Hi, I am grateful of any advice on this.

I have leggy lavender and rosemary plants. How do I prune them ?

The rosemary is in a pot and the lavender in the ground. Both plants have
done well this year and are about one and a half to 2 feet high !

Thanks (in advance) for replies.

Pippa

I don't think the Rosemary is any problem, just cut it back but you must not
cut the lavender back into old wood as it will not regenerate from there. I
can prove that too !
"Pip" wrote in message
...
Hi, I am grateful of any advice on this.

I have leggy lavender and rosemary plants. How do I prune them ?

The rosemary is in a pot and the lavender in the ground. Both plants have
done well this year and are about one and a half to 2 feet high !

Thanks (in advance) for replies.

Pippa

On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 22:31:38 +0000 (UTC), "Robert"
wrote:

...you must not cut the lavender back into old wood as it will
not regenerate from there. I can prove that too !

Your experience is not universal. A shopping center here once had
beds of lavender which I regularly passed while walking to and
from work. These became rather overgrown from lack of attention.
One year, in late winter, these lavenders were cut back *very*
hard. Having imbibed the admonition "don't cut lavender back to
old wood" with my mother's milk, I was sure they were goners.

But to my intense surprise, the lavenders re-sprouted and grew
vigorously and well.

To every rule there is an exception.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

I saw a tv programme a few months ago with some chap who had a lavender farm here in the
UK. He said that lavender should be cut back hard after flowering, and that it wasn't
true not to cut it back.

So, I cut mine back hard this year into the old wood, however it looks a bit ill right
now! I'll let you know next spring if hard cutting of lavender is a good idea or not!

Regards




"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message
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One year, in late winter, these lavenders were cut back *very*
hard. Having imbibed the admonition "don't cut lavender back to
old wood" with my mother's milk, I was sure they were goners.

But to my intense surprise, the lavenders re-sprouted and grew
vigorously and well.

To every rule there is an exception.

Wish mine had been one of the exceptions! lol

"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in
message ...
On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 22:31:38 +0000 (UTC), "Robert"
wrote:

...you must not cut the lavender back into old wood as it will
not regenerate from there. I can prove that too !

Your experience is not universal. A shopping center here once had
beds of lavender which I regularly passed while walking to and
from work. These became rather overgrown from lack of attention.
One year, in late winter, these lavenders were cut back *very*
hard. Having imbibed the admonition "don't cut lavender back to
old wood" with my mother's milk, I was sure they were goners.

But to my intense surprise, the lavenders re-sprouted and grew
vigorously and well.

To every rule there is an exception.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 03:48:05 GMT,
(Rodger Whitlock) wrote:

But to my intense surprise, the lavenders re-sprouted and grew
vigorously and well.

I found it depends upon variety. Lullingstone Castle is very vigorous
and can be abused, but Hidcote is more delicate. Lullingstone's got
lax habit, but it's great if you're growing for scent : *very*
powerful :-)

Cut back to a pair of leafs on this years growth should be a general
principle.

From: Bob Moore
Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening,free.uk.gardening
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 15:38:16 +0000
Subject: Lavender & Rosemary

On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 03:48:05 GMT,
(Rodger Whitlock) wrote:

But to my intense surprise, the lavenders re-sprouted and grew
vigorously and well.

I found it depends upon variety. Lullingstone Castle is very vigorous
and can be abused, but Hidcote is more delicate. Lullingstone's got
lax habit, but it's great if you're growing for scent : *very*
powerful :-)