Hello - needing some lavender help

Hi fellow gardeners,
I am new to the gardening game having just purchased a garden flat last October. I have noticed that we have a really nice lavender bush planted by the previous owners. It flowered into a majestic blue but has been consumed by bees and all of the colour has gone. What happens now? Is that the end of the bush or can it produce lovely blue flowers again? Will it go through a cycle of regeneration? Please help :-)

 

Bees do not “consume” lavender. If it has been eaten it would be by something else. I’ve never had lavender consumed by anything. A picture might help identify the problem.

 

Hi @peace and grace , I agree with Redwing, Bees love Lavender, but never heard of them actually consuming them. Have the blooms faded and died or have they literally...gone, stem and all??

 

Hello, Thanks for your quick responses. I will get a photo uploaded tomorrow morning. My description might have been misleading. The blue colour has gone and has faded to a dark green. I just made the assumption that the bees had eaten the blue flowery bits. Photo tomorrow will explain.

 

Ah ..Ok!! Let's wait until you post a pic then.

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner peace and grace.

 

Welcome to GC, some Lavender, as the leaves age, they can appear less silvery in colour, thisvis true of Hidcote blue strain and the newer blue spears. Lavender can also appearvto change colour when they are starting to show the effects of under watering, especially when in a pot. As stated already very few pests, most common is cuckoo spit, and occassionaly Aphids, but they dont seem to have a taste for lavender. As for repeat flowering, it depends on the type, the area you live, and the positioning of the plant, and on how well its fed, this time of year, I would be applying a high potassium feed regularly, especially if its in a pot.

 

Ahhh! That is what I initially thought! What has happened is that the lavender has finished flowering, and the tiny blue petals have faded and died. What you are left with is essentially the seed-heads, or the spent flower stalks. Because so much of the lavender flower-spike remains, it can be a little confusing...

The lavender has finished flowering for this year. You can either leave the spent spikes on for the rest of the summer (many of us do, as they are still attractive), or cut the stems down to the first full set of leaves. Any remaining stems are cut back early next spring, ready for the next flush of flowers.

 

Here is the photo. Believe it or not this plant was completly blue a month ago. It planted into the garden earth.

 

It’s not lavender. Looks like a hebe to me.

 

That's not Lavender.....imo.

 

Snap @Redwing

 

Well that's the last time I listen to my sister in law.....problem solved!!! Thanks all :-)

 

Excuse the shaky pic as its turned breezy now ,but here is one of ours that has finished blooming.


And one about to start.

 

My goodness very shaky....sorry!!