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  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,410

    Hello , I have a lavender bush which I now cut back each year to keep within bounds and it just keeps growing

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  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    I should have pointed out that I have been cutting this lavender back, I haven't just left it for years, although I now know I've been doing it too late, although it doesn't seem to have made a difference.  The reason it has gone mad this year is that I fed it.....I've never fed any outdoor plants before and they have all grown beyond belief!!

    My 'plug' lavenders that survived are growing really well and will need repotting next week, I have about 4 of each variety left.

    How good are lavenders at being moved?

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,410

    Never moved a lavender but why not , give it a bit of TLC and it should be ok , take a cutting or 2 as insurance

    moved an out door fuchsia 4 times and it is still going strong , best of luckimage

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    Thanks image

    I have a Fuschia to move too but seen as it's in a pot at the moment it should be ok.

  • Flora rosaFlora rosa Posts: 262

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    Just on the way out, been in the garden , pots, garden and back into a pot ! Going to trip flower stems off, give it a trim but do not cut into deadwood as won't recover. Cogitating on whether to pop it back into soil now it's back to healthiness x 

  • Flora rosaFlora rosa Posts: 262

    Ps-that's Timothy in the background, my late mother in law's prized boy (apart from her Nick of course the OH) lol 

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    I used to have a Timothy, but he git drunk, fell over and broke his head image We still have his sister though, Martha  image

  • Flora rosaFlora rosa Posts: 262

    hehe, thats more like a Nick trick, perhaps thats was why mum-in-law preferred Timothy to Nick!!! only jesting. want a Martha though, think Timmy needs a buddy   

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    My sister in law bought ours for our first anniversary (I think) so we've had them a while, I was sad when the little boy lost his head image

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