How and When to Prune Lavender Plants

In this video I will show you how and when to prune lavender plants (and other herbs). Pruning lavender in the right way and at the right time will maximize lavender blooms.

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[micahlouise]

I have five different varieties of lavendar. The French type is better in cosmetics/skin care and makes a lovely bath, just steep in a big pot and put into the bath. English type is better for culinary, I put it in my tea, with bergamot. Lavendar is one of my favorite plants!

[debbieg]

Lavender flowers are very tasty in lemonade. And the prunings can be laid in garden around veggies to keep pests away.👍🏻🙋🏼‍♀️

[hollyreilly]

Lavender butter cookies and herbs de province. I have also just broken off a sprig and tuck it behind my ear when working in the garden when the mosquitos are out. Love the smell.

[franzwaltenspuhl]

I love lavender blackberry champagne. And I had lavender crème brûlée that was tdf!

[lisaf]

Brian, I have a huge lavender plant in a planter box about 3 feet off the ground and the bees absolutely love it. But my 15 year old Australian Sheppard mix will spend hours under it, it shades her and she loves the smell. She will come in covered in lavender! That is her happy spot in the yard. So I do not trim it much, just the spent flowers and in a few weeks there are more where those were.

[tiffanysdiy]

My kids love love love lavender honey ice cream and lavender lemonade. I also make butter cookies with a lemon lavender frosting.

[elsazamparelli]

Your show has so inspired me. Your approach is simple, clearly conveyed, and encouraging to start a garden. Thank you.

[TeamWishbone]

I use mine almost exclusively to make lavender Arnold Palmers. Half black iced tea, half lemonade. When brewing the tea, I add one teaspoon of lavender in a tea ball per bag of black tea. This will be my second season of growing, and it already looks like the harvest will be much bigger this year.

[seventyfive]

I can't believe 2 people gave this a thumbs down. This is a great video, thank you for uploading.

[melindaroth]

HI BRIAN, I am learning to research your videos to specific veg., fruit, tree, and so on. I have been watching for years but we are slow learners. LOL 😄 it's finally sinking in. Great teachings. Thank you so much for all your hard work. Hubby is having so much success 🙌 THANK FATHER GOD IN JESUS NAME 🙏 🙌 ❤ You are a GOD SEND. LOVE YALL ❤

[TerribleTim]

So we have a couple lavender plants and I used a bunch to make my own lavender olive oil. It was amazing with some good sourdough bread. 😉

[karenschwartz]

Haven't use lavender in recipes but I love walking by and brushing by it or the fragrance.

[marie]

Hi from down under. Thank you for your advice. I put my harvested lavender in a pillow case, tie the end then bang the pillow case against a wall or fence. You then have the all the lavender bits to put into a organza bag for use.

[go.love.glow.]

Mix some lavender in when you’re roasting pork and wow! It’s really remarkable. As well as in soups…it one of the French Herbs de Provence…used in most everything.

[phenixwars]

I like seeing you actually cut things because when you said I'll cut it by 50% I was thinking just cut halfway down the leaf and then saw you cut it down right to the bottom and just left some green. I would've never thought that's what it meant. Great video 👍🏼👍🏼

[carolbeers]

Have it for bees love it got it as gift thanks didn't know how to prune it.

[alysonbaker]

I live in west central MN. Lavender here is treated as an annual, although, I had one plant come back 4 years in a row before a very cold winter, froze out the roots. I love the smell and the color but not so hot on the tea. I didn’t know how to prune any of the plants shared today so thank you for this video. I have marjoram, thyme and sage that do over winter, most winters. Good to see how to prune those plants. Thank you again.

[joycemiller]

I have too much ADHD to create very many traditions, but one I love every year is going outside on Thanksgiving morning to harvest sage to saute with onions and celery for the turkey stuffing. The whole house starts smelling like Thanksgiving as soon as that sage hits the frying pan.

[russgentert]

Hey Brian, thanks for the confirmation video. I've got 250 lavender plants that I distill into a hydrosol. We get one cutting a year around the second week in July. I think I've made every lavender growing mistake known but when and how to prune was one of the last things I got under control. Always enjoy your content.

[limitedaxcess]

Lavender is an essential in true French herb de province. I'm jealous cause I've never been able to get it to grow for me and I've lived in several different zones. I'll try again this year and see if it's overheating over watering or something else. Thanks again for showing us how to love our gardens even more!