Re: lavendula officinalis question

You're right Kitty. They do say that. I've lost a few to damp winters,
that's why all the ones I plant now are in chimney flue liners or pots.
Too much wet is the death of them. Not a problem in the summer of
course.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:00:37 -0500

>Tony,
>If they've performed well with your current pruning technique, stay with
>it.  When you say the older ones are kind of "shaggy", I think I've heard
>tha lavenders get that way and should be replaced with younger plants...may
>be wrong, but I think I read that somewhere.
>
>Kitty
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <romans810@juno.com>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 2/24/2003 7:42:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] lavendula officinalis question
>>
>> Lavender
>> I have Lavenders, 1 - 6yrs. old. I've been cutting them back to about 8
>> in. Is that to low? I'm about ready to cut. the older ones are kind of
>> "shaggy".
>>
>> Tony Veca <><
>> Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>> Vancouver, WA
>>
>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:40:06 -0600 <mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com> writes:
>> > From Donna's post -
>> > >>  #3 Spring River Nursery? Anyone ever heard of them?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I saw the same ad in our Sunday newspaper, Donna - Hardy Lavender, 1 
>> > for
>> > $2.98 or 12 for $18.00, "a lifetime of joy!"
>> > 
>> > This is the same nursery that advertizes Paulownia tomentosa
>> > (Scrophulariaceae)- Empress Tree - "a beautiful flowering tree that 
>> > will
>> > grow 15 feet in a year" for a very inexpensive price.  It all 
>> > sounded so
>> > wonderful I was thinking about ordering several until I got more 
>> > info from
>> > the net. Anyone out there have any experience with this tree?
>> > This is one of many sites that discourage it's use:
>> > 
>> > http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pato1.htm
>> > 
>> > I think Kitty's comment  - If you're getting a lavender, you might 
>> > prefer
>> > one of the many cultivars - is probably what I'm going to do instead 
>> > of
>> > ordering from Spring River.
>> > 
>> > Mardi
>> > Iowa z4b
>> > 
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>>
>> Tony Veca <><
>> Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>> Vancouver, WA
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