Lavenders

Hello, I have 2 lavenders in pots. I also have 6 lavenders in the ground. What I want to know is this.
Can you cut lavenders back once flowering has finished?
Should you cut lavender back?
I've heard if you cut lavenders back you get a bushier plant. It also stops it going tired and woody.

 

Yes, once the flowers have finished you should trim them back to remove the flower heads and tidy them up, this will as you say keep them bushier and stop them becoming woody..:thumb:

 

"I've heard if you cut lavenders back you get a bushier plant."

Don't cut back into old wood - they won't regrow.

Just trim off the flowers (after flowering!), and tidy up the plant a bit.

 

The above is true: prune after flowering. But I have also found lavenders grow well when pruned before flowering (ie in late winter), and when volunteering in a plant nursery I used to take heel cuttings just prior to flowering, and even during the flowering season. Also, the lavender I'm currently growing is growing and flowering nicely without having had any pruning this time around.

 

Thank you all for your adivice