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Mike
I live on the south coast near Dugeness in Kent. 14 Years ago we grubbed up some lavender bushes (shrubs)? from our son's garden and planted them at our bungalow. The soil is sandy loam with a good helping of pebbles so the drainage is good. This lavender has thrived for all of these years with just a clipping after flowering and then a little clip in the spring to get them going again. Every year they have excelled themselves with lovely tall spikes for the bees. This year (February) for some reason the plant seems to have died. There is no green matter at all, it is mostly grey and brittle. We did lose a plant two years ago going the same way. The shrub is a lovely metre or so tall. By looking at adverts it seems that this plant is Grappenhall Lavender. We would dearly love to replace this plant with the same as the bees love it. Does anybody have a clue as to why it should have died so suddenly. There are a line of them 8 metres long and they look as though they have all died together. Last summer they were very healthy plants. Any help would be ghreatly appreciated.
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On Feb 19, 8:40*am, gardeningnut43
wrote: I live on the south coast near Dugeness in Kent. 14 Years ago we grubbed up some lavender bushes (shrubs)? from our son's garden and planted them at our bungalow. The soil is sandy loam with a good helping of pebbles so the drainage is good. This lavender has thrived for all of these years with just a clipping after flowering and then a little clip in the spring to get them going again. Every year they have excelled themselves with lovely tall spikes for the bees. This year (February) for some reason the plant seems to have died. There is no green matter at all, it is mostly grey and brittle. We did lose a plant two years ago going the same way. The shrub is a lovely metre or so tall. By looking at adverts it seems that this plant is Grappenhall Lavender. We would dearly love to replace this plant with the same as the bees love it. Does anybody have a clue as to why it should have died so suddenly. There are a line of them 8 metres long and they look as though they have all died together. Last summer they were very healthy plants. Any help would be ghreatly appreciated. Mike Peirson. -- gardeningnut43 The extremely cold weather probably done it in. Waterlogged soil doesn't help either. It may be OK however, don't give up hope. |
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Mike
On 19/02/2011 08:40, gardeningnut43 wrote:
I live on the south coast near Dugeness in Kent. 14 Years ago we grubbed up some lavender bushes (shrubs)? from our son's garden and planted them at our bungalow. The soil is sandy loam with a good helping of pebbles so the drainage is good. This lavender has thrived for all of these years with just a clipping after flowering and then a little clip in the spring to get them going again. Every year they have excelled themselves with lovely tall spikes for the bees. This year (February) for some reason the plant seems to have died. There is no green matter at all, it is mostly grey and brittle. We did lose a plant two years ago going the same way. The shrub is a lovely metre or so tall. By looking at adverts it seems that this plant is Grappenhall Lavender. We would dearly love to replace this plant with the same as the bees love it. Does anybody have a clue as to why it should have died so suddenly. There are a line of them 8 metres long and they look as though they have all died together. Last summer they were very healthy plants. Any help would be ghreatly appreciated. Mike Peirson. Lavenders are relatively short-lived plants so, disappointing as it is, they probably don't owe you anything. I think you will just have to dig out the dead plants and look out for replacements. It would help the new ones establish if they didn't have to go in the same place, but I understand that with a hedge, you may not have a lot of choice. In that case, simply remove as much root and detritus as you can. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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