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Lavenders Blue
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Posted by cranethie2 Melbourne Aust (My Page) on Wed, Dec 22, 04 at 4:02
| Well so the song goes :)
A couple of years ago I planted lavender around my washing line - see attached photos - and the plants have grown well, bushed out and filled in the spaces like a circular hedge. The line is one of the removable ones and when not there the spot just looks like a small round garden bed.
Anyway, I have just 'harvested' all the flowers and as the plants are looking a tad tired cut them back a little bit and 'levelled' them off.
Do I need to give them anything special to tide them over the summer and keep them looking good?
Cathy
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RE: Lavenders Blue
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| One thing I find useful is to provide a mulch of seashells. They keep the soil cooler, hold back the weeds, and add the lime that many species of lavender like (very slowly). I haven't found the birds rummaging through this mulch so you might not find the shells in the grass. I also find this form of mulch is good around Dianthus and Stachys. It also makes a good excuse to go to the beach...and fossick for seaweed, driftwood. (LOL) |
RE: Lavenders Blue
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| I did that in my last house. Make the washing smell nice, doesn't it? Maybe a soluble fertiliser. They don't need much of anything and they way they spread they did not need mulched. I never did. |
RE: Lavenders Blue
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| A dressing of complete fertiliser wouldn't go astray, particularly if you have given them a No.2 haircut. And perhaps a light dusting of lime to the soil. Cutivate the soil a bit to loosen and water well to take fertiliser and lime (if applied) down into soil. Most lavenders tend to look a bit leggy after a few years and it's probably easier to replace the plants. Take some cuttings from those prunings and keep the new plants in pot - you will have sizeable replacement plants. Or consider lavender hedges in other parts of your garden. |
RE: Lavenders Blue
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| Thanks for those hints - we've had a little rain recently so the ground will be fairly easy to dig about in. Cathy |
RE: Lavenders Blue
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- Posted by Liatris FraserCoast,Qld (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 5, 05 at 17:33
| As per Wombat's feedback, I've read that they like an annual feed of lime. |
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