Re: English Lavendar
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: English Lavendar
- From: "* D* <m*@teleport.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:06:50 -0700 (PDT)
At 07:05 PM 7/2/98 -0400, venies.place wrote:
>I planted some English lavender in late April, early May. I planted them in
>my front yard hosta bed, thinking they would look really nice behind the
>hostas. Well, they haven't grown much. I think the hostas came up so fast
>and early that they are blocking all of the sun from the lavender. Does
>lavender do well the first year? Should I move it? If I should move it,
>should I do it now or wait until fall or next spring? any and all
>suggestions are appreciated.
Pottsey, My first thought was what a strange combination of opposites Hosta
and Lavender are. Generally speaking, Hostas prefer cool, moist, acidic
shade. And Lavenders prefer warm-hot, drier, alkaline-neutral full sun (a
Mediterranian plant). Is your Hosta bed shade/part shade? If so, move the
Lavender. If you take a nice big root ball and do your moving in the cool
of the morning or evening, it should be fine. Be sure to keep it well
watered until it is reestablished. A Lavender from a 4" pot should make at
least a nice basketball sized plant the first growing season and then become
a nice "bush" next year.
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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