Hello! I got this little French lavender plant last summer for half off because it looked like it was dying, it flowered more after I planted it in this pot but this is how it’s looking after winter. I’m very much a beginner at gardening so I’m trying my best to keep it alive. Do you think there’s any saving it or is it beyond help?
by seamosss
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I’m a newbie but, it looks like it still alive. I believe it goes dormant in the winter.
What makes you think it wouldn’t? This plant looks healthy af
I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing half the time with my plants so take this with a grain of salt but I would take clean scissors and trim off the dead branches to about half an inch and you should be fine
I feel like you’re insulting my lavender by asking this.
This is what most woody herbs do in the winter. Plenty of people chop them to the ground to get new growth only each year, some people leave them then prune the dead off come spring. All depends on how you want to handle it.
“If there’s green there is life” – quote from YouTuber PlantswithKrystal ☺️
Your plant looks to be healthy and seems to be getting ready for spring (in my opinion) a lot of plants go through a dormancy stage during the winter where they look kind dry ngl 😅 lavender tends to look dry/woody/grayish silver or brown during winter because it’s saving energy for spring 😀 yours looks healthy and ready for the new season 🤗 so nothing to worry about. I hope this helps 😅
Mmmm this looks totally healthy and like what “woody” herbs do each year. Trim back the brown stalks if you want, but otherwise, let it do it’s thing!
It looks great. Trim up the dead sticks and let ‘er rip.
I dont understand Is there a photo missing where the plant looks bad??
I jest of course, but seriously that looks like a very healthy plant. I’ve got lavender plants that look much worse than this that I’m not giving up on yet. Trim off any obviously dead woody bits, it will be absolutely fine.
The brown stuff is just old growth that died back for winter, just snip it off. It’s doing just fine.
I’m no expert, but here’s my take.
I believe I see moss growing inside. That would be a very strong indication of the plant being constantly wet. Also if that is a terracotta pot, then the pot itself will also constantly retain water.
Moral of the story, water less and perhaps switch containers.
I feel attacked.
I planted a whole packet in a tray of cells, 3 seedlings later….
The brown twigs is growth that died back over winter. You can remove that. The fresh green leaves are all new spring growth. She’s not anywhere close to dead. Looks healthy.
It looks exactly like my lavender does every year at this time 🙂 then in a few months it will be so gorgeous you’ll forget this ugly phase returns every winter
It looks fine. Thats what my lavender looks like every spring
It’s totally fine.
Perennials almost obviously visibly die back substantially over the winter in cold climate zones. If you’re still seeing green leaves, that part is alive and likely to recover. Even if you’re not seeing green leaves, if you can scratch the surface of a plant stem and see green underneath, that’s also likely a healthy plant that will recover. And depending on the plant, even if all those stems above ground are dead (no visible green below the surface when you scratch), it may still have healthy roots below ground from which it will recover.
That looks healthy to me, I’ve had them come back from a lot worse!
I have 18 big lavenders down my driveway in rainy Oregon. They die back a bit each winter and sprout new growth each spring and get bushier each time.
Lavender grows best in roadside ditch conditions: loose rocky soil that drains super fast and lacks nutrients. It hates wet feed and good food. Loves scorching sun. Just baking in the summer along my gravel driveway makes them super happy.
It already is??? Hahaha
Yes, indeed. Just pop off the dead, and it will look great.
“Still Green? Still Good.”
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Looks like it is. Prune back some of the dead material possibly.
Yeah just keep pruning off the dead parts. Lavender needs a good prune.
Depending on where you live, lavender goes dormant over winter and looks dead. Comes back in summer
Yours looks way better than mine. You would think it’s totally dead, but it resurrects every time.
Oh yeah, it’s good.
Not dead yet.
Feeling much better.
It looks fine, just cut off the twiggy bits. It’s cutting too far into the main stems that is a problem because they don’t grow back.
It’s alive af
Cut the dead stems, repot.
I have a windowsill of lavender stems that broke off due to an energetic dog. They’ve been up there all winter , and while I lost a few, I have half a dozen that have nice new growth. My concern is the lack of roots, but they will be in the ground in the next few weeks. It’s not costing anything and I may get some free plants.
Lavender is resilient. You cut away 50% and it will still survive. I had bushes of them and I have to cut back the dead branches every year.
Yes. But it needs a wider pot… Or just plant it.
Cut out all the dead stuff and it won’t look half as bad
Oh yes, it’s healthy and growing, very cool!
Cut out the dead bits and it will continue to flourish