Gardening author and presenter, Adam Kirtland has shared his top tips for anyone considering planting lavender in their gardens this spring – especially if you’re working to a budget
Alan Johnson Social News Reporter
15:07, 20 Apr 2026Updated 15:07, 20 Apr 2026
A gardener has shared important advice for those considering planting lavender (stock)(Image: ian driscoll via Getty Images)
If you are thinking about planting lavender in your garden this spring, one horticultural expert recommends you pause before you have 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.
Taking to TikTok, he posted a video in which he demonstrated how you can cultivate a lavender hedge. “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 garden. “Well I’m going to show you how to do it.”
Adam acknowledged there is “nothing more quintessential English garden” than a lavender hedge. “It looks fantastic along a path, a raised bed or a border,” he said.
But which variety of lavender works best? Adam recommends Hidcote for those working with limited funds.
“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 elaborated.
Adam continued: “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 doing so in “full sun” as lavender is a Mediterranean species that will “sit and bask” contentedly in that sunshine.
“Planting out your plugs is no more difficult than making a hole, popping it in and firming the soil back around it,” Adam explained.
And when establishing a hedge, he also suggested maintaining 30cm gaps between each Hidcote to allow sufficient growing space.
“I’ve got a hack to show you how to do that perfectly,” Adam continued. “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 offers the following planting guidance: “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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