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[Digitalis]

I have 64 lavender cuttings currently in my plastic greenhouse. I have used rooting hormone. What kind of success rate can I expect?

Will they be big enough to make a low hedge next summer?

Can I leave them in the plastic greenhouse over the winter? Or, if they have rooted, can I just leave them in pots on the patio?

Incidentally, these are the first lavenders that I have used the correct cutting method with. A few months ago I had no awareness of how to do them correctly, so I just shoved 3 of the flower stems/spikes into compost and left them. They have somehow managed to root! And they are still in flower!

[Digitalis]

[star]

Well done you, I have never had any success with Lavender cuttings. Seems like doing it the 'wrong way' aint wrong after all. :D

[shirlton]

Me neither Star. I have tried so many times.

[qahtan]

 I Would like you to tell me
how do I take cuttings from my Lavender, what do I put the cuttings into, do I keep them indoors.Do they take a long time to show if they are doing their thing or not....
I have one lavender bush in the front garden that we planted when we first moved into this house, 42 years ago. it has lots of tough wood on it, but each year it blooms really well, and must throw off about 20 million seeds but none ever seem to take and grow.
I am surprised really that it survives the really cold winters here.
thanks for any help... qahtan 

[pigeonseed]

I'm not sure of the correct way for lavender, I've also done it in a botched and incompetent way - taking cuttings and then sticking them in a jam jar of water till I work out what to do with them, sticking them into a pot of compost and forgetting about it... and I've always got a few new plants that way.

The ones which root look alive and the ones which don't go dry and brown.

Once you get them to root, they grow quickly, and by that first summer you have a small flowering plant. Which seems amazing for a woody plant. I am guessing that with 64 cuttings - you must surely have enough to start a baby hedge next year! (Mind you, depends how long the hedge needs to be!)

I would say leaving such a small plant in a pot on a patio, you'd lose a lot to frost. Probably best to do windowsills or mini greenhouse.

I have one lavender bush in the front garden that we planted when we first moved into this house, 42 years ago. it has lots of tough wood on it, but each year it blooms really well, and must throw off about 20 million seeds but none ever seem to take and grow. I am surprised really that it survives the really cold winters here.

I love the 42 year old lavender - how wonderful! And yes, isn't it funny, I've never known lavender to propagate by seed. I wonder if it ever does in its natural habitat.

[qahtan]

 pigeonseed, I see you live in Hastings, lucky you, I like Hastings, lived there in 1947. in High St. Olde Towne.  Last time I went there was 12 years ago. ;-(((((
qahtan

[saddad]

I haven't forgotten your "GKH" Abigail... but when ever I want to dig it and post it they seem to be on strike. I'll probably dig it and pot it... it will die back and I'll send it dormant when they have finished...  :-X

[pigeonseed]

pigeonseed, I see you live in Hastings, lucky you, I like Hastings, lived there in 1947. in High St. Olde Towne.  Last time I went there was 12 years ago. ;-(((((
qahtan

I love it here too - I've been here just over a year. I'd love to be able to see it in 1947! (I'm guessing you mean the year, not quarter to eight this evening  ;))

I haven't forgotten your "GKH" Abigail...

No worries!  :)

[Digitalis]

I've brought the lavender cuttings in and plan to keep them in my porch until their roots are a bit tougher.

Incidentally, the cuttings are only 1 week old yet they all seem to be putting on growth, AND some have roots growing through the holes at the bottom of the pots!

Beginners luck?!