Lavender Planting Time and Methods: When Is the Best Time to Plant

Lavender Planting Time

Lavender is normally best planted from April to June.

Lavender Planting Tips

Lavender is mainly propagated by cuttings, which preserves the excellent qualities of the mother plant. Cuttings are highly adaptable and can be taken in both spring and autumn. Generally, choose the terminal buds (about 5-10 cm) of healthy, pest-free plants, or tender, non-lignified branches for cuttings. When taking cuttings, remove the leaves from the bottom 2 nodes, then dip them briefly in a 100-fold dilution of "Root Sun" rooting agent. After treatment, insert them into the soil and they will root in about 2-3 weeks. For the cutting medium, mix river sand and rice husk at a ratio of 2:1, blend evenly, and fill a 5×10 plug tray for rooting the cuttings. After planting, place the seedlings in a cool, well-ventilated environment. Keep the soil moist for the first 3 days, then adjust based on the weather, making sure the branches do not wrinkle or dry out, to improve the survival rate. Managing rooted cuttings is relatively convenient, and no fertiliser is needed throughout the seedling stage, so this method is widely used in production.

How to Grow Lavender: Lavender Seed Planting Methods

Lavender has a unique fragrance and also looks very attractive. Lavender is generally grown outdoors, but in recent years many gardening enthusiasts have grown lavender as indoor potted plants. Growing it indoors undoubtedly adds some colour to the home. Below is a summary of how to grow lavender, and I hope these lavender planting methods are helpful to fellow gardeners.

When sowing lavender seeds, you can choose a relatively short small flower pot, or use other containers instead. For example, yogurt cups - right now I'm drinking yogurt like crazy to collect containers! I already have over a dozen!!! Poke a few small holes in the bottom of the cup with an awl. Disposable plastic cups also work, but since they are transparent, it is best to wrap them with black paper or slip them into a paper cup (if plant roots are exposed to sunlight, growth will be affected, and the soil is prone to growing green algae).

Lavender seeds are quite small and have a low germination rate, so the soil used for sowing generally needs to be loose, breathable, highly water-retentive, and thoroughly sterilised. You can use a mix of vermiculite, peat, sphagnum moss, perlite, snakewood shavings and similar materials. If conditions allow, you can also mix your own.

Lavender seeds should be soaked in 40-degree warm water. After the water cools, continue soaking for 24 hours. This makes them easier to germinate. I have also read many posts from fellow gardeners using the paper towel method to speed up germination, but I haven't tried it yet, so I won't mention it here.

Generally, for slightly larger seeds, you can sow 2-3 seeds per container. After germination, keep one stronger seedling depending on how the seedlings are growing. For very small seeds, you can broadcast them. Dip your hand in some seeds and gently scatter them over the soil. After germination, thin the seedlings, keeping 1-3 seedlings as appropriate.

The thickness of the soil covering the seeds depends on the seed size. Generally, it should be 2-3 times the diameter of the seed. For very small seeds, the soil layer should be thinner; lavender seeds are larger, so they can be covered with a thicker layer of soil.

After sowing lavender seeds, water thoroughly. Use a fine spray bottle for watering, preferably spraying a fine mist. Do not use too much force, to avoid washing the lavender seeds away. I generally use the bottom-watering method: fill a large basin with water to 2/3 of its depth, and set the container into the basin. Let the water slowly seep in through the holes in the bottom of the container. (The water level in the large basin should not exceed the height of the soil in the container.) After sowing, cover the container with cling film and poke a few small holes in the film for ventilation. Place the container in sunlight and maintain a temperature of around 20 degrees. Most seeds can germinate after one week.

After lavender seeds germinate, you can remove the cling film. For small seeds, you can wait until the seedlings are a bit stronger before removing it.

After lavender seeds germinate, the seedlings can be potted up once they have grown 4-6 true leaves. Use a small pot for the initial potting. After the seedlings grow larger, switch to a bigger pot as appropriate. When repotting, wait until the soil is somewhat dry before doing so (because you need to water after repotting; if the soil is wet, the damp period will last too long and the seedlings may grow poorly). First, add more than half a pot of nutrient-rich potting soil to the small pot. To avoid damaging the root system, do not shake off the soil around the roots when transplanting. Move the plant directly into the small pot, then fill soil up around the roots. After transplanting, be sure to water thoroughly and shade the plant for a few days. After that, it can be placed in sunlight for care.

When Does Lavender Bloom [Lavender Blooming Season] When Does Lavender Bloom

The famous small town of Provence in southern France is a lavender-producing region known throughout the world. Lavender, full of romantic appeal, not only has extremely high ornamental value but also extremely high medicinal value. Therefore, more and more people in China are growing lavender. So, in China, when is the blooming time and flowering season of lavender? Let's find out together!

I. Lavender Varieties

There are 28 native lavender species worldwide, and common lavenders are mainly divided into 3 categories:

1. True lavender: also known as English lavender, with narrower leaves and shorter flower spikes, of the best quality, mostly used to make high-grade perfumes and fragrances.
2. Spike lavender: also known as mint lavender, with wider leaves and longer flower stems and spikes.
3. Hybrid lavender: a hybrid of the above two, widely cultivated, and most of the lavender in flower fields today is this type.

II. Lavender Blooming Time

Lavender generally blooms in June. There are no flowers in summer and winter, or only a small amount of flowers in summer, depending on the region where it grows. In places with cool summers, the flower production will be very good. Potted or protected cultivation has a longer flowering period, and the blooming time varies.

III. Lavender Flowering Season

The flowering season of lavender is generally from June to August. Because lavender loves sunlight, tolerates heat, tolerates drought, is extremely cold-hardy, tolerates poor soil, and resists salt and alkali, the cultivation site needs ample sunlight and good ventilation. The time required from sowing to flowering (or harvest) is 18-20 weeks. Lavender is semi-heat-tolerant and prefers coolness, liking warm winters and cool summers. The optimum growing temperature is 15-25°C, and it can grow at 5-30°C.

[Conclusion] "Lavender represents true love" is the most representative lyric poem of the Elizabethan era. Therefore, at that time lovers popularised giving lavender to each other to express affection. Mastering the lavender flowering season is mastering the blooming of true love, which is why it has become a plant loved by many girls!

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