Lavender advice needed please

[weekendwellies]

I would like to get some lavender going on my lottie to provide a bit of a border between me and neighbour and to provide shelter for wildlife and the bees love it.
Is it best to grow from seed or get plugs?

The edge is about 30foot long so I don't expect to fill it all straight away. I would happily wait a few years and take cuttings to fill in the gaps.

What do you recommend.

[binley100]

I grew some from seed last year , but they've disappeared. I've been told they are hard to germinate. At the moment I'm try to get some cuttings to root without much success ( tried the galss of water and in soil).
I'd get some plugs. Sometimes B&Q do a pack of 6 small is plants for a reasonable amount.

[Flummery]

I've not tried to grow it from cuttings but I should think it's fairly easy - but I have grown it from seed. Lots of lovely little plants, so many I had to give some away!

[weekendwellies]

I've not tried to grow it from cuttings but I should think it's fairly easy - but I have grown it from seed. Lots of lovely little plants, so many I had to give some away!

Did you sow them in a greenhouse, or outside straight into where they were to grow?

[Two_Sheds]

I find them really easy to grow from seed, and harder from cuttings

[binley100]

*note to self... go and buy lavender seeds and try, try ,try again .

[Flummery]

Did you sow them in a greenhouse, or outside straight into where they were to grow?

I sow most things into pots of modules in my greenhouse. The soil in my old garden (which is when I grew them) was so claggy they wouldn't have stood a chance!

[weekendwellies]

Right. I will try both.
Tomorrow, I am off to B&Q for some plugs and seed packs.
By the time the seedlings are big enough to pot on I should have a bit more window ledge space as my tomatoes and peppers will be outside, whether they like it or not.


Thanks .

[Creemteez]

WW, The best time to take cuttings of Lavender (I have found) is at the end of the summer. Last August I had to pull up a bush that had gone really leggy and woody.
I took loads of cuttings (about two 6cm long), stripped off the lower leaves and stuck them into modules of GPC. They have sat in my unheated greenhouse all winter and I potted them on last week. Practically 100% success. Nice chunky little plants that I nipped the tops out of this evening to get them to bush up.
I think the secret is to slide the cutting down the side of the pot. Don't know why it works, but it does. Had similar success with Rosemary. I'm going to use them as a Bee attracting edging to the new lottie.

[Fernw]

Hi I grew some from seed one started off in the greenhouse and they germinated really well and smell just wonderful even when they're tiny and grew on really well in the garden.

[elsie-scot]

I got some seeds from another grape, and they have germinated well, in seed trays in GH. Their true leaves appeared this week. Thinking I sowed them towards beg of March (too lazy to go check!)

[weekendwellies]

I went to the GC and looked at the lavender plants, £7 for one It was fairly big but I decided to go for the seeds. They germinated and I now have approx 40 tiny little seedlings out of what the pack says is approx 50 seeds. Pretty good, and they are so small still, I would think a few more may appear over the coming days.
Next question: how long before I need to pot them on, or should I put them straight into the ground (after hardening off of course).