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. Lavenders do like good drainage, though. Be aware that they are very attractive to bees and hoverflies and these may be a pain if you want to leave your windows open in the summer. I would be inclined to leave them. Once the growing season starts properly

Lavender makes a beautiful hedge and bees love it. Fuchsia ditto.  A mixed hedge of native shrubs and trees is there for centuries and a benefit to mankind. If you're planting a big hedge, a mixed, native hedge is a great idea, as happymarion2

and neighbours? I have not grown lavender from seed on purpose, but it has self seeded in our garden, in the gravel path,  so that sowing must have happened in autumn when the seeds fall. They would then have sat in the gravel over winter and then begun to grow

The plants used in this hanging basket display are both colourful and fragrant. Heliotrope is one of the best scented plants for growing in a sunny spot, and works well in baskets. The lavender and nemesia are also richly fragrant, and all three

them to grow from the base again. So, I gave them the heave-ho! These will now go in the green bags like you advise and future prunings in the compost!  PS Frank - 24 new lavenders have just arrived thanks to the GW magazine offer  Pamela, a favourite

I received my lavender 'plants' from the June issue of 'Gardeners' World' only at the end of July. Great offer but had no idea they would be so tiny - 36 5cm seedlings packed in tiny root containers and a thin, transparent case for posting. It says

on end. And no summer garden is complete without the delicious aroma of lavender.MayJune - August40 minutesSilverbush, Convolvulus cneorum x3French lavender, Lavandula stoechas x3Wallflower, Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' x3Bacopa, Sutera 'Abunda White' x3Faux

Several lavender shrubs I look after seem to have collapsed slightly leaving the centre of the shrubs exposed, showing the less attractive woody tangle of stems beneath. I suspect this may have been caused by the winter snows or perhaps the heavy

I'm a novice gardener. Last year I planted a lavender plant in a good sized pot but looking at it now it looks quite dry and a bit woody. Is it wise to cut it right down and see what happens? Hi joanne, don't cut it back hard as lavender doesn

.90 is wonderful value. They are really healthy and bushy.     I totally agree with you, I received my Lavenders about 4 weeks ago and they are all growing into lovely strong healthy plants. They really are great value.  I also received my lavenders yesterday and I