Dealing with Lavender Pests
Pests on your lavender, left unchecked, can damage and destroy your developing plants. Keeping a close watch on your plants during regular daily inspections will help you spot any pests …
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Dealing with Lavender Diseases
Like all herb and food crops, lavender is susceptible to various fungal diseases. Your strongest weapons against these are best planting practices, which help prevent disease in the first place. …
Pruning your Lavender & Preparing for Winter
It’s important to prune your lavender so that it can maintain (or grow into) a pleasing, mounded shape. Plants will be modestly shaped in their first year. …
Storing and Preserving Your Lavender
If you have fresh lavender flowers you’d like to use in a recipe but you’ve cut them ahead of time, you can keep them fresh for a few days in …
Harvesting your Lavender
If you’re growing lavender for use in the kitchen, then you really want to start harvesting your lavender stalks just before the buds open. …
Watering, Weeding and Fertilizing your Lavender Plants
Once your lavender is settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—give it some water once a week if it doesn’t rain. Remember, lavender is drought …
Growing Lavender in Containers
Lavender is easy to grow in containers—as long as it gets a full day of sun. Make sure the container has a drainage hole at the bottom, and that you …
Planting Lavender in the Ground or in Raised Beds
The easiest way to plant lavender is to get healthy plants from a reliable source and plunk them in the ground. They’ll establish themselves quickly and will likely start producing …
Sun and Soil Requirements for Growing Lavender
Lavender needs full sun in order to flourish. Don’t even think about planting it in the shade—it will not do well. Lavender does not grow well in even partial shade. …
Growing Lavender from Seeds, Seedlings, Cuttings, or Layering
You can grow lavender from seeds, seedlings, cuttings, or layering. Which course you choose depends on your level of patience. Overall, it’s much easier to grow your lavender if someone …
