What is my young lavender plant doing? 😅

NewGardener25

Its grown in a really odd way, as though it has a torso and two outstretched arms turning up at the ends(this picture would then be a side profile). My other lavender has grown in a nice even shape, with all three "strands" in alignment, but this ones outer ones have gone awry. Theyve both been growing in the same place too. Is there any way I can fix this? Will it grow even more strangely or will it sort itself out? Many thanks!

Lyn

I grow all my lavender plants from seeds,  some grow like yours, you’ll see along the stem of the long bits that they are branching out,  just cut them back about halfway just above a bit that’s shooting.  They’ll grow out nice and bushy then. 

NewGardener25

Lyn said:

I grow all my lavender plants from seeds,  some grow like yours, you’ll see along the stem of the long bits that they are branching out,  just cut them back about halfway just above a bit that’s shooting.  They’ll grow out nice and bushy then. 

Do you mean to cut half off the "outstretched arms"? I see no bits brancing out of them, but new leaves are growing everywhere

Lyn

Cut them off like this.  They’ll bush out. 
 

NewGardener25

Lyn said:

Cut them off like this.  They’ll bush out. 
 

Oh I see! Thank you very much for your help  

NewGardener25

Just followed your advice! Looking forward to it getting bushier and more even... Its looking a bit of a sorry state now 😅

Dovefromabove

Looks perfectly fine to me. I’d be very happy with that.  Short and bushy is preferable to long and lanky with lavender 😊 

NewGardener25

Okay, thank you Silly question but I was wondering if the bits I cut off will always look "cut off"?

  I'm new to this so I tend to worry and be over-precious with my plants 😅

AnniD

You could cut them back a teeny bit more closer to the leaves if you want to. Otherwise they're fine 

Lyn

That’s  good, the other leaves will fill out and you won’t see them next year.