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.