Heres some photos of my lavender 'hedge' and how it's recovered after a hard prune this spring. They were new plants last April growing to the size seen in picture one, had a small prune when the flower stems were removed.
Picture 2 is 1st of march when I hacked them back, going right into the wood to cut them down, and picture 3 and 4 is the current recovery and state at the moment.
I realise these aren't the oldest of plants but if you cut back hard you will often get new growth from the wood despite common advice and get many more years out your lavender!
by CocoChunks
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Totally agree. Mine are 10 years old and I cut them right back with a hedge trimmer every year. They return and flower well.
i really wish i knew rhat before i ripped all off the lavender out. I kept reading how it’s just never gonna grow from the wooden bits so i just got rid of it and was gonna plant new lavender. what a colossal waste of my time and money. hopefully these posts can spare others the grief i had
I think some people get confused between lavender and rosemary when it comes to pruning advice. It’s just rosemary that won’t recover from the brown.
I’ve also done the same this spring, I thought if it doesn’t work it is coming out anyway but it seems to have bounced back well! Mine is about 5 years old.
I haven’t looked after my lavender, so am replacing it this year (seedlings are growing strong, just about 10x the amount I actually need) and plan on getting the pruning right for them!
Do you know what variety/cultivar it is please?