Growing Lavender

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Transplanting Lavender

Lavenders that are gangly and all spindleshanks probably aren't geting enough sunlight. These plants really do need about eight hours of sun each day.

Lavenders transplant well if you keep in mind there is a HUGE, GIGANTIC, sprawling root ball under this demure, smell-good plant. Give yourself time to work.

The best time to transplant is in very early spring and in late autumn/early winter. Try not to transplant when the ground is frozen. Water the plants well before moving them to a new position and trim off any flowering material (you want the plants to concentrate their energy on root development). After you dig the plant up, cut back and trim any damaged roots.

Transplants usually won't flower much the year they are transplanted, so use this to your advantage; keep trimming off any flower spikes and you will get a larger, fuller plant the following year.