Lavender,can I chop it in half?

Hi guys, I have a lavender that I planted last year, already it has grown to about 2ft across. Can I lift it now and cut in half with a spade and replant one half in a different area? While were 'at it' cane I do the same with 'cottage pinks'? Thank you as always for your help. Dave

 

The thing with lavender is they get very scruffy very quick, you should not cut back into the dark wood,but that gets more and more each year.
If you want to keep the bush compact :WINK1: cut some away and the new growth next year will cover it

 

You can also do what I think is called "Drop it".

That is, bury it deep in a pot so that the tips of the current growth only are poking through the soil, in time these individuals become plants in thei own right and you then just seperate from the main plant.

Steve...

 

I`ve read about that Steve but haven`t tried it

 

I've cut one in half successfully before.

You have to be very, very careful, ensuring that both halves have plenty of roots, and plenty of top.

Then I planted them both deep enough so that the wound was well buried, ie deeper than the plant was originally planted.

I can't say its the right thing to do, but it worked for me.