This has taken quite a bit of rough treatment over the years, even more so when we got T&J Little Tikes cars each and then bikes. How many children have falling into the lavender or driven into it? It is now looking all a bit of a woody mess and it has a great big hole in the middle (as well as a hole at the end).
To help plug the hole in the middle I have put ready to plant the remaining cuttings that I took a while a go, and I am pleased as the whole cuttings idea was a great success. But the rest of the lavender is really looking a mess a think, it has overgrown in places leaving it woody, while other bits are missing or crushed.
So I continue to ponder, shall I pull it all out and replant with a mixture of new plants and cuttings?
Posted by Gayle on April 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Oh, I love lavender! I’d give it a good prune now that it’s spring – NOT right back to the wood – and it should fill out nicely for summer. Fill in the gaps with your new plants. Better rolling off your bike into lavender than into roses LOL
Gayle
Posted by Jake on April 19, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Yep, I think I will give it its spring prune, although it is mostly wood so it won’t be anything great.