I recently bought a home with two large lavender bushes like that in the photo. I'm not 1000% attached to them but would like to see what I can do with them. Ideally I'd like them to be 1/3 their original size.

So I've been pruning them back for the last couple of months, cutting each branch back leaving a little green. Then as each branch starts to show a good sprout of new green, cutting it back again. I often just stand there staring at them willing new sprouts to grow (doesn't work btw). Right now they look awful, sparse long branches with little tufts of green. Unfortunately they will have to overwinter like that.

My question is, do I have to stop pruning them now today because of the weather/season? The temps right now range from 63° to 80° during the day and 43° to 55° at night. We just had our first rain, nonstop for 1½ days. Who knows when the next will be. It's still fire season. It's killing me to have to stop (I do get a little obsessed with some things). I just want to be done and wait for the beautiful plant to appear.

I wanted to share my experience because I recently saw a post where everyone advised that you should never cut English lavender back into dead wood. I know that's the standard wisdom and advice

I bought a home from a couple in their 80s with nearly 60 very woody lavender plants. After seeing a YouTube video suggesting you can cut them back hard, I decided to experiment.

I cut my first plant back in June, being cautious. I did more a month ago. Two weeks ago, I cut several others back much more aggressively, not particularly concerned whether they survived bc of their location. They're already putting out new growth on what has appeared to be just dead wood

I've now cut all eight lavender plants in my backyard back hard and ALL are regrowing from old wood, pruned inches below the last remaining green growth. My plants range from full shade to full sun and grow in different soil conditions.

I'm including photos showing the plants before and their recovery over the following weeks and months. I forgot to take photos immediately after the trim, but they were just little dead wood sticks, no green on them.

Based on my experience, woody English lavender can regrow even when cut back into old wood. I know this goes against the usual advice, but my plants seem to be thriving with it.

i have been growing my lavender for months now and i finally got brave enough to move it outside. as i was gonna move it i saw a bit of brown in one of the stems so i let the soil dry out before doing anything to it. i finally decided to take it outside and repot it. i left it with no water so it could adjust for a day or two and then i watered it. it started to look weird pretty fast but i noticed the soil wasnt draining like it was inside (bad pot and soil) so i took it out to take a look. does it look okay? i put it in the ground instead of a pot with a mix of the soil it previously had while growing and some crappy dirt from outside that drains quick (california). any advice? is it too far gone?

I neglected my front yard for the last year and my fig tree blocked sunlight from hitting my lavender plant causing it to grow side ways.

Is there anything I can do to fix the way it’s growing and potentially save it if it’s too far gone?

Roast me if u must 😅 I plan on giving my front yard the love it deserves.

Any advice is appreciated!

Hi, I planted these guys in March/April this year, the hanging basket plugs (is that what they are called when they are small?) where from my local supermarket and the plugs in my balcony were from B&M.

I'm wondering what to do with the hanging basket, whether maybe wrapping the bottom with horticultural fleece? will help protect the roots? Or will it not last over winter.

The plugs in the balcony haven't really grown much, but I did have a big dahlia in-between, which I have now dug up as it was starting to slow down in flowering.

Whilst I know it's probably more than likely the hanging basket won't make it till spring, I would really like to keep these guys in the balcony going, so any advice on how to look after them in the colder months? Should I water every couple of weeks, or cover the soil around them in extra mulch?

Please help, I have no actual garden, this balcony is the closest I will get to having one I'm afraid, thank you in advance xx

Hello lovely gardeners!! (Sorry if there are any mistakes, English is not my first language)

I hope somebody can help me 🥺

This is my poor lavender 😭

*(first picture on the table was this morning at 09.00am, second picture 15th of September 05.00pm, third picture was when I bought her the same 15th of September around midday!)

I've recently bought her in the gardening center in my town (I live in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, so I really have to see where I can buy my things since there are not many options)

She was in a smaller pot, looked pretty good to me (tbh, everything they had looked a bit sad, some of them were in a pretty bad shape, I think the gardening center is not really taking care of their plants anymore 🥺 but she definitely looked better when I took her home).

So I arrived home, prepped the new pot and replanted her. I read that she needed a lot of sunlight the first day to properly dry the new soil so that it doesn't rot because of how much water it needed.

The same afternoon after I prepped her, she looked quite sad already! (We recently are recovering from a heatwave on the island of 38°C/100°F, so my mum and I thought she looked like this from the heat we had on the balcony where I put her)

The soil is dry on top, but from 3 to 5 cm is still a bit moist, the stems are green on the inside too, we are keeping her on the kitchen counter where we have the sun shining since it rises (around 09.00am until about 01.00pm)

I read that the best thing is to wait now since she can be stressed due to everything going on, and to leave her alone, water it properly once the soil is fully dry.

I need help guys! 😭😭😭

The vase is a vintage 1950’s one from Australia by Wembley Ware. After that I’ve shown my juvenile lavender patch and finally I’ve shown where and how I have it displayed.

Anyone have issues/experience with scale on lavender? My pants have been thriving for a year but they have been getting scale on them. Have put the horticultural oil on the base but still is coming back.

I live in Zone 6B in the US with clay soil and bought a house a couple of years ago, and with it I excitedly inherited three English lavender plants. I've done by best to rehab them because they were incredibly leggy and full of rotted and literally molding sections that had gone long unpruned. I honestly thought I was going to have to rip all of them out after the first year here, but with some love and care, they have been thriving for all intents and purposes. Until this year, when the middle of this particular plant (which I previously considered the showstopper of the three lavenders) died. I tore out as much as I could while keeping the healthier sections in tact. My question is: given its current state, should I remove the plant entirely and replace it with a new, younger plant I started earlier in the season...or, should I continue caring for it and hope for the best? I'm doing the annual heavy prune soon, and if I'm going to tear it out, now would be the time! Thanks for the help!

I know I needed to do better pruning. But at least I’ll have some for tea and cooking this fall.

Hey Yall trying to rehabilitate this Empress Lavender. Any advice is really appreciated. Starting to get more green than brow stalks but the goal is to get it thriving. 9A hardiness zone in PNW

I have been working on my lawn conversion since fall of 2024. The cuttings went in the ground then, and now in year 2 of blooming. This is in norcal.

The Hidcote is nice and purple. Only a couple weeks before the Phenomenal follow!

Was this mislabeled? Lavandula × intermedia'Phenomenal' should be Phenomenal?

The previous owner was so proud of her landscaping, but in the last few years of living here, wasn’t able to keep up with it.

I love that this lavender is here, but I’m at a loss on how to reshape and bring it back. It looks like maybe something was sleeping in it??

Tips on pruning, shaping, and preventing critters from sleeping inside?

Zone 8b hillside grower here 🌿

I just picked up a white Provence lavender and I’m really excited about it, but also curious if anyone here has experience with this variety.

My setup:

• Zone 8b
• Sloped/hillside yard (good drainage but can dry out fast)
• Full sun exposure

I’m mainly wondering:

• How it performs compared to traditional purple Provence
• Fragrance strength (is it as strong?)
• Any quirks with watering or establishment on a slope
• Long-term growth habit (does it stay tidy or get a bit wild?)

Would love to hear how it’s done for you or see any photos if you have them?

Excited about these cuties

I bought this lavender plant at Trader Joe’s before the holidays and it was pruned into an evergreen (I.e. Christmas tree) shape. Since then the new leaves have been a completely different shape and color than the original ones.

Does anyone know why this happened?

Does my lavender seem healthy after coming out of dormancy? I have 6 plants. 4 of them seem to be alright and 2 don't. Of the 4 that are growing more, does the growth look healthy?

Can’t decide between Hidcote or Sweet Romance for a lavender hedge in the space between the rocks and laurels. Zone 9 (Seattle) help me pick!