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Lavender is easy to grow, versatile and evergreen, this semi-shrub produces some of the longest-lasting and beautifully scented flowers around. Lavender is the perfect plant for any garden – from cottage gardens to a small pot on a balcony, this hardy shrub will never look out of place even in the most formal of gardens.
This shrub with its beautiful purple flowers originated in the Mediterranean, there are plenty of varieties so make sure you do your research to find the type that suits you.
English lavender is tougher and more long-lived than its French and Spanish cousins so might suit our temperamental English climate better.
It’s also thought to be more attractive to bees than French or Spanish lavender so will help boost pollination for the rest of your garden.
Although this is a hardy plant, pruning is essential to ensure your flowers last.
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When to prune lavender
Pruning lavender will ensure that this plant thrives year on year as it will likely refuse to flower next summer if you forget to prune it.
Lavender plants can get a little out of control if you forget to prune them, they get misshapen and the flowers do not bloom and their stalks become long and woody.
As soon as your lavender flowers fade and before the flowers have completely dried out you should prune your plant.
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This will get rid of any winder damage and also ensure your lavender maintains a uniform shape.
Be warned you should never cut into the bare wood of a lavender plant as this will damage it, this ‘wood’ is the thick stalk from which the flower stems grow.
If you can try to give your lavender a trim during the growing season to stop the stems from becoming too long.
Monty Don recommends on his blog not to cut lavender so hard whilst pruning that there are no green shoots remaining, as lavender cannot regrow from the plant’s woody stems. The gardening expert recommends that you leave a few green shoots to encourage healthy regrowth next year.
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