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Questions tagged [lavender]

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New herbs turning brown. Need rescue

I'm super new to having plants/gardening. 4 days ago (as of writing), I purchased a set of herbs online from a seller just a city over. Here they are when they arrived: Now though, they're starting to look unhappy, for lack of a better term. The…
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Are my roses killing my Lavender bushes?

We have 3 lavender bushes in our front yard, they get plenty of sun and we prune the regularly. We also have a rose bush which is doing alright, although I did have to cut some stems from it last year after finding worms on it. I am worried the Rose…
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How do I save my lavender?

I bought my lavender a month ago at a plant store. I lightly watered it a few times, but it looks like it’s shriveled and dry. I also some some leaves blackening towards the base. What should I do?
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Why is my lavender dying?

I bought a lavender from home depot, and it was growing good, but after an animal dug really big holes around it (I put some compost in it), it started dying. It is now dead, and I would like to find the cause of death. It also has mulch, Kellog…
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Lavender's scent

Recently my lavender bloomed (supposed to be lavender angustifolia) but there's no smell, the leaves however do smell when you rub them between your fingers. Is it not a "scenty" lavender species? or does it take time for the flowers to actually…
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How do I transplant my English lavender that grew very close to each other

Is it too late to transplant my english lavender? I started them from seed in April, and didn't expect the ones that are gonna survive are the ones that are beside each other. So I am concerned that if I try to transplant it, I might damage some…
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Is this a new lavender plant or a weed or an unknown plant?

I have a lavender plant from an old image taken 4 months ago here: Now I notice there is a new plant growth from the mid of the lavender plant. Not sure if it is a lavender or a weed as the root of the new plant seems connected to the root of the…
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Lavender (angustifolia) not handling the full sun well

I started these English Lavender from seed and they've been doing well a week or two after germination. Now that they have about 6-8 true leaves, whenever the sun is out, especially on a cloudless day, they would start to wilt/ drop like on the…
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Lavenders in California

I've had 4 Lavender de Provence die on me. They are drying up and dying. I've always considered myself a green thumb, but these plants and I are just not grooving. I was told they're the best plant for gopher repellant, drought tolerant, and do well…
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Filling up 2’ deep patch to plant lavender

i dug up a small patch (12’ x 6’) which was full of rubble and a bit of sand. It is now 2’ deep from the surface. I’m planning to fill it up with soil and plant lavender. Should I fill it all up with topsoil or can I lay other type of soil (please…
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Planting on shale filled patch with weed underlay

We have a 1m by 5m patch of land that is full of shale rocks about 5inches deep. Under it is some kind of tarpaulin/underlay to stop weeds. We would very much like to plant some bee and butterfly friendly plants here such as lavender. I am getting…
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How to prune lavender?

Last year I pruned my lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) very aggressively, so that the bushes resulted quite small, with very short branches. I pruned it in about October (I leave at about 45° North). This year my lavender produced a lot of short…
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Emergency case of dying lavender in a pot

As I was shopping in a big grocery store yesterday, I found this sad little lavender pot (picture below) in the flower aisle, it is in an awful condition and the price was reduced to cents. So I immediately decided I wanted to save it and now I'm…
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Overwintering Lavender Meerlo

I have a lavender meerlo Picture source I live in Austria, I think zone 7A (-17.8°C - -15°C). My apartment is on the 4th floor, facing north. I'm reluctant to leave the plant on the balcony during the winter. My options are: inside the apartment…
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Adjusting recommended sunlight hours depending on region and radiation level?

I have land in India (the tropics), in the hills, on a slope from 6800 feet - 5200 ft altitude (roughly). At that lowest point there's a stream of about 10-15m across. Generally my entire land is a very sunny area, high UV radiation, though not hot…
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