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is lavender aggressive?
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I'm a beginning gardener. I have a newly planted (June) fuscia and I want to plant a lavender next to it. I've heard lavender can be quite aggressive - will it choke out the fuscia? Any advice for a gardening newbie would be gratefully received. |
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I've heard lavender can be quite aggressive - will it choke out the fuscia?
There are lots of different types of lavender. There are dwarf varieties which will not get that big, French ones (the ones with little "tufty bits" at teh top of the flowers) which do not tend to like it to get too cold in the winter and "normal" ones. You can prune all of them by cutting them back after they have flowered but do not cut into the dead wood (i.e. the bottoms of the stalks where there are no fresh leaves) as these will never regroup. Hayley |
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"and-rea" wrote in message ... Hi all I'm a beginning gardener. I have a newly planted (June) fuscia and I want to plant a lavender next to it. I've heard lavender can be quite aggressive - will it choke out the fuscia? Any advice for a gardening newbie would be gratefully received. I don't claim to be an expert, but I do grow both lavenders and hardy fuscias. I shouldn't worry about your problem until you know whether your particular fuscia and lavender specimens are going to thrive, survive or fail in your chosen location. If you are very fortunate, and both thrive/survive, and your fuscia fails to hold its own, you can always cut the lavender back, if the fuscia's display merits it (otherwise, move the fuscia and enjoy the lavender). |
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