French lavender - How to grow & care

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French lavender grow and care – shrub‎ of the genus Lavandula also known as Lavender plant, French lavender perennial evergreen plant also used as ornamental fragrant plant, can grow in mediterranean, subtropical or temperate climate and growing in hardiness zone 5-10.

Leaves fragrant in the color green to gray in oval shape with serrated edges in size of 3-5 cm.

Lavender flowers

Flower fragrant in the color purple-lilac the flowers grow on stems in the end, the flowers spike looks like hive.

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How to grow French lavender growing and care:

Well drained soil

How to care:
Fertilize once a year in the spring, add organic material and humus, in cold winter better to put mulch

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative Reproduction – cutting possible by bending a branch over and covering it with soil, or by cutting, the cutting possible to put in water and switch the water every few days or put the stem in soil better peat soil and better to use root growth hormone, in both cutting methods better to do it spring season, keep high humidity and spray the plant with water.

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, but possible and it’s not hard to from seeds but easier start by cutting or just plant

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Aggressive, allelopathy

Planting season:
Spring to summer in hardiness zone 5-8, spring to autumn in hardiness zone 9-10a, autumn to spring in hardiness zone 10b.

How to plant:
Planting in bigger hole than the root ball 50-100%, put in the hole dead leaves and organic matter

Pests and diseases:
Aphids

Pruning season:
All year (but better after the blooming season)

How to prune:
More for design, dead leaves and flowers, when harvesting the leaves better to prune the flowers stem

Size of the plant:
80-150 cm, 32-60 inches

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade (less flowers)

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes, when grow in container, size 8-18 liter (2-5 gallon) average amount of water that needed, it’s to keep the soil moist consider to put mulch and can reduce vaporization of the water, every two years to switch soil in the pot don’t let the soil be rotten possible to switch just part of the soil, soil need to be well ventilated with good drainage, rich with organic matter, can us in potting mix or peat soil with perlite or vermiculite, when the roots fill all the pot better to switch to bigger pot or possible to cut part of the roots and the plant.