The title is drama.🤣 But I'm sure the feeling is mutual. I thought I got rid of the grass before I put cardboard and rocks down between the lavender. Unfortunately, I think the cardboard was keeping the lavender moist and killing it, while feeding the grass to grow beneath cardboard.
Any advice? Now I'm pulling the grass from the roots and scooping out cardboard remnants, adding a layer of sand (which seems to suppress the grass better in my yucca garden), then adding the rocks on top. Lort help me if I have to do this again. The grass has me cussing out here.
by flecksoflight
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I’ve tried to grow lavender and ended up with results like you. Parts die back to the wood in the winter during the cold spells, and it’s not quite as drought hardy as I hoped. Love the flowers and the smell, though, so I might try keeping it potted instead.
Mine just ended up the same way in a garden that gets afternoon shade. I don’t think i’ll be planting it again.
I’ve had lavender growing for a few years but half of it died this summer. It likes water during the summer and I had mine planted in the ground. Full sun
Do you know what variety of lavender you planted is? I’ve always had trouble with *Lavandula angustifolia* in the DFW area (I follow this sub since the DFW one is pretty dead). They always have major dieback and sometimes recover, but often just die.
I have had more luck with *Lavandula* × *intermedia*. One of the more common L.*intermedia* cultivars I’ve seen are ‘Provence’, they can get pretty big though, 4’x4′ ish. Those lasted 3-4 years I think? But I haven’t had much luck with any lavender the last couple years.