I’m in Ottawa, Canada, known for being one of the coldest capital cities in the world. I have four beautiful English lavender plants. They have grown and flourished quickly over the four years I’ve had them and our winters can go down to -35 C.
Looks as though lavender is even more hardy than I thought. Thank you for letting me know.
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Do you cover it in the winter? I’m close to Toronto and covered mine last year because I had just planted it. I’m not sure if I should cover it this year.
I have grown lavender in northern Ontario Canada up to -30C and for 10 years it keeps coming back fuller than ever. I have never trimmed it and it is covered with a blanket of snow from the snow plough that passes by every winter. The plants (8) are bigger than ever, have created a hedge along the front of my property and that attracts thousands of bees. Wish I could send a photo as they are very dramatic and have attracted a lot of attention ... Sandy
I have been looking for a good lavender pruning tutorial. None fit the bill. This one though delivered exactly what I was looking for and then some!! Awesome job, keep it up!
Super video and fun too. Many thanks. It feels just like I’m walking around your garden with you and you’ve stopped to do a little bit of pruning and tidying..
Here near Niagara Falls Canada, I leave my lavender overwinter to enjoy watching the Yellow Finches who come for their seeds. Then, in the Spring, I cut my lavender back hard! It’s a thrill to watch the bees, and beneficial insects flit around & enjoy them, too.
I have 3 different kinds in fabric grow bags and the first time I’ve been somewhat successful. Slow growing but at least growing. I’m in Virginia zone 7a so I think I’ll take your method and leave them till Spring to cut back. Early or late Spring do you think is best? Thank you for sharing.
@@paultsworld I forgot to ask how many hours of sun a day? The ones I have, munstead and English seem to grow better in shade during our intense afternoon high humidity & 90deg summer heat but they’re first year plants. Still a less than novice gardener and know without a doubt as soon as I plant them in the ground they’ll die either from underground critters or wet feet.
@@adriankap2978I would cut them back when the worst of your frosts have finished - maybe late Spring would be prudent. Traditionally we think of lavender wanting full sun but that’s in England where the Summer temperatures are not that hot. They grow these plants commercially in the South of France right out in open fields so they can certainly take plenty of sun. But I think your Summers are hotter still so maybe more like 6 hours. They also do like a reasonable amount of water in Summer - but of course not with wet feet in Winter. Good luck. Paul T
We have been successfully growing English lavender - Lavandula Angustifolia 'Hidcote' as well as 'Munstead' s for the last few years in our front and backyard in Eastern, Canada. I was told that these two varieties of English Lavender are better suited for our climate where temperature can go as low as -31°C in Dec, Jan, and Feb. Plants are doing very well and thriving. Love the way English Lavender smells so serene and relaxing, has always been my favourite 😊😎
Beautiful photography at the beginning. And in my garden those tiny little buds in the wood do grow well. I cut my lavender back really hard and it's doing well-
Thank you Alexandra. I'm pleased your lavender grows well from those tiny buds as I'm going to try taking my oldest (and favourite) one right back to a few inches from the ground and see what happens.
Loved you opening on English Lavender, I'm planting a small garden with some, liked that you left the bed looking natural shaped. Thank you for the tips and the laughs, the shots of the pollinators were great!
I'm in the high Desert in Nevada. I have over wintered lavendar, with snow, I didn't prune before winter, but I did just before spring. It always came back 3+ years. I also had mumms that came back 100% bigger the next year after winter (in ground) I also had gladiolous that I would just lay fall leafes and hay over winter and they did great 👍
That’s so interesting, thank you. So you over-Winter mumms in the ground? I buried them for the Winter. Perhaps I should just leave them - although normally here we have them in pots and they probably wouldn’t do so well in pots during the Winter.
Paul, thank you for your lovely informative videos. I garden in zone 5 in the suburbs of the Denver area in Colorado. I have grown lavender for many, many years. After they have bloomed I will prune them back so I get another flush of colour. And then I leave them for the winter. Any time between the middle of February to late February going into March I will literally take electric shears to them and cut those English lavenders back to about 2 inches above the ground. Yes, into the old wood. I have found that by doing this the plants come back so full and healthy with fresh new foliage and you don't have that hard woody base to them. I have done this for years and they always come back. Our zone 5 temperatures are supposed to be down to -10 to -20 Fahrenheit. Lavender in my garden is on a dry slope and a more gravelly soil so they last many many years. In fact I have a lot of them reseeding as they just love it on my back hill. I have cut back many lavender plants over the years not only in my garden but in the gardens that I take care of.
That is so interesting - I've been tempted to do that with the two very large (and my favourite lavenders) right at the end of the hedge next to the potentilla. It's a case of replacing them or cutting them right back. Thank you for explaining what you do and how successful it's been for you - fabulous!
@@paultsworld in your case Paul, I would prune those two Lavenders back in the spring perhaps not not to 2 inches because you have some very, very old wood there, but to perhaps 6in above the ground. Since you were planning on removing them anyway, this might be a great experiment for you. 😁
@@bluesky7226 Thank you - very good suggestion. I might try one now and one in Spring as a full experiment. When you cut yours right back do you look to see if you can see small leaf buds or will they "appear out of nowhere" after you have cut back?
Hi Paul, Thank you for the lovely instructional video. I have 3-year-old lavender plants that have overwintered here in Anaconda, Montana quite well. The low temperature this year was -19 F on the 23rd of February. We average around 3 feet of snow per year but the first year I planted the lavender we got 3 feet in one week! I made the mistake of over-pruning a lavender plant last year and it didn't come back which is why I am here now. Very excited to try starting lavender this winter from the seed I collected (indoors of course). I hope to try starting a few cuttings this fall as well. I want to create a hedge along the perimeter of my vegetable garden as the deer don't seem to bother the lavender at all. Cheers for bringing us along to your garden!
Hi Sheryl, thank you - and good luck with your hedge, lovely idea. Once you get things right I know lavender will be OK with all the snow. Nice idea to get going with cuttings - have you seen my other video on lavender where I show the seeds growing in my path in sand? th-cam.com/video/vNbcOdor9Pk/w-d-xo.html
Great video! Thank you so so much for showing pruning of young plants and fully established lavender plants! You were very detailed, but also to the point! Also I loved the extra info about keeping happy plants through winter:)
I just bought English lavender and learning how to take care of it. I don’t have much of a green thumb but I’m trying. Love the smell of them and the benefits lavender provides, plan on getting more. Your channel is good help here.
@@TashaGothard I would say two years but it does depend when you repot them. If you leave them in a small pot too long they will just sit there waiting - then soon as they are put in a bigger pot they really grow fast. They do like a more alkaline soil- and of course really well drained.
I live in Québec, Canada, where our winters can get brutally cold -- easily -25 C and even colder still! I've had several English lavender plants in my garden for years that have actually thrived -- and this without any maintenance on my part, although a couple do look somewhat weather-beaten now. I regret not taking care of them better from the beginning and will definitely be incorporating your pruning techniques!
I think a butterfly must have left that buddleia seed in your lavender pot. I didn't notice that until now. I'm in love with your garden. You are such lovely man. And handsome. Thanks
I live in upstate new york , we had a winter 3 years ago that had a temperatures down to -17 , for about a week , my lavender all did fine . We also had 100+ inches of snow , which I believe helped insulate and protect them . I grow sweet romance and munstead
Quebec here near Montreal. Grows well for me but I also lost some lavender twice when it was a very mixed precipitation in January. Freezing rain snow rain back to snow and freezing rain again. So now I wrap it up and so far so good.
I also started off with a secateur, when boredom kick in, I grab a shear. At about 40 meters to go I was whacking it with a strimmer. I thought I was doing it wrong hence watching your video and found out the same approach. Thanks for sharing
I was so reluctant to prune the huge lavender bush until last winter. I will be braver this year after watching your video. I'm from Toronto, Canada and we have very harsh winter. My lavender is 6 years old.
What you could do if you are concerned about your Winter is simply take off the flower stalks once the blooms have finished, then prune back quite hard (down to a new leaves) in the late Spring once your major frosts are over. This way the plant is protected during the Winter and you can see where the new leaves are coming up.
cool. now i am completely confident how to prune lavender plants. I intuitively started to do the way you describe and show, but then my mind got in the way. thank you very much
Here in Scotland with temperatures of -23°C and even colder our lavender has come through its first winter we cut back in September and left it alone not even covered. It is coming on strong and healthy.
Gardens are indeed a great place to relax and unwind - I'm so pleased watching my garden videos helps with this Ritchel. Have you watched my video "Relax in my English Garden watching the birds taking a bath" - I have another video which is a nice stress buster "Relax in the English Lake District - Derwentwater".
I’m in South Korea where it can get up to -20 degrees during Winter. My English Lavender survived during last Winter. All I did was insulate the ground with some foliage and rice husks. :)
I love English Lavender. They are so fragrant and beautiful ! Definitely you deserve some of this blessed plant in your room. Arrange them in a spaced jar with some water in the bottom end you will find it quite comforting in your sleep. I'd say it's best when placed alongside the bedside table. ❤️ Thank you Sir Paul, the English man. I've had successfully grown English Lavender from seed before.🥰 They were shocked after the transplant, as the soil torned apart due to the rock sandy mixture. I noticed that this plant is very sensitive to watering and the root system is quite fragile. But even at the tests I've made with different lavenders there were lots of learnings out of it. I'd say the English is highly fragrant apart from other L. ANGUSTIFOLIAS and lavender varieties. Sending blessings of hope and love for you and your family. From South America, a friend, Isaac Iohan. 🕊️
Hello! English lavender survives the Upstate New York winter which does go below minus 15 degree centigrade-in fact as low as minus 28 degree centigrade! Always enjoyed your videos and please keep them coming!
Paul T's World In the past I have just let the snowfall take care of pruning and as a result the plants got quit woody. Early Spring this year I pruned the plants very aggressively and it put on a decent growth. However, for the new lavender plants I added this year I will start following your advice and prune them now in August! Thank you!
@@paultsworld I believe many plants are adaptable, like not overwatering so they stretch their feet deeper. Just consider what frost has done to our Niagara Falls vineyards, producing top notch Ice Wines.
@@JudyChristensen-v4o I agree - that’s the key. It’s the combination of too wet and cold that kills the plants. Great to hear your vineyards are doing so well.
It's early October here in Ohio, USA and one of my Lavender plants (in the ground) is still blooming (we haven't yet had a frost). Although the two plants I have are quite leggy, I won't prune until next spring. Never knew anything about pruning Lavender before I saw your tutorial, so thank you, glad I saw this.
@@paultsworld It's still mild out so I just may prune the Lavender back a little, certainly not like you did. But because I've never pruned, there's a lot more leaf than flower and I think it may fare better with less weight to it under our deep snow. We normally get socked with several deep, wet, heavy snowfalls. What do you think?
TheJCF... You should prune it now* ! Don't leave until next Spring ! Pruning then, you won't get the any of those Beautiful Lavender Flowers !!! You want the Lavender Plant to be really compact and round in shape, so it doesn't collapse open with Snow etc. That will kill it ! So Prune all spent flowers and Green Growth to about 3 Inches above the Woody part. Domed Top, and shorter narrow sides !!! Never prune back to the Wood, it will kill it pronto. Added lots of Grit and Sand to the ground around the Plant. This stops Rain and damp weather from the plant lower stems from Rotting or getting Mildew. Hope this helps, from Scotland. I'm still trimming my own Lavender, while it's above 10C of 50F. My Bees love Lavender and so do I. 👍 * Strike some Cuttings from the cut off growth, in a Pot of 70% Sand and 30% Peat free Compost. Add Pot into a Clear Tote, and lid the Box at the Base, or Clear Bag over it, as a Temporary Greenhouse. Your cuttings will still root before Winter ! Keep them in a Shelter Area, and plant up next Spring ! Win, win... My Grandmother had in South England, Lavender Plants that were over 40 Years old.... If you Plant and Prune correctly. And give them a good Feed just after trimming them. I use Slow Release Feed Granules mixed in Sand, and dust into right around each Plant. Simples.... Off to eat Lavender Honey.🐝 😊
I was laughing when he took out the saw 🤣 with the sound effect of the lavender screaming 😂 love it! Definitely subbed! A question! When do we prune it if its in a tropical country? Would appreciate an answerrr 🙏
Hello Sara, so pleased you enjoyed my very nervous lavender 😀. Welcome to my channel! I don’t have experience of lavender in the tropics however I think a good time would be just after flowering. They’ve already flowered so would be ready to put on healthy growth after being pruned - and so prepared for the next round of flower spikes.
Thank u; great vid as usual. Last week I was about to send u a message asking u if u can do a vid about how to find young lavender plants and ping goes my bell and u dropped a vid about exactly that so cheers. And today while sitting in my garden enjoying a refreshing pint if cold Guiness I was wondering if I should prune my dry looking Lavander and how to go about it and here u r dropped an exact clear brilliantly done vid. So cheers for that. I guess my luck is in super drive so I'm off to buy the lottery 🤣🤣🤣😉😉. Cant wait for the pond vid.
Paul, My home is at 4000 ft. altitude near the Canadian border in latitude. The average rainfall is 12" of rain a year, dry highland grasslands. The snow cover is erratic from year to year. Some years no cover. It certainly seems that the temperatures have moderated over the last 50 years. I have no way to verify this now, but I had English lavender planted on the south side of my home, on a rocky bank that surely wintered between -20 to -30 degrees. I think the site and culture are the clues to success in more challenging climates. The low temperatures here seem more in the -15 to -20 range now. I have my plants sited on the East/ SE side of my home on dry rocky slopes. Of course, I irrigate during the summers but they are sited in thin poor well-draining soil. No wonder you must plant them in specially provided sand elsewhere! Everyone has many little ecosystems in their location. Each side of a building is an opportunity. Where are your warm protected spots? Where does the water drain? Your roof eves can enable shade lovers wanting wetter feet., even more important, where does your cold and frost drain? It acts like a river of water as well. I love English Lavender.
Hello Marie, thank you for your very interesting comment. I can see you are totally attuned to your garden and the various areas which experience differing conditions. An excellent reminder for us all to consider what plants we put where - and why.
I have lavender that overwintered this past year in Duluth MN uncovered by a plastic hoop and it came back. Normally in the winter, I cover my herb garden with PVC hoops covered with 4mm plastic sheeting, but didn’t this past winter due to illness. I am happy to report that all my perennial herbs survived this past winter and are greening up nicely. We got to 25 F below zero this winter but had a early snow cover, so that may have helped.
Wow, great video, didn't realize we can be so aggressive in trimming lavender! I grow English lavender Hidcote & Munstead in my small garden in Ontario, Canada, along the St. Laurence River in zone 5. Gets quite cold here but my lavender survives. As others have indicated, we get a fair amount of snow so I think that helps a lot. Lots of hot sun in the summer & can get quite dry so no soggy soil. Thanks for a great video. This is the best video I've seen on pruning lavender!! Wow!!
@@paultsworld There is a Lavender Farm west of me a few hours west of where I live & they would be in the same zone 5 & it is a beautiful place to visit. They usually have a festival in the summer. Heavenly!! They make essential oils & their Lavender Essential Oil is the best I have ever purchased.
I grow in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA. It gets pretty cold here in the winter. -30 last winter and my lavender is looking great this spring. My plants are about 3 years old and flourishing. I did cut some of the woody stalk last year because they were out of control and growing into the sidewalk. No issues, plant is doing great.
Here is one plant that I would love to have in the garden if my daughter was not allergic to it....I love plants with spiky flowers, scented, pollinators 🧲....and blue/purple tone. So instead of lavender, I planted salvia. You started with scissors to motorized saw....😂. Love ❤️ 👍🤩
Someone has the giggles 😀 I like the refined way you began with your secateurs, gathering the lavender into perfect bunches for drying, but by the end you were annihilating the poor plants with a hedge cutter!! But thank you! I think I know how to prune both old and new lavender bushes now 👍
But I love my hedge cutter 😂. The beauty of your lovely mild Winters is you can prune whenever you want. You are very kind, I am pretty sure you are a very experienced gardener.
@@paultsworld Your hedge cutter is like the " Bad guy" in your videos! You need to give him a name like " Horace ". I'm not as experienced as I'd like to be Paul but thanks to great videos like the one you just posted I'm sure I'll get there.! Got to go out now and continue my post storm Ellen clean up! Hope she doesnt decide to pay you a visit !
Enjoyed your video and informative! I just got them for the first time , 14cm pots to Plant them however hot days here in Australia are holding me to plant them directly in the soil.
Good luck with your lavender - I don't know how hot they like it. They do grow well in the hot dry areas in Provence in the South of France. Maybe try one of them and see how they do?
Great intro! Absolutely loved the camera angle on the tosses of the tops on the ground...awesome idea. With the hand trimmers, I was thinking it would take quite some time to knock out all of that pruning. THEN, you pull out the hedge trimmers, and I knew they were done for. THEN, you pulled out the Big Guns, and I knew immediately that it wasn't a fair fight. :P I love the pebbles on the tops of the growing pots. Nice work, Paul!!
Am attempting to overwinter my small, potted, English lavender here in the prairies of Canada! Last night our temps dropped to -40C (with the windchill). My baby is indoors, so we'll see how it goes over the next few months!
Wow, that is cold! If you bring it indoors put it in the coldest unheated place you can - you don’t want it putting on any growth over Winter. Good luck
Growing lavender in Pennsylvania. Our spring and summers get pretty wet here but my lavender has lasted for the last 5 years. It did also survive wet cold winter, ice and thaw and below 0F temps.
Paul T's World I only prune off the long flower stems before winter. I personally do not touch the branches until spring when I start to see a little growth. Winter does decimate some of the branches, so they are not as full as yours. I probably have an unconventional approach to pruning. Since it is really easy to prune off branches that look completely dead, I sometimes do 2 sets of pruning in the spring. The first one is smaller. When I see a tiny growth (mid April), I clean out the leaves and shake out the plant from the dried up lavender leaves. I cut the ends of obviously dead brown branches, I do the second larger pruining when growth have started (mid to end of May) I clean up the branches that did not make it anywhere after the first pruning and to tidy up the plant.
@@dolnam4577 That's a thoughtful system you've got based on your climate and it obviously works really well. I can see how you get the most from your lavender. Thank you for letting me know how it's done when there's a possibility of a really cold and wet Winter.
Thank you for this video. Growing Munstead Lavender in Wisconsin, zone 5b for a few years successfully. I’m delighted (hold my breath a little) when it comes back after our harsh winters. Can you deadhead the flowers to encourage another bloom cycle. I have far fewer plants than you (so far).
I am amazed at how hardy Munstead is. Zone 5b - that’s brilliant. I have heard that lavender can flower twice but I’ve never tried it - our lavender doesn’t finish flowering till early August so no time really for a second flush.
I live in New England in the US. Our absolute low temperature over the past 5 years has hit around -13F (-25C). I grow English Lavender "Essence Purple" and it has done fine.
I also live in New England in the US. My lavender survived the kind of mid-winter lows described above for several years, covered with snow and dormant. But, a few years after I planted them, we had a wet spring between March-April (a time we refer to as mud season because the snow thaws and saturates the ground). Temperatures hovered between 20F - 40F with heavy rain, and I think the cold, wet feet killed all of them.
Uuuff that electric hedge trimmer, but great job. I love these late summer jobs it makes me look forward to cooler weather and autumn. Love the slow motion insects at the start of the video
That battery hedge trimmer is one of my favourite toys! There is just starting to be a slight feel of Autumn in the air - hope Summer makes a comeback for a week or two in September.
You probably will get a few days in September. I always remember back to school days in Ireland as being balmy. Here in Spain we have been in the mid to high 30s for weeks now and the plants are looking very tired (and the gardener as well)
It's always nice to have extra Summer in September. Your temperatures have been a bit high - ours are nicely in the lower 20's - and rain at night, bravo!
🙋♀️I have 6 lavenders , they doing good in my garden 🎉the coldest is -20 here 🇨🇦. I still remember the first time I prune my lavender make me worried. Not sure if I did right. Until next spring 😂, now I know how to do with , thank you 😂 great video 🎉
That's really interesting Flowerwind. I presume your lavenders are the English lavender the same as mine? When is the best time to prune for you in your hard Winters - now or Spring?
Paul T's World now I am not sure if is the same lavender as yours 😂 when I bought, there’s a label shows English lavender. I look at your video, the flowers look the same. This year I prune it on early July ( harvest), now the new flowers are come out 🎉
I'm in Minnesota. We have a community garden that has had lavender since I started gardening there 4 years ago (my 5th season). They overwinter, and we have some of the hardest winter conditions in the continental US, down to -20F and -40F with wind chill. The area is protected on two sides by a school, but we also get maybe an average of 3 feet of snow, so it piles up on the plants. I have recently been assigned to take care of the area where the lavender is growing, so I am trying to learn more about it. Our lavender is woody, and I suspect English lavender.
Thank you for letting me know that your lavender is surviving such cold Winter temperatures - it looks as though English lavender is pretty tough and ideal for all sorts of climate.
Hello Vicki, I'll get a pond video done - I know you love wildlife ponds 😊. Please remind me - do you have yours already or are you doing it next year?
Thanks so much for this very useful video. I have half a dozen lavenders bought this year in four inch pots, nice strong plants. The have gone into three different sized pots large ones and one of them is in a raised bed, it has done best of the lot. The least strong one gets the least sunshine. They have grown amazingly well, needed little to no attention and have been covered in bees from the day the first flowers arrived. I am very sad to have to cut them back, the bees have been a joy. The seeds are already earmarked for a friend, and I am hoping to prune these back, let them grow for the rest of the year and plant five of then direct into the ground come next spring. The soil where they will be planted is quite rough and dry, I had thought of adding something. My best plant this year is in John Innes number 2, I think, the moser sandy free draining one. Will this be suitable for them or will they need more grit? Great video, such a help….
Your lavenders are growing so well in your care. Always feels a shame to cut them back but they’ll be back next year. How about adding some grit but right at the bottom of the hole so the plant is sitting on it. It all really depends on the general type of soil you have. If it’s clay (that will hold a lot of moisture in the Winter) then add a lot of grit. Good luck!
Thanks for the lesson on pruning lavender Paul. I too would like to know the low temperature limit for lavender.,as I live in central Minnesota. I would love to make a hedge like yours in front of my rose bed,but I think I’ll have to settle for a few pots instead and overwinter them in the house and hope they will survive.
Thank you Douglas. In the comments here Flowerwind has said that the lavender survives OK in the garden in Canada at -20c (-5f) So I wonder if you would be OK. Just apply the golden rules: sandy soil and English Lavender Angustifolia. Good luck and let me know if you decide to have a go.
I will experiment and try to plant in the ground and in pots., worth a try . I would love a hint of the Mediterranean in the garden . Thanks again for the video .
@@paultsworld great to know!! I plan on growing lavender this spring in a pot on my patio; should I bring the pot inside my garage over winter or cover and keep on the patio? It gets as cold as -10 where I’m from
Friends of mine have lavender here. During the winter it can get below 20 degrees celcius, but there are not many cold days like that. There are many more days that are below 15 degrees Celsius and their lavender thrives. I usually get a fresh sachet every year after August.
Hello Paul.Sorry its been a while but I have tried to keep up with you.I have been a glutton for punishment and have spent weeks moving truck loads of new soil and compost through the property.im knackered to say the least.Your garden still looks amazing.ive had no luck with lavender.It always gets woody and I overprune,then I kill it.I can see I have been too agressive.Spring is here.Daffolils are out and roses are budding beautifully.Hope you and your family are keeping well
I knew you were really busy Yvonne - truck loads of soil sounds quite a job, but it will be so worth it when you are relaxing in the heat with your feet up in January surveying all you've created. You've waited ages for Spring and now the daffodils are out, time for a short break? All the best, Paul
Thankyou Paul.yes you are right.I wonder at times why I do these things,then I see thee rewards of my efforts and all is well.Im really enjoying seeing your cheeky side coming out in your videos.Love it.Its so nice to see so much colour still in your garden.You have had some crazy weather to deal with i hear.Looking forward to watching your Autumn videos.Stay well and look forward to seeing you in your next video.
The colour starting to fade now - except the dahlias. Topsy turvy weather for sure - I love Autumn colour so we'll see how it goes this year, I'm also looking forward to it - peak Autumn here is not till very late October early November. Glad you're seeing great rewards in your garden - and it'll only get better and better as the season progresses.
I have grown lavender since 2018 and the temperature in winter time here is -30°c . Sometimes it can go to -38°cfor about two weeks every year. They are really hardy and survive well. Thank you for sharing this video. It's very informative. I wonder if your lavender Angustefolia is very fragant, because mine has long leaves and the flowers are not so fragant.
Yes they would, but if they are small now maybe transplant into smaller containers while they grow a little bit. Make sure your compost/soil mix is really free draining.
That’s interesting - it certainly appears that English lavender is pretty tough. I’m actually not familiar with Spanish lavender - i’ll google it to have a look at it.
my huge container pot of lavendar did fine in single digit degrees in new york city on our roofgarden last year and expect the same this year. 9 degrees or so
I’m from new Jersey .. my lavender survives and thrives in temperatures that get 1-5 degrees Fahrenheit.. it hasn’t gotten below zero since I begun planting lavender but I’ll let you know
I am in SW Ontario, we do get some cold temps in Winter, and occasionally lower than -15 C. I have a part of one of my plants that had split away, so had to take that part out, not sure why it split. Thx, going to prune my lavender tomorrow. August 8
Hi Paul, love this video thank you. I was going to ask when in the year to prune but you answered that at the end of your video. Do they need cutting back throughout the summer as well?
Hi Paul, I've bought my first 4 bushes of lavender to create a border for my front lawn. I had already prepped the lawn last winter, by using the no-dig method to create lush soil. Into that compost I planted these bushes, about an arm width apart from each other, hoping they'd grow and spread out. They've been in for about 2 weeks, and the two on the left are doing better than the two on the right. The latter look wilted though not dead. I'm assuming my soil is far too lush for them, so can I just spread regular sand on top, or should I mix it in, or spread some stones, or what? I'm a total newbie when it comes to gardening, but I dont want to kill these pretty plants, so please advise! Thank you.
Hi Safi, that's a tricky one. Lavender want really free draining alkaline soil so they don't sit in water - in Winter. Freezing and wet at the same time can kill them. Ideally they want to have sand or grit underneath them. I think 2 weeks is a little early tell what is happening - sometimes plants sit for a number of weeks before 'taking off'. Do water them as it is Summer - the roots don't want to dry out at this stage. I'd leave them for a few more weeks to see what happens. Putting some grit or sand round them and trowelling it in a little certainly won't do any harm. Don't forget you can take cuttings from lavender - check out TH-cam videos on that - it is easy. Good luck.
Hi Paul, I needed this video. Thank you. I’ll be going out later to look at my small 3 pots of lavender.🤣 One day I’ll have a hedge.🤦🏽♀️ Mine over winter as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit. I hope you’ve had a wonderful day.😊🌱♻️
That's great it's been useful to you - when I first planted my hedge it grew really quickly into a nice row of plants joined together - good luck with yours. You'll have to make a video about it. All the best to you.
Paul T's World baby steps.🤣 I will continue to video as the garden progresses and changes. Thank you again. I absolutely love lavender and having more would give me so much more joy. Take care and be safe.😊🌱♻️
I live in zone 6 in the Ozark Mountains US. I have one lavender in the ground and one in a thick pot. They both were planted in the summer of 2019. They both survived. The one in the ground was planted from a 4 inch pot. It is about 24 inches round and has been in bloom since spring. I didn’t know that was possible. It has remained fresh looking with continuous new growth. The one that survived in the pot died back and only 1/3 survived. Its flowers have a deeper lavender color and are a bit larger. But it has not had the aggressive growth like the one in the ground. They were planted a few weeks apart and are different types of lavender. We had a mild winter, and both are on the south side of a 2 story brick home.
Thank you for letting me know about your lavenders Annette. It's quite remarkable how long the one in the ground has been in flower - I'm sure the reflected heat from your brick home helps a great deal in the Winter.
Hope you read this Paul T's World because I could use an explanation. I have 5 large lavender plants that I planted 7 years ago. I have pruned them every spring when I see new growth, cutting at least half the size off if not more. However, this spring I left them alone except for breaking off the old blossom sticks. Low and behold, each entire plant...left alone...put out all new growth and blossoms all over the dead looking stems as though they had been pruned, only keeping the previous large body. All new leaves and blossoms filled up the old stems. I did not have to prune them and they still were gorgeous, only large. Can you tell me why? Thanks!!!
I think it’s because lavender does very well when not pruned. The problem though with not pruning is that the plants will get very leggy and woody quite quickly. Some people don’t prune and get fabulous plants for a few years and then they replace them. The other thing is that sometimes lavender does regrow on old wood but that’s generally after they’ve been pruned really hard. Sounds as though not pruning is working for your plants!
Hi Paul. I’ve started a hidcote lavender hedge here in Edinburgh on my allotment. I’ve found that your pruning tutorial is by far the most instructive I’ve found, thank you. Is the pruning technique the same for my lavender as you’ve explained. Derick.
The only way to slow down the woody growth is to prune back as much as possible but make sure a little new growth is left. Lavender can grow from the base but it’s risky. The other thing is that many people simply replace their lavender every 5 years or so. The big question is when to prune back. The first thing is to prune young plants back - don’t wait till they’re a few years old. In our temperate climate we prune in early August once the blooms fade. In your climate I would clip off the spent blooms in Summer but only make the ‘big’ prune in Spring after your frosts are mostly over - then give a feed. Hope that helps - good luck.
I'm in Sweden and lavender does really well. Gets down to -20°c here. I love it, for lemonades, homemade ice cream, and baking. ❤️
That's good to hear about your lavender - thanks for letting me know Gibby.
Wouldn't have thought to use it lemonades
I’m in Ottawa, Canada, known for being one of the coldest capital cities in the world. I have four beautiful English lavender plants. They have grown and flourished quickly over the four years I’ve had them and our winters can go down to -35 C.
Looks as though lavender is even more hardy than I thought. Thank you for letting me know.
Do you cover it in the winter? I’m close to Toronto and covered mine last year because I had just planted it. I’m not sure if I should cover it this year.
@suziehubbard8665 hi Suzie - do you cover your lavender? Did you cover them when they were new?
I have grown lavender in northern Ontario Canada up to -30C and for 10 years it keeps coming back fuller than ever. I have never trimmed it and it is covered with a blanket of snow from the snow plough that passes by every winter. The plants (8) are bigger than ever, have created a hedge along the front of my property and that attracts thousands of bees. Wish I could send a photo as they are very dramatic and have attracted a lot of attention ... Sandy
Wow, that is incredible and what a sight it must be with all those bees. That is fantastic that lavender survives OK under a nice blanket of snow.
same here
I have been looking for a good lavender pruning tutorial. None fit the bill. This one though delivered exactly what I was looking for and then some!! Awesome job, keep it up!
I am so pleased this is was what you were looking for Seiorai. Thank you for letting me know - I appreciate it.
Super video and fun too. Many thanks. It feels just like I’m walking around your garden with you and you’ve stopped to do a little bit of pruning and tidying..
I love your comment Vivien.
Here near Niagara Falls Canada, I leave my lavender overwinter to enjoy watching the Yellow Finches who come for their seeds. Then, in the Spring, I cut my lavender back hard! It’s a thrill to watch the bees, and beneficial insects flit around & enjoy them, too.
It is so nice to see the birds benefitting from you allowing the lavender to set seed. You certainly know how to look after lavender!
I have 3 different kinds in fabric grow bags and the first time I’ve been somewhat successful. Slow growing but at least growing. I’m in Virginia zone 7a so I think I’ll take your method and leave them till Spring to cut back. Early or late Spring do you think is best? Thank you for sharing.
@@paultsworld I forgot to ask how many hours of sun a day? The ones I have, munstead and English seem to grow better in shade during our intense afternoon high humidity & 90deg summer heat but they’re first year plants. Still a less than novice gardener and know without a doubt as soon as I plant them in the ground they’ll die either from underground critters or wet feet.
@@adriankap2978I would cut them back when the worst of your frosts have finished - maybe late Spring would be prudent.
Traditionally we think of lavender wanting full sun but that’s in England where the Summer temperatures are not that hot. They grow these plants commercially in the South of France right out in open fields so they can certainly take plenty of sun. But I think your Summers are hotter still so maybe more like 6 hours. They also do like a reasonable amount of water in Summer - but of course not with wet feet in Winter.
Good luck. Paul T
We have been successfully growing English lavender - Lavandula Angustifolia 'Hidcote' as well as 'Munstead' s for the last few years in our front and backyard in Eastern, Canada. I was told that these two varieties of English Lavender are better suited for our climate where temperature can go as low as -31°C in Dec, Jan, and Feb. Plants are doing very well and thriving. Love the way English Lavender smells so serene and relaxing, has always been my favourite 😊😎
Glad you are having success with the hardier English lavender and thank you for letting me know it can survive -31C.
Hi Paul. Thank you for the much needed video. I could almost smell the wonderful lavender scent while you were trimming the plants. Have a good day!
Hi Jane, yes - the scent is quite a bonus. All the best.
not bringing them to market i guess
Beautiful photography at the beginning. And in my garden those tiny little buds in the wood do grow well. I cut my lavender back really hard and it's doing well-
Thank you Alexandra. I'm pleased your lavender grows well from those tiny buds as I'm going to try taking my oldest (and favourite) one right back to a few inches from the ground and see what happens.
Loved you opening on English Lavender, I'm planting a small garden with some, liked that you left the bed looking natural shaped. Thank you for the tips and the laughs, the shots of the pollinators were great!
Hi Becky, so glad you liked my video and for letting me know. That's exciting putting in new plants - let me know how your lavenders do.
I'm in the high Desert in Nevada. I have over wintered lavendar, with snow, I didn't prune before winter, but I did just before spring. It always came back 3+ years. I also had mumms that came back 100% bigger the next year after winter (in ground) I also had gladiolous that I would just lay fall leafes and hay over winter and they did great 👍
That’s so interesting, thank you.
So you over-Winter mumms in the ground? I buried them for the Winter. Perhaps I should just leave them - although normally here we have them in pots and they probably wouldn’t do so well in pots during the Winter.
Nice presentation Paul. Unlike some experienced gardeners, you are down to earth and straight to the point. I'm sure there's a pun in there somewhere.
Thanks Derek.
Paul, thank you for your lovely informative videos. I garden in zone 5 in the suburbs of the Denver area in Colorado. I have grown lavender for many, many years. After they have bloomed I will prune them back so I get another flush of colour. And then I leave them for the winter. Any time between the middle of February to late February going into March I will literally take electric shears to them and cut those English lavenders back to about 2 inches above the ground. Yes, into the old wood. I have found that by doing this the plants come back so full and healthy with fresh new foliage and you don't have that hard woody base to them. I have done this for years and they always come back. Our zone 5 temperatures are supposed to be down to -10 to -20 Fahrenheit. Lavender in my garden is on a dry slope and a more gravelly soil so they last many many years. In fact I have a lot of them reseeding as they just love it on my back hill. I have cut back many lavender plants over the years not only in my garden but in the gardens that I take care of.
That is so interesting - I've been tempted to do that with the two very large (and my favourite lavenders) right at the end of the hedge next to the potentilla. It's a case of replacing them or cutting them right back. Thank you for explaining what you do and how successful it's been for you - fabulous!
@@paultsworld in your case Paul, I would prune those two Lavenders back in the spring perhaps not not to 2 inches because you have some very, very old wood there, but to perhaps 6in above the ground. Since you were planning on removing them anyway, this might be a great experiment for you. 😁
@@bluesky7226 Thank you - very good suggestion. I might try one now and one in Spring as a full experiment.
When you cut yours right back do you look to see if you can see small leaf buds or will they "appear out of nowhere" after you have cut back?
@@paultsworld yes, they do appear out of nowhere! 🤣🤣 It will be a fabulous experiment for you!
bluesky7226 Great - thank you for your advice and experience.
Hi Paul, Thank you for the lovely instructional video. I have 3-year-old lavender plants that have overwintered here in Anaconda, Montana quite well. The low temperature this year was -19 F on the 23rd of February. We average around 3 feet of snow per year but the first year I planted the lavender we got 3 feet in one week! I made the mistake of over-pruning a lavender plant last year and it didn't come back which is why I am here now. Very excited to try starting lavender this winter from the seed I collected (indoors of course). I hope to try starting a few cuttings this fall as well. I want to create a hedge along the perimeter of my vegetable garden as the deer don't seem to bother the lavender at all. Cheers for bringing us along to your garden!
Hi Sheryl, thank you - and good luck with your hedge, lovely idea. Once you get things right I know lavender will be OK with all the snow. Nice idea to get going with cuttings - have you seen my other video on lavender where I show the seeds growing in my path in sand? th-cam.com/video/vNbcOdor9Pk/w-d-xo.html
One of my favorite scents in the world!!!!! Lavander!, even as tea i love it! 😊👍😎❤️
It is special isn't it. In England we put it in with the clothes so they smell nice in the cupboard. 😊
Great video! Thank you so so much for showing pruning of young plants and fully established lavender plants! You were very detailed, but also to the point! Also I loved the extra info about keeping happy plants through winter:)
Thank you - so pleased my video was useful.
I just bought English lavender and learning how to take care of it. I don’t have much of a green thumb but I’m trying. Love the smell of them and the benefits lavender provides, plan on getting more. Your channel is good help here.
Glad my video was helpful - good luck, well worth the effort.
Thank you Paul! I am gearing up for my first lavender plant for my new home and this video is exactly what I needed to take care of them :)
You are welcome Natasha. I hope you are very happy in your new home - with lots of lavender!
@@paultsworld thank you! Can I ask how long it took for the little pots to become a full bush?
@@TashaGothard I would say two years but it does depend when you repot them. If you leave them in a small pot too long they will just sit there waiting - then soon as they are put in a bigger pot they really grow fast.
They do like a more alkaline soil- and of course really well drained.
Finally, an easy to follow guide on hidcote! Thanks Paul 😄
You’re welcome Sarah. 👍
Just enjoy your garden so much. So beautiful blooms everywhere 🌸🌺🌼🌻
That's great - I'll bet your hydrangeas are looking fabulous as well.
I live in Québec, Canada, where our winters can get brutally cold -- easily -25 C and even colder still! I've had several English lavender plants in my garden for years that have actually thrived -- and this without any maintenance on my part, although a couple do look somewhat weather-beaten now. I regret not taking care of them better from the beginning and will definitely be incorporating your pruning techniques!
Thank you for letting me know - lavender are even hardier than I thought.
You will be rewarded with a set pruning regime and they’ll thrive longer.
I think a butterfly must have left that buddleia seed in your lavender pot.
I didn't notice that until now.
I'm in love with your garden. You are such lovely man. And handsome.
Thanks
A superb watch and listen Paul and lovely to see bees on your lavender whilst you are pruning away. Thank you. 😊👍
Cheers Paul, your comment is appreciated.
I live in upstate new york , we had a winter 3 years ago that had a temperatures down to -17 , for about a week , my lavender all did fine . We also had 100+ inches of snow , which I believe helped insulate and protect them . I grow sweet romance and munstead
Thank you Erik, that is so interesting that lavender can withstand severe cold - helped by the snow.
Big boost in subscribers now Paul, nicely done mate and well deserved.
Thanks Dan, it's very encouraging.
Growing lavender in Chicago for past 3 years. It gets down to - 20 F here.
Thank you for letting me know - it certainly is a tough plant.
Quebec here near Montreal. Grows well for me but I also lost some lavender twice when it was a very mixed precipitation in January. Freezing rain snow rain back to snow and freezing rain again. So now I wrap it up and so far so good.
Thank you - well done keeping your lavender in difficult Winters
I also started off with a secateur, when boredom kick in, I grab a shear. At about 40 meters to go I was whacking it with a strimmer. I thought I was doing it wrong hence watching your video and found out the same approach. Thanks for sharing
Well done, lavender is pretty tough.
Total asmr with the sweeping n cutting. Great video
Glad you liked it I appreciate your nice comment.
I was so reluctant to prune the huge lavender bush until last winter. I will be braver this year after watching your video. I'm from Toronto, Canada and we have very harsh winter. My lavender is 6 years old.
What you could do if you are concerned about your Winter is simply take off the flower stalks once the blooms have finished, then prune back quite hard (down to a new leaves) in the late Spring once your major frosts are over. This way the plant is protected during the Winter and you can see where the new leaves are coming up.
Your uploads make me smile. I'm a new SUBBY 😊 love your humor and greetings from America
Welcome to my channel Maiya and thank you for subbing.
cool.
now i am completely confident how to prune lavender plants. I intuitively started to do the way you describe and show, but then my mind got in the way.
thank you very much
Thank you - glad my video was useful for you.
Watching this video at the right time 😅 I’ll prune mine tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing
Glad it was useful.
I just love your sense of humor 💚
That's so nice - thank you Mar.
I'm in the state of Iowa in the USA, we have had winters that reach -20 Fahrenheit and our lavender does wonderful
That’s great to know - they must be tougher than they look!
Here in Scotland with temperatures of -23°C and even colder our lavender has come through its first winter we cut back in September and left it alone not even covered. It is coming on strong and healthy.
Thank you for letting me know - it appears lavender is tougher than I thought.
I”m from alpine region of Slovenia: we got -20C this winter and lavender was more beautiful than ever...
Thank you for letting me know - I hadn’t realised lavender were so tough.
I haven't tried planting lavender. But they look lovely. Looking at your takes away my stress
Gardens are indeed a great place to relax and unwind - I'm so pleased watching my garden videos helps with this Ritchel. Have you watched my video "Relax in my English Garden watching the birds taking a bath" - I have another video which is a nice stress buster "Relax in the English Lake District - Derwentwater".
@@paultsworld I'll watch it very soon.
I am in love with your channel, or better put, with your world haha. You are such a kind lovely man! Thank you for your beautiful and relaxing videos!
Thank you - so pleased you enjoy my videos.
I’d love all those lavender flowers to make lovely lavender and mint tea, around the home and bath. I just love the smell of lavender.
That’s ideal to use the flowers in those ways - I should do that.
@@paultsworld Display the lavenders upside down make an impressive display around the kitchen window. And lavender makes a lovely herb tea.
@@paulaivens8063 that sounds easy to do - thank you for the tip.
I’m in South Korea where it can get up to -20 degrees during Winter. My English Lavender survived during last Winter. All I did was insulate the ground with some foliage and rice husks. :)
That’s good you can grow English lavender in your climate - with a little clever insulation!
I love English Lavender.
They are so fragrant and beautiful !
Definitely you deserve some of this blessed plant in your room. Arrange them in a spaced jar with some water in the bottom end you will find it quite comforting in your sleep. I'd say it's best when placed alongside the bedside table. ❤️
Thank you Sir Paul, the English man. I've had successfully grown English Lavender from seed before.🥰 They were shocked after the transplant, as the soil torned apart due to the rock sandy mixture. I noticed that this plant is very sensitive to watering and the root system is quite fragile. But even at the tests I've made with different lavenders there were lots of learnings out of it. I'd say the English is highly fragrant apart from other L. ANGUSTIFOLIAS and lavender varieties.
Sending blessings of hope and love for you and your family.
From South America, a friend, Isaac Iohan.
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Thank you Isaac for such an informative comment on lavender.
Hello! English lavender survives the Upstate New York winter which does go below minus 15 degree centigrade-in fact as low as minus 28 degree centigrade! Always enjoyed your videos and please keep them coming!
That's a really interesting comment Wenyi. So tell me - when do you prune your lavender so that it survives your Winter?
Paul T's World In the past I have just let the snowfall take care of pruning and as a result the plants got quit woody. Early Spring this year I pruned the plants very aggressively and it put on a decent growth. However, for the new lavender plants I added this year I will start following your advice and prune them now in August! Thank you!
Please excuse the typos as I’m typing on my phone. Quite, not quit.
@@luzia5151 Lavender certainly can get woody quickly - let me know how it goes next year.
I'm forever hitting the wrong key on these small keypads.
I’m in Ottawa, Canada zone 5a and my English lavender is growing nicely for the past 6 years.
I can see it is a tough plant and good to know you are enjoying it flowering in Z5a.
@@paultsworld I believe many plants are adaptable, like not overwatering so they stretch their feet deeper. Just consider what frost has done to our Niagara Falls vineyards, producing top notch Ice Wines.
@@JudyChristensen-v4o I agree - that’s the key. It’s the combination of too wet and cold that kills the plants.
Great to hear your vineyards are doing so well.
Cutting them back looks painful and brutal, but knowing that it will help actually the plants, so I just held back my tears lol
Ha, that's funny Dandee - the lavender will forgive me - but probably not till June next year 😃
@@paultsworld I bet, and I would understand them :D :) :)
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It's early October here in Ohio, USA and one of my Lavender plants (in the ground) is still blooming (we haven't yet had a frost). Although the two plants I have are quite leggy, I won't prune until next spring. Never knew anything about pruning Lavender before I saw your tutorial, so thank you, glad I saw this.
So pleased you’ve found my video useful, pruning in Spring will be good for your plants.
@@paultsworld It's still mild out so I just may prune the Lavender back a little, certainly not like you did. But because I've never pruned, there's a lot more leaf than flower and I think it may fare better with less weight to it under our deep snow. We normally get socked with several deep, wet, heavy snowfalls. What do you think?
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You should prune it now* ! Don't leave until next Spring ! Pruning then, you won't get the any of those Beautiful Lavender Flowers !!!
You want the Lavender Plant to be really compact and round in shape, so it doesn't collapse open with Snow etc. That will kill it ! So Prune all spent flowers and Green Growth to about 3 Inches above the Woody part. Domed Top, and shorter narrow sides !!!
Never prune back to the Wood, it will kill it pronto. Added lots of Grit and Sand to the ground around the Plant. This stops Rain and damp weather from the plant lower stems from Rotting or getting Mildew.
Hope this helps, from Scotland.
I'm still trimming my own Lavender, while it's above 10C of 50F. My Bees love Lavender and so do I. 👍
* Strike some Cuttings from the cut off growth, in a Pot of 70% Sand and 30% Peat free Compost. Add Pot into a Clear Tote, and lid the Box at the Base, or Clear Bag over it, as a Temporary Greenhouse.
Your cuttings will still root before Winter ! Keep them in a Shelter Area, and plant up next Spring ! Win, win...
My Grandmother had in South England, Lavender Plants that were over 40 Years old.... If you Plant and Prune correctly.
And give them a good Feed just after trimming them.
I use Slow Release Feed Granules mixed in Sand, and dust into right around each Plant. Simples....
Off to eat Lavender Honey.🐝 😊
@@ME_MeAndMyBees Thank you for all your info. Heading off to prune now!
I was laughing when he took out the saw 🤣 with the sound effect of the lavender screaming 😂 love it! Definitely subbed!
A question! When do we prune it if its in a tropical country? Would appreciate an answerrr 🙏
Hello Sara, so pleased you enjoyed my very nervous lavender 😀. Welcome to my channel!
I don’t have experience of lavender in the tropics however I think a good time would be just after flowering. They’ve already flowered so would be ready to put on healthy growth after being pruned - and so prepared for the next round of flower spikes.
I read this as it came up 😂
Love your energy 😃 very useful and informative video! Thanks for sharing it 👍🏼 New friend here, let’s stay connected 👋🏻
Thank you for watching!
Thank u; great vid as usual. Last week I was about to send u a message asking u if u can do a vid about how to find young lavender plants and ping goes my bell and u dropped a vid about exactly that so cheers. And today while sitting in my garden enjoying a refreshing pint if cold Guiness I was wondering if I should prune my dry looking Lavander and how to go about it and here u r dropped an exact clear brilliantly done vid. So cheers for that. I guess my luck is in super drive so I'm off to buy the lottery 🤣🤣🤣😉😉. Cant wait for the pond vid.
I appreciate that Reza. Let me know how the lottery works out for you - you are on a roll! Pond video on it's way. 😉
Paul, My home is at 4000 ft. altitude near the Canadian border in latitude. The average rainfall is 12" of rain a year, dry highland grasslands. The snow cover is erratic from year to year. Some years no cover. It certainly seems that the temperatures have moderated over the last 50 years. I have no way to verify this now, but I had English lavender planted on the south side of my home, on a rocky bank that surely wintered between -20 to -30 degrees. I think the site and culture are the clues to success in more challenging climates. The low temperatures here seem more in the -15 to -20 range now. I have my plants sited on the East/ SE side of my home on dry rocky slopes. Of course, I irrigate during the summers but they are sited in thin poor well-draining soil. No wonder you must plant them in specially provided sand elsewhere! Everyone has many little ecosystems in their location. Each side of a building is an opportunity. Where are your warm protected spots? Where does the water drain? Your roof eves can enable shade lovers wanting wetter feet., even more important, where does your cold and frost drain? It acts like a river of water as well. I love English Lavender.
Hello Marie, thank you for your very interesting comment. I can see you are totally attuned to your garden and the various areas which experience differing conditions. An excellent reminder for us all to consider what plants we put where - and why.
I have lavender that overwintered this past year in Duluth MN uncovered by a plastic hoop and it came back. Normally in the winter, I cover my herb garden with PVC hoops covered with 4mm plastic sheeting, but didn’t this past winter due to illness. I am happy to report that all my perennial herbs survived this past winter and are greening up nicely. We got to 25 F below zero this winter but had a early snow cover, so that may have helped.
That’s a relief everything survived. Thank you for letting me know how you usually over-Winter the herbs.
Wow, great video, didn't realize we can be so aggressive in trimming lavender! I grow English lavender Hidcote & Munstead in my small garden in Ontario, Canada, along the St. Laurence River in zone 5. Gets quite cold here but my lavender survives. As others have indicated, we get a fair amount of snow so I think that helps a lot. Lots of hot sun in the summer & can get quite dry so no soggy soil. Thanks for a great video. This is the best video I've seen on pruning lavender!! Wow!!
I am so pleased you found my video useful and thank you for letting me know you are successful growing your lavender in zone 5.
@@paultsworld There is a Lavender Farm west of me a few hours west of where I live & they would be in the same zone 5 & it is a beautiful place to visit. They usually have a festival in the summer. Heavenly!! They make essential oils & their Lavender Essential Oil is the best I have ever purchased.
That's great you not only are able to grow lavender but even have lavender festivals.
I grow in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA. It gets pretty cold here in the winter. -30 last winter and my lavender is looking great this spring. My plants are about 3 years old and flourishing. I did cut some of the woody stalk last year because they were out of control and growing into the sidewalk. No issues, plant is doing great.
That’s brilliant your lavenders do so well in a harsh Winter. Thank you for letting me know Angela.
Really? I always heard they can't stand the cold. -30 F is crazy how long did that lasted? Did you mulch 3 feet?
Here is one plant that I would love to have in the garden if my daughter was not allergic to it....I love plants with spiky flowers, scented, pollinators 🧲....and blue/purple tone. So instead of lavender, I planted salvia. You started with scissors to motorized saw....😂. Love ❤️ 👍🤩
Tracy - that's a great idea planting salvia - I should get some. The 'motorised saw' is new so shame not to test it out 🤣
Thank you sir,you 've been so helpful as I knew nothing about pruning my lavenders...Just subscribed! Greetings from Greece🙏🌹🌻🐞
Thank you Anastasia - I am very pleased you found my video helpful….and welcome to my channel 👍 🇬🇷
Excellent photography! Everything grows well in your garden !
Thank you. However not everything grows well - I've had at least my fair share of failures!
Paul T's World That made me feel a bit relieved 😅
Someone has the giggles 😀 I like the refined way you began with your secateurs, gathering the lavender into perfect bunches for drying, but by the end you were annihilating the poor plants with a hedge cutter!! But thank you! I think I know how to prune both old and new lavender bushes now 👍
But I love my hedge cutter 😂. The beauty of your lovely mild Winters is you can prune whenever you want. You are very kind, I am pretty sure you are a very experienced gardener.
@@paultsworld Your hedge cutter is like the " Bad guy" in your videos! You need to give him a name like " Horace ". I'm not as experienced as I'd like to be Paul but thanks to great videos like the one you just posted I'm sure I'll get there.! Got to go out now and continue my post storm Ellen clean up! Hope she doesnt decide to pay you a visit !
Horace's reputation precedes him. Oh, thanks for Ellen by the way - she's just knocking on the door right now. 😱
@@paultsworld You're welcome 😀
I love your videos and your humor. thank you.
I'm really glad you like my videos Barbara - thank you for letting me know, it's very encouraging for me.
Enjoyed your video and informative!
I just got them for the first time , 14cm pots to Plant them however hot days here in Australia are holding me to plant them directly in the soil.
Good luck with your lavender - I don't know how hot they like it. They do grow well in the hot dry areas in Provence in the South of France. Maybe try one of them and see how they do?
Great intro! Absolutely loved the camera angle on the tosses of the tops on the ground...awesome idea. With the hand trimmers, I was thinking it would take quite some time to knock out all of that pruning. THEN, you pull out the hedge trimmers, and I knew they were done for. THEN, you pulled out the Big Guns, and I knew immediately that it wasn't a fair fight. :P I love the pebbles on the tops of the growing pots.
Nice work, Paul!!
I like a choice of implements - particularly my new battery powered clippers! All the best Nate.
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I saw that, Paul! You left the tag on it! 😜
Sleep well!
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Am attempting to overwinter my small, potted, English lavender here in the prairies of Canada!
Last night our temps dropped to -40C (with the windchill).
My baby is indoors, so we'll see how it goes over the next few months!
Wow, that is cold! If you bring it indoors put it in the coldest unheated place you can - you don’t want it putting on any growth over Winter. Good luck
Does well here in Oklahoma. It doesn't get that cold normally but it handles the 38 degrees Celsius summer well!
That's good to know how resilient lavender is and that it enjoys your Summer temperatures.
Great video, Ill be honest I've never pruned any of my lavender but come the end of summer I now no exactly what to do
Thanks so much
Glad you liked the video. If you have cold Winters, best to do the pruning as soon as the flowers fade.
I Just bought some lavender yesterday and I’m going to put it in my flower bed I heard the bees love lavender and we have a veggie garden to
You are correct - lavender is one of the best plants to attract bees.
Grow your lavender from seed
Growing lavender in Pennsylvania. Our spring and summers get pretty wet here but my lavender has lasted for the last 5 years. It did also survive wet cold winter, ice and thaw and below 0F temps.
Thank you Maria, just what I wanted to know. Could I ask you, do you prune them after they flower or wait till Spring?
Paul T's World I only prune off the long flower stems before winter. I personally do not touch the branches until spring when I start to see a little growth. Winter does decimate some of the branches, so they are not as full as yours. I probably have an unconventional approach to pruning. Since it is really easy to prune off branches that look completely dead, I sometimes do 2 sets of pruning in the spring. The first one is smaller. When I see a tiny growth (mid April), I clean out the leaves and shake out the plant from the dried up lavender leaves. I cut the ends of obviously dead brown branches, I do the second larger pruining when growth have started (mid to end of May) I clean up the branches that did not make it anywhere after the first pruning and to tidy up the plant.
@@dolnam4577 That's a thoughtful system you've got based on your climate and it obviously works really well. I can see how you get the most from your lavender.
Thank you for letting me know how it's done when there's a possibility of a really cold and wet Winter.
Lovely , your videos are encouraging and very informative for a beginner like me, I am learning so much, thank you!
I am so pleased the videos are helpful to you Jeanette - thank you for letting me know.
Thank you for this video. Growing Munstead Lavender in Wisconsin, zone 5b for a few years successfully. I’m delighted (hold my breath a little) when it comes back after our harsh winters. Can you deadhead the flowers to encourage another bloom cycle. I have far fewer plants than you (so far).
I am amazed at how hardy Munstead is. Zone 5b - that’s brilliant.
I have heard that lavender can flower twice but I’ve never tried it - our lavender doesn’t finish flowering till early August so no time really for a second flush.
You are very good aren't you🪴I like this video it's really very helpful indeed. Thank you
Thank you Karen - so nice of you. 🌸
I live in New England in the US. Our absolute low temperature over the past 5 years has hit around -13F (-25C). I grow English Lavender "Essence Purple" and it has done fine.
Thank you for letting me know your Essence Purple is doing well for you in your climate. I haven't heard of that variety before.
I also live in New England in the US. My lavender survived the kind of mid-winter lows described above for several years, covered with snow and dormant. But, a few years after I planted them, we had a wet spring between March-April (a time we refer to as mud season because the snow thaws and saturates the ground). Temperatures hovered between 20F - 40F with heavy rain, and I think the cold, wet feet killed all of them.
Uuuff that electric hedge trimmer, but great job. I love these late summer jobs it makes me look forward to cooler weather and autumn. Love the slow motion insects at the start of the video
That battery hedge trimmer is one of my favourite toys! There is just starting to be a slight feel of Autumn in the air - hope Summer makes a comeback for a week or two in September.
You probably will get a few days in September. I always remember back to school days in Ireland as being balmy. Here in Spain we have been in the mid to high 30s for weeks now and the plants are looking very tired (and the gardener as well)
It's always nice to have extra Summer in September. Your temperatures have been a bit high - ours are nicely in the lower 20's - and rain at night, bravo!
🙋♀️I have 6 lavenders , they doing good in my garden 🎉the coldest is -20 here 🇨🇦. I still remember the first time I prune my lavender make me worried. Not sure if I did right. Until next spring 😂, now I know how to do with , thank you 😂 great video 🎉
That's really interesting Flowerwind. I presume your lavenders are the English lavender the same as mine? When is the best time to prune for you in your hard Winters - now or Spring?
Paul T's World now I am not sure if is the same lavender as yours 😂 when I bought, there’s a label shows English lavender. I look at your video, the flowers look the same. This year I prune it on early July ( harvest), now the new flowers are come out 🎉
It does sound the same - it's the hardiest one. You are getting nice late flowers.
Paul T's World thank you 😊
I'm in Minnesota. We have a community garden that has had lavender since I started gardening there 4 years ago (my 5th season). They overwinter, and we have some of the hardest winter conditions in the continental US, down to -20F and -40F with wind chill. The area is protected on two sides by a school, but we also get maybe an average of 3 feet of snow, so it piles up on the plants. I have recently been assigned to take care of the area where the lavender is growing, so I am trying to learn more about it. Our lavender is woody, and I suspect English lavender.
Thank you for letting me know that your lavender is surviving such cold Winter temperatures - it looks as though English lavender is pretty tough and ideal for all sorts of climate.
Thanks for sharing. How is your pond life doing? I love all of your videos, but those are my favorites 😁
Hello Vicki, I'll get a pond video done - I know you love wildlife ponds 😊. Please remind me - do you have yours already or are you doing it next year?
Thanks so much for this very useful video. I have half a dozen lavenders bought this year in four inch pots, nice strong plants. The have gone into three different sized pots large ones and one of them is in a raised bed, it has done best of the lot. The least strong one gets the least sunshine. They have grown amazingly well, needed little to no attention and have been covered in bees from the day the first flowers arrived. I am very sad to have to cut them back, the bees have been a joy. The seeds are already earmarked for a friend, and I am hoping to prune these back, let them grow for the rest of the year and plant five of then direct into the ground come next spring. The soil where they will be planted is quite rough and dry, I had thought of adding something. My best plant this year is in John Innes number 2, I think, the moser sandy free draining one. Will this be suitable for them or will they need more grit? Great video, such a help….
Your lavenders are growing so well in your care. Always feels a shame to cut them back but they’ll be back next year.
How about adding some grit but right at the bottom of the hole so the plant is sitting on it. It all really depends on the general type of soil you have. If it’s clay (that will hold a lot of moisture in the Winter) then add a lot of grit.
Good luck!
Thanks for the lesson on pruning lavender Paul. I too would like to know the low temperature limit for lavender.,as I live in central Minnesota. I would love to make a hedge like yours in front of my rose bed,but I think I’ll have to settle for a few pots instead and overwinter them in the house and hope they will survive.
Thank you Douglas. In the comments here Flowerwind has said that the lavender survives OK in the garden in Canada at -20c (-5f) So I wonder if you would be OK. Just apply the golden rules: sandy soil and English Lavender Angustifolia. Good luck and let me know if you decide to have a go.
I will experiment and try to plant in the ground and in pots., worth a try . I would love a hint of the Mediterranean in the garden . Thanks again for the video .
Wenyi has just mentioned in the comments that lavender survives in Upstate New York at 5f to even down to -18f. So I think it could work.
@@paultsworld great to know!! I plan on growing lavender this spring in a pot on my patio; should I bring the pot inside my garage over winter or cover and keep on the patio? It gets as cold as -10 where I’m from
Friends of mine have lavender here. During the winter it can get below 20 degrees celcius, but there are not many cold days like that. There are many more days that are below 15 degrees Celsius and their lavender thrives. I usually get a fresh sachet every year after August.
That's good to know Peter that your friends are growing lavender with such cold Winters. Thanks!
Hello Paul.Sorry its been a while but I have tried to keep up with you.I have been a glutton for punishment and have spent weeks moving truck loads of new soil and compost through the property.im knackered to say the least.Your garden still looks amazing.ive had no luck with lavender.It always gets woody and I overprune,then I kill it.I can see I have been too agressive.Spring is here.Daffolils are out and roses are budding beautifully.Hope you and your family are keeping well
I knew you were really busy Yvonne - truck loads of soil sounds quite a job, but it will be so worth it when you are relaxing in the heat with your feet up in January surveying all you've created. You've waited ages for Spring and now the daffodils are out, time for a short break? All the best, Paul
Thankyou Paul.yes you are right.I wonder at times why I do these things,then I see thee rewards of my efforts and all is well.Im really enjoying seeing your cheeky side coming out in your videos.Love it.Its so nice to see so much colour still in your garden.You have had some crazy weather to deal with i hear.Looking forward to watching your Autumn videos.Stay well and look forward to seeing you in your next video.
The colour starting to fade now - except the dahlias. Topsy turvy weather for sure - I love Autumn colour so we'll see how it goes this year, I'm also looking forward to it - peak Autumn here is not till very late October early November. Glad you're seeing great rewards in your garden - and it'll only get better and better as the season progresses.
I have grown lavender since 2018 and the temperature in winter time here is -30°c . Sometimes it can go to -38°cfor about two weeks every year. They are really hardy and survive well. Thank you for sharing this video. It's very informative. I wonder if your lavender Angustefolia is very fragant, because mine has long leaves and the flowers are not so fragant.
Being able to grow lavender in these cold temperatures is good news. The Angustifolia is quite fragrant.
Oh, my! My 24 English Lavender plants came in. Will they grow and flourish in 5 gallon buckets? Love your video. A little bit of humor is great❣
Yes they would, but if they are small now maybe transplant into smaller containers while they grow a little bit. Make sure your compost/soil mix is really free draining.
So clearly explained. Thank you so much. Altlast Understood after watching tons of youtube Videos 🙏🏽
You’re welcome - so glad you found my video helpful.
I am in Zone 5 in Canada and I have overwintered lavender in the ground over the past couple years. I have English and Spanish lavender.
That’s interesting - it certainly appears that English lavender is pretty tough.
I’m actually not familiar with Spanish lavender - i’ll google it to have a look at it.
This was simultaneously super helpful and hilarious :') Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed my video.
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my huge container pot of lavendar did fine in single digit degrees in new york city on our roofgarden last year and expect the same this year. 9 degrees or so
Thank you for letting me know, It’s interesting that lavender can withstand some quite cold temperatures.
I’m from new Jersey .. my lavender survives and thrives in temperatures that get 1-5 degrees Fahrenheit.. it hasn’t gotten below zero since I begun planting lavender but I’ll let you know
Thank you for letting me know about your lavenders. That’s pretty cold - seems as though these plants are tough.
I am in SW Ontario, we do get some cold temps in Winter, and occasionally lower than -15 C. I have a part of one of my plants that had split away, so had to take that part out, not sure why it split. Thx, going to prune my lavender tomorrow. August 8
Thank you for letting me know yours do OK in -15c.
Thank you for explaining this for me!
You are most welcome.
Not tried this but will try tomorrow and see how mine get on
Glad my video was useful - good luck
Late August then. Thank you for the great tips!
You're welcome!
Hi! I live in Toronto (Canada). And my English lavender has grown back 3 years in a row now. And our temperature drops down to -28 degrees.
Hello Marilyn,
That’s brilliant the lavender is doing well for you and managing even when it drops so cold. Thanks for letting me know.
@@paultsworld You're welcome! Thanks for your great video on pruning--I learned a lot!
I am pleased - thank you.
Hi Paul, love this video thank you. I was going to ask when in the year to prune but you answered that at the end of your video. Do they need cutting back throughout the summer as well?
Hi Tom, glad the video was useful.
Don't cut them back through the summer - just a good prune straight after they've flowered and that's it.
Hi Paul, I've bought my first 4 bushes of lavender to create a border for my front lawn. I had already prepped the lawn last winter, by using the no-dig method to create lush soil. Into that compost I planted these bushes, about an arm width apart from each other, hoping they'd grow and spread out. They've been in for about 2 weeks, and the two on the left are doing better than the two on the right. The latter look wilted though not dead. I'm assuming my soil is far too lush for them, so can I just spread regular sand on top, or should I mix it in, or spread some stones, or what? I'm a total newbie when it comes to gardening, but I dont want to kill these pretty plants, so please advise! Thank you.
Hi Safi, that's a tricky one. Lavender want really free draining alkaline soil so they don't sit in water - in Winter. Freezing and wet at the same time can kill them.
Ideally they want to have sand or grit underneath them. I think 2 weeks is a little early tell what is happening - sometimes plants sit for a number of weeks before 'taking off'.
Do water them as it is Summer - the roots don't want to dry out at this stage. I'd leave them for a few more weeks to see what happens. Putting some grit or sand round them and trowelling it in a little certainly won't do any harm.
Don't forget you can take cuttings from lavender - check out TH-cam videos on that - it is easy. Good luck.
Hi Paul, I needed this video. Thank you. I’ll be going out later to look at my small 3 pots of lavender.🤣 One day I’ll have a hedge.🤦🏽♀️ Mine over winter as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit. I hope you’ve had a wonderful day.😊🌱♻️
That's great it's been useful to you - when I first planted my hedge it grew really quickly into a nice row of plants joined together - good luck with yours. You'll have to make a video about it. All the best to you.
Paul T's World baby steps.🤣 I will continue to video as the garden progresses and changes. Thank you again. I absolutely love lavender and having more would give me so much more joy. Take care and be safe.😊🌱♻️
@@ClausenWorld I'll look forward to the new videos. 🌱
Paul T's World 😊 thank you, I’m honored.😊🌱♻️
This video is so wholesome
Glad you enjoyed my video.
I live in zone 6 in the Ozark Mountains US. I have one lavender in the ground and one in a thick pot. They both were planted in the summer of 2019. They both survived. The one in the ground was planted from a 4 inch pot. It is about 24 inches round and has been in bloom since spring. I didn’t know that was possible. It has remained fresh looking with continuous new growth. The one that survived in the pot died back and only 1/3 survived. Its flowers have a deeper lavender color and are a bit larger. But it has not had the aggressive growth like the one in the ground. They were planted a few weeks apart and are different types of lavender. We had a mild winter, and both are on the south side of a 2 story brick home.
Thank you for letting me know about your lavenders Annette. It's quite remarkable how long the one in the ground has been in flower - I'm sure the reflected heat from your brick home helps a great deal in the Winter.
Really great tip. Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome!
Hope you read this Paul T's World because I could use an explanation. I have 5 large lavender plants that I planted 7 years ago. I have pruned them every spring when I see new growth, cutting at least half the size off if not more. However, this spring I left them alone except for breaking off the old blossom sticks. Low and behold, each entire plant...left alone...put out all new growth and blossoms all over the dead looking stems as though they had been pruned, only keeping the previous large body. All new leaves and blossoms filled up the old stems. I did not have to prune them and they still were gorgeous, only large. Can you tell me why? Thanks!!!
I think it’s because lavender does very well when not pruned. The problem though with not pruning is that the plants will get very leggy and woody quite quickly.
Some people don’t prune and get fabulous plants for a few years and then they replace them.
The other thing is that sometimes lavender does regrow on old wood but that’s generally after they’ve been pruned really hard.
Sounds as though not pruning is working for your plants!
Hi Paul. I’ve started a hidcote lavender hedge here in Edinburgh on my allotment. I’ve found that your pruning tutorial is by far the most instructive I’ve found, thank you. Is the pruning technique the same for my lavender as you’ve explained.
Derick.
Hi Derick, I'm really pleased my pruning tutorial was helpful. Yes, the pruning is the same for Hidcote.
@@paultsworld many thanks for your help Paul.
I am in Oregon USA. We get to about 17-18 Fahrenheit. What I would love to learn is how to keep the plants from becoming so woody underneath
The only way to slow down the woody growth is to prune back as much as possible but make sure a little new growth is left.
Lavender can grow from the base but it’s risky. The other thing is that many people simply replace their lavender every 5 years or so.
The big question is when to prune back.
The first thing is to prune young plants back - don’t wait till they’re a few years old.
In our temperate climate we prune in early August once the blooms fade.
In your climate I would clip off the spent blooms in Summer but only make the ‘big’ prune in Spring after your frosts are mostly over - then give a feed.
Hope that helps - good luck.
@@paultsworld thank you so much