Re: lavendula
- To: <r*@california.com>, <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: lavendula
- From: "* <m*@ecom.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:57:41 -0700
Barbara, I've "thinned" mine out by cutting some of the branches out down to
the bottom as in this area they sometimes get a mold on them if the air cant
get through the bush. Then other branches have grown back from what's left
down there. I do dead head and leave none of the single stem sticking out so
they keep on flowering from the little side branches left below the stem and
looking great.
The earth is the LORD'S and the fulness thereof
Amy of Marvelous Gardens
delicious design in landscape
zone 10 or 23 in Orange County, Calif.
www.ecom.net/~jimandmissi/marvelous
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Sargent <rsgt@california.com>
>What's the best way to prune/trim lavender? I have some in my parking strip
>and one in my back-yard garden. Neither gets full sun but both flower and
>then get ratty looking, losing their freshness. They are both dwarf
>lavenders; a hidcote and a Dutch, pink flowered variety whose name I don't
>know. I usually cut the flower heads off but would like to cut more,
>including the dry, dead looking stuff on the bottom. I'm afraid of cutting
>too much, though, and losing the plants.
>
>Barbara
>
>
