Lavender growing, pruning, and selection for TONS of flowers!

From varietal overview, to detailed pruning instructions for your lavender and info on a couple other things you might do wrong if you're growing lavender that might hold you back from having success, we will go over it all in this video!
01:24 - Mistake 3 with lavender: not pruning (or pruning at the wrong time)
07:23 - Mistake 2 with lavender: overwatering and overfertilizing
08:36 - Mistake 1 with lavender: not selecting the correct variety

[Lyndsay]

Based in the UK, and found this a really useful video with great advice. Thankyou. 😊

[richbishop]

I grow Munstead in my Ontario, Canada zone 5b garden. It has returned now for over 3 years. I prune immediately after blooming. Bonny

[michaelschultz]

Thanks so much for these helpful tips from Southern Ontario. It’s midsummer and I will start that pruning tomorrow!

[kathrynmettelka]

This spring I planted 3 Phenomenal lavenders and they have been terrific in zone 8a South Carolina. Will plant more next year. Lavender deters mosquitoes as an added benefit.

[derickhannant]

Excellent advice, thank you. I’ll follow your advice here in Scotland as our weather is probably close to you in terms of seasons. Derick.

[crystalpetitt]

As an herbalist I prefer the lavendula angustifolia for making medicines or distillation. I also live in CO but western slope. And had to experiment with a few varieties to see what worked at my place. There really can be so many variables even just on different properties!

[dosdandelions]

I just found you and am so thankful. We now live in Zone 10B in the mountains. High and dry and poor soil but no clay. I've put in a couple of plants and now I know how to take care of them. Previously I gardened solely in Canada so this is quite a change. I love your 'shed' - cabin? It's my dream. I am subscribing. Wishing you the very best! Thanks for the inspirational content.

[christinebottaro]

Excellent. Bravery as a gardener is a skill learned with lots of practice, trial and error. Luckily, lavender and most other popular plants are pretty forgiving, which is a pretty good thing. Thank you for putting together a very instructional video.

[CiaofCleburne]

I’m in the Ozarks (6b) and I’ve had great luck with Grosso lavandula…I believe all but 1 plant survived all of the past 6 winters. They are in ground in poor soil and are surrounded with natives like you mentioned. I grow them in what I call my Yin garden (or wildflower garden)…where we added one sq. bed dedicated just to lavender. I also only prune mine once in midsummer…never thought about a gentle spring trim so thank you for that info.

[dawnmitchell]

I am a chronic over lover (too much water) with plants. I'm in central Texas and have had good luck so far potting a Provence lavender start in a 10" terra cotta pot with regular potting soil and perlite and some grit from a bag of decomposed granite mixed in. It is in full sun with water every other day. We have had terrible drought since mid June. It has tripled in size from the 2" pot it came in.

[gracefulgrowing]

I live in Indiana and we have some great lavenderfield tier one being willowfield lavender farm and I purchased Hidcote lavender, three plants from them and then we also we can grow Munstead along with others . My 3 plants are in their fourth year and they're doing wonderful. I have them in raised beds with soil and manure and they've been doing great ever since.

[tatianamaria]

Appreciate the focused content on one topic; lovely lavender 💜

[barbaralamoreaux]

This was super helpful. I bought about 6 different types of lavender this year, but of course, I don’t have all the labels. Would have loved to see pics of each variety that you discussed while you were talking.

[marezeedo]

I live in 9b, northern Ca. I would prefer the strongest fragrant lavender. I currently have several different varieties; English, French, Spanish, Italian Grosso. The Grosso isn’t growing at all. I don’t have room for many plants, but like about a dozen at least. Your video is awesome, Thankyou so much. I need to watch it over several times to get all the tips you mentioned.

[annakozlowski]

Thanks I am in zone 5 Northern Ill near Lake Michigan now I know what I did wrong will try again❤

[WildTingCreative]

Zone 9a in the U.K., thank you for putting together such a incredible video! Learnt so much in 15 mins ❤ and ready to plant some more lavender x

[KK-FL]

Thank you so much! Even though I've had no luck growing purchased lavender plants, I have managed to start some seeds that are supposed to do well in my area. So glad to know about them liking dry, poor soil. That is probably how I killed my prior attempts! Being in Florida I have plenty of terrible sandy soil haha

[melissaoleary]

Thanks for the helpful information! I started vera from seed last winter and didn't expect the high germination rate. I ended up potting up 250 plants because I couldn't throw the little babies away. 😊 This winter I'm starting Hidcote and Melissa, but will not stratify so many seeds this time!

[claudiabozzo]

Another informative video. Thank you. I've been pruning my lavender mid summer but going forward I may take a bit more off as you have suggested in your video. I'll also not feel as bad for not watering it a lot after hearing you hardly water yours. We've had a lot of rain where I am so it's doing well.😊

[SummiBegum]

Thank you SO much. Great info, much appreciated.