Planting Lavender
Lavender is a perennial plant, so it needs to be planted as a perennial. If you want to keep lavender in your garden year-round, you will need to plant it as a perennial. If you can’t keep it going through winter, you will get only six to eight months of lavender blooms. If you’re interested in growing lavender as an annual, you could try growing it as an annual bed crop. Planting a bed of lavender as an annual will not grow a perennial bed of lavender.
If you want to start a lavender patch, one of the most important things to keep in mind is the soil pH. This is a factor due to which you will be growing lavender. It is very important to keep in mind so that you don’t damage your lavender plant.
Hand-Pollinating Lavenders
If you’re looking to grow a lavender variety that likes to be hand-pollinated, like the ‘Madeline’ and ‘Spicy Ghost’ types, you’ll need to get together with a friend or two and hand-pollinate your lavender plants. You’ll need to be careful to only hand-pollinate the male flowers and the female flowers on the same plants. Doing so will ensure that you have a better chance of getting seeds from the male flowers, since the plants will self-pollinate and form a crop of lavender seeds. If you want to grow a lavender variety with a higher lavender oil content, like the ‘Eternal Blue’ type, you’ll want to grow plants that are self-pollinated. You can also grow plants that are hand-pollinated and then harvest the lavender oil from the diluted flowers.
Cutting Back Your Lavenders
Grow your lavenders in a sunny area that gets good moisture and keep it fertilized and watered regularly. If you notice that the lavender plants are not getting enough sunlight or water, you can cut back the amount of sunlight they receive and they will be fine. However, you should only cut back the lavender plant’s water and not its fertilizer.
Lavenders are native to the Mediterranean region and require a moist, well-drained soil. To keep your soil moist and well-drained, you should avoid growing your lavender plants in heavy clay soils. However, they are very tolerant of rocky soils, so you can grow them in rocky, sandy, or gravelly soils.
Dried Flowers and Leaves
You can dry the flowers and leaves of your lavender plants and use them for potpourri, sachets, and dried flowers. You can also distill the flower and leaf oil and use it for medicinal purposes.
Making Lavender Oils and Gums
You can make lavender oil from the flowers and leaves, or from the fresh plant itself. You can also make lavender gum from the dried or fermented lavender flowers.
Lavender oil is used in aromatherapy for relaxation, stress reduction, and treating skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema, and acne. You can make lavender oil by steeping the flowers in a jar of vodka or other clear alcohol. After a few weeks, strain the lavender leaves out of the liquid and bottle the oil.
Coir and Turf Moss for Gardens
If you want a no-fuss, low-maintenance way to grow lavender plants in your garden, you can try growing them in a bag of coconut husks or coir. Coir is a form of coconut fibre that has been used as a potting soil additive and a sustainable replacement for peat. Coir is a great alternative to traditional potting soil, as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is found in most gardening stores.
Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral. Coir is a by-product of coconut fibre production. It is a sustainable plant growing media made from the fibrous husks of coconut fronds. It is a great alternative to potting soil as it is rich in organic matter and is naturally pH neutral.
Conclusion
Hopefully, you have learned just how to get rid of lavender seeds in your lawn and garden. These are some methods that you can use to get rid of these pesky seeds. It is important to note that if you want to grow lavender in your yard or garden, be sure to keep it watered and fertilized. The plants are very susceptible to drought and disease when they are not getting enough water.
If you want to grow lavender in your garden, you will need to plant it as a perennial. If you can’t keep it going through winter, you will get only six months of lavender blooms. If you are interested in growing lavender as an annual, you could try growing it as an annual bed crop. Planting a bed of lavender as an annual will not grow a perennial bed of lavender. If you want to grow a lavender patch, one of the most important things to keep in mind is the soil pH. This is a factor due to which you will be growing lavender.
Lavenders are native to the Mediterranean region and require a moist, well-drained soil. To keep your soil moist and well-drained, you should avoid growing your lavender plants in heavy clay soils. They are very tolerant of rocky soils, so you can grow them in rocky, sandy, or gravelly soils. You can also try growing them in pots or in a bag of coir. You can keep them watered and fertilized, and they are low maintenance plants.