Lavender Plant
Lavender Plant
Growing Lavender Indoors
When getting ready for growing lavender indoors, be certain that you have selected a good variety of lavender for inside planting. French lavender just might be the best for this. It may not have the pleasant aroma you desire, but it grows best in the house. You just might want to purchase a started plant rather than trying to begin from seed.
Prepare a nice habitat for your fresh lavender plant. Buy a average potting mix and use it. Select a large pot. Lavender likes plenty of space to develop. You may need to add a little sand to the mix to help drainage.
Regular watering is important for growing lavender indoors. It wants a even supply of water, but not daily watering. Only water lavender when the soil is totally dry. Following watering be sure the soil is wet, but not a slurry of mud. Check the soil at least daily.
Lavender wants to get sufficient man-made light or sunlight to achieve its complete potential. It loves light and would like to be in full light all day. But you don’t want to overheat your lavender in too much light. In colder climates, you probably need to keep it away from windows to keep the lavender from getting chilled. Be wary of cold spots in your home.
When the climate is nice, take the lavender outdoors into a nice protected sunny spot. Since this is an Indoor Plant, it won’t be ready for outdoor life, so make sure it has shelter and take it back in. If it is going to get too cool at night, then bring it in. Some people will actually plant the lavender for the summer and re-pot it in the winter months. You will have to decide which way works better in your climate.
Growing lavender indoors can have a difficult learning curve, but in the long run should be a pleasure. You will have this herb at hand for any use you desire. Maybe you need a stress relieving tea, or just enjoy the bouquet of lavender. Keep trying until you get it. You can figure out the correct technique. You will be happy with the results.
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How can I get my Lavender plant to flower?
It said lime? will help, and I figure it’s not the fruit. Ive been giving it regular houseplant food and the blooms that started (which should be purple) were dry and crumbly.
I have just planted my first bunch of lavender and I discovered by reading the below links that I now have to move it and buy some sand and make a mound.
I also discovered I don’t know what kind mine is and that there is a whole lot of them……..
Good Luck to you
http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/lavender.html
And as there is no secret to the name of the plant, there are no secrets to the successful culture of this Perennial Herb. Full hot sun is the first ingredient in the recipe and this is a plant that thrives in the hottest part of my garden.
…………….Excellent drainage ……………..
is another ingredient in the recipe because any excessive wetness around the roots will lead to root rot. It is for this reason that growing lavenders on clay is not recommended. If you have clay soils, grow this plant in a container or in a raised bed with sandy soils in the raised bed.
The recipe is complete with a shovel of compost spread around the plant in early spring and yearly spring pruning to remove all the winter-killed branches.
………………Over feeding ………………..
leads to soft growth and poor fragrance; you have to be tough on this plant and serious growers will eliminate even the single shovel of compost.
Spring pruning encourages thicker growth and more flower production so do trim the plant in the early spring just when the buds start to swell on the stems.
…………….Blooming ……………………….
http://www.gardenguides.com/how-to/tipstechniques/herbs/lavender.asp
The second year, they bloomed in the spring and were well on their way to maturity.
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