Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Nobody likes me for suggesting the lavender needs cutting back in August. It’s looking glorious right now (or would be if it wasn’t dripping wet with rain), and still a major attraction for the bees. But look closely, and you can see the flowers beggining to go over – for a plant to convert such floral splendour to seed, huge resources of energy are called for. It’s no wonder that lavender gets leggy if left too long. To keep it in neat green pebbles, cut the flowering stems right back almost (but not quite) to old wood, and do it over the next fortnight – definitely before the month is out. You can leave the cuttings somewhere accessible for the pollinators – that way both the bees and your plants will thank you.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
