Gardening author and presenter Adam Kirtland has shared his top tips for anyone considering planting lavender this spring that will make the plant flourish and bloom
Alan Johnson Social News Reporter
14:28, 20 Apr 2026Updated 14:28, 20 Apr 2026
A gardener has shared important advice for those considering planting lavender (stock)(Image: craig fordham via Getty Images)
If you’re thinking about planting lavender in your garden this spring, one horticultural expert recommends pausing before you’ve heard his guidance. “Don’t grow lavender until you’ve seen this,” wrote gardening presenter, author and writer Adam Kirtland – known on social media as View From The Potting Bench.
In a TikTok video, he revealed how you can grow a lavender hedge that is sure to attract attention to your patch. “There’s something that I guarantee that you have seen in other people’s gardens that you want in yours too,” Adam began in footage filmed in his own back yard. “Well I’m going to show you how to do it.”
Adam acknowledged there’s “nothing more quintessential English garden” than a lavender hedge. “It looks fantastic along a path, a raised bed or a border,” he explained.
But which lavender variety works best? Adam recommends Hidcote for those watching their spending.
“If you are in a rush, you can buy much bigger plants and get your hedge really quickly, but if you are on a budget and happy to wait – use these [small Hidcote plug plants] instead,” he detailed.
Adam added: “Some people think plug plants are cheating, but I think it just makes sense. They are a great way to save money in your garden and make your money go further.”
Regarding planting, he advises choosing a spot in “full sun” since lavender originates from the Mediterranean and will happily “sit and bask” in bright sunshine.
“Planting out your plugs is no more difficult than making a hole, popping it in and firming the soil back around it,” Adam said.
For creating a hedge, he also recommended spacing each Hidcote plant 30cm apart to allow adequate growing room. “I’ve got a hack to show you how to do that perfectly,” Adam went on.
“It just so happens that most garden hand tools are about 30cm long – so lay them out [on the soil], lift it up and you have got the perfect space.”
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Adam concluded: “Repeat this process all along your patch and you’ll have the start of your hedge. As the years go by, the lavender hedge of your dreams will bloom and grow just from a tiny plug plant.”
Meanwhile the RHS has the following planting advice: “Lavender is best planted in April or May as the soil naturally warms up and when many fresh plants become available in garden centres.
“Lavender should never be planted in winter when young plants are vulnerable to rotting in cold, wet soils.
“It prefers poor, dry or moderately fertile soil, including chalky and alkaline soils. Lavender will not thrive in heavy clay soil or any soil that becomes waterlogged over winter.”
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