I usually do it in late August with a hedge trimmer. (2) spring prune: prune it as soon as the risk of serious frost is over. The first generally results in more flowers, and is ideal if you harvest the flowers. The second allows you to enjoy the dried flowers on the plant through the winter. |
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Lavender is a attractive flower, which is the soothing scent of their properties & can be used for plenty of things. Tea, packing & exquisite handmade items you can make it a popular flower in the bud. lavender flower stems & buds are harvested in bundles must be preserved by drying flowers & distributed to various makes use of.
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I've read quite a few things about caring for lavenders. And from what I know, you need not do anything to your lavender on its first growth year. Then during autumn, after the flowerings has finished, you would need to just prune the top 6 inches. do this once yearly at that time of year and it is just that easy. Lavenders are very easy to grow and propagate.
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