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Lavender

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  Posted by AngelaWatson (U3126654) on Friday, 3rd February 2006

  I cut back my lavender last autumn but at the moment it looks very woody and dead and doesn't look like it will spring to life again. Do you think I have cut back too much or will it start to grow again when the weather warms up.

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  Posted by Margi (U2334861) on Friday, 3rd February 2006

  Hi
  
  There's no way of knowing at this stage... leave it a few months and it might surprise you!
  
  Good luck,
  
  Margi x

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  Posted by thepurpleplantsman (U3128769) on Saturday, 4th February 2006

  Morning
  
  Lavender does not return freely from old wood. In cool climates, harder pruning is best done in spring after frost risk, mid may-ish. I'd cut two to three inches off a healthy rounded plant - (most of last years growth) - the young buds below will then rush forth and flower, producing a full display in summer. Dead head and remove straggly tall bits only in autumn/winter. Most people seem to neclect lavender spring pruning, which results in a leggy thing that leans outward revealing the unsightly stems and crown....you may get growth from yours, but sometimes it's best to just dig up and ditch.
  Or ...take cuttings in spring and grow on or sell...
  
  xxx

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  Posted by thepurpleplantsman (U3128769) on Saturday, 4th February 2006

  having lathered on...I did plant up a woody stumpy thing in a pot at the end of last summer, which produced good growth until Nov. From my rekoning it should form a triumphant little trooper.
  so indeed.....wait and see x

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  Posted by dahliadelight (U3132899) on Sunday, 5th February 2006

  youll have to wait and see what happens im affraid as it does depend if you cut right back into the old woody growth as already mentioned mine are just starting to regrow now but i dont cut into the woody part of the plant
  i used to when they were young cut back just before spring but now i do them just after flowering
  
  lisa

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