Our lavender plants are well established and provide much beauty and fragrance to our yard and patio.
Vigorous growers, they produce scads of blooms and grow to nice, large orbs of purple and green.
Earlier in the season, I'll cut back the blooms to encourage a second one.
Late in the summer, though, the plant is spent and it's time to cut back.
This is a good time, too, because once the flowers are gone, so are the ever-present bees who might get a little riled when you stick a big pair of loppers into their midst.
Chop, chop, chop...and now the garden waste bin is full.
I'm done for this year, the plant now has plenty of room to fill back up. Just need to sweep up this mess and I'm finished for today.
Darryl
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I had no idea that lavender should be cut back! I've always had great luck with lavender, but in our new house, it looks pretty miserable in the garden this first season. The bottoms of the stems are turning black. Am I correct in thinking that the plants are slowly dying?
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