Pruning Lavender That Has Gone Woody

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Good Soil Nursery

Күн бұрын

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@DerrickBarber 11 ай бұрын

You're like the Edward Scissorhands of lavender. It's beautiful to watch!

@goodsoilnursery 11 ай бұрын

😆 thanks I appreciate that and I’m glad you enjoyed the video

@PaulOutdoors Жыл бұрын

A great explanation and demonstration. This is something that I have done to revitalise woody lavender. Got to be brave. Thank you. Paul 👍😊

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, and you’re welcome. It works really well, and you do have to be brave. If you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t forget to subscribe.

@darlenemc3586 7 ай бұрын

I moved to my house and inherited the 2 large pots out front with woody lavender in it. I was thinking of tossing it out, but will prune it down like you showed! Thank you for this video. It's well timed for me.

@goodsoilnursery 7 ай бұрын

You’re welcome hope it helps.

@laurengrinberg3505 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing all the steps of this pruning

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

@nikkigramling8193 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! The life you just saved was my lavender plant

@goodsoilnursery 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome.

@lonettehendrick9836 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering about the woody part. I have had mine for two years your video is the first one to help me with quest and hopefully keep mine looking good. Thank you!

@goodsoilnursery 2 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome, thanks for watching and practice makes perfect

@OrganicallyAnn 10 ай бұрын

I like to see how drastic you pruned your lavender back. Often times people discard them when they get that woody, but you showed them the green growth that was still viable on the plant. Thanks for the video.

@goodsoilnursery 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Plants are a lot tougher then what most people give them credit for.

@kamauwikeepa7308 11 ай бұрын

Well I lost count of how many my sister has tossed in the rubbish and purchased more to replace them. However, in her old home she had a lush hedge she had established from off cuts. She virtually just stuck them in the ground with no problems at all. She has the idea that they play around with them so much that they have lost their resilience. Sadly all the bushes she tossed out are gone except one. Thanks for your information, I will up root this one and have a close look. Her hedge had sun all day, this could be another reason because we also have many mature trees on our property. Here goes!

@goodsoilnursery 11 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome and thanks for watching. If the plants are strong enough they will return beautiful like nothing has happened. To much shade isn’t the best thing for lavender a good substitute would be catmint.

@paulette6900 Ай бұрын

Thank you, I was getting depressed looking at my beautiful bushes not looking so beautiful. I wonder if it's the extended hot, dry spells we've had this summer. I finally watered them a few times and that seems to have helped.

@goodsoilnursery Ай бұрын

You’re welcome and thanks for watching. It could be, however lavender are what they call sub shrubs. If you don’t prune every year they do get very woody.

@rotorblade7363 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video.

@goodsoilnursery 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it.

@frankryan782 Жыл бұрын

Strange plant , most videos says if you cut lavender right back it will not regrow . I'm wondering if you cut it right back the results will depend on when you do it?

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

It’s always best to do it in the spring helps the plant recover

@violetrosegold 2 ай бұрын

Great video. I need to do that to my lavender. How long did it take for your lavender to grow big and full again?

@goodsoilnursery 2 ай бұрын

It took until the following year to grow back big and full, so let’s say you prune this year, next year they most likely will be back nice and full.

@Barbara-c6b4t 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@goodsoilnursery 2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

@virgorising8123 Жыл бұрын

Wish I would have seen this before I pruned it completely in hopes of it coming back and it hasn’t yet. About to go home and take it out and look for some green. But what if you see no green at all then what? Is it totally done

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

It is totally done if there is no green at all

@Abynate 22 күн бұрын

When should you be doing this exactly? During/before Springtime or when Summer's ending? I adopted woody lavender from someone whose father passed, because they were going to get rid of it anyway, but I'm a bit hesitant as I don't want to ruin the plants 🙈

@goodsoilnursery 22 күн бұрын

Do it during springtime, doing it in the spring gives the lavender the best possible chance at recovery and will allow you to spot the new growth to cut down to.

@mghtrock48 4 ай бұрын

It seems one would want to control/minimize woody growth? Otherwise, as the plant matures, the green growth will appear further away from the root zone. This correct?

@goodsoilnursery 4 ай бұрын

You would want to control that, unfortunately most people who buy plants like lavender are not told that at purchase or just don’t know.. Anyone, I mentioned this in the video who wants or buys lavender should prune a 1/3 of the plant after blooming. Most people don’t know that and typically aren’t told that when they buy the plant this video showed plants that weren’t taken care of, and how to help remedy the issue.

@mghtrock48 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I grew a bunch of lavender in 3.5 inch pots. They completed a full year of growth and wasn’t sure how to prune since most videos don’t really talk about growth in young plants. After your video, it makes sense now to prune after the flowering. This will encourage new growth at the base, allowing that new growth to catch up to the pruned parts, thus creating a bushier lavender.

@goodsoilnursery 4 ай бұрын

@@mghtrock48 you're welcome

@tinaknutsen 6 ай бұрын

Can you do the same with Heather? Mine looks woody like your lavender -straggly and gappy instead of full.

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

Heather you can’t cut back as hard or be as drastic. Without seeing the plant I would remove any old dead/dying branches. Then from here on out cut stems back 2/3 after flowering, and over time it should grow i to its own.

@jacobandcassidydejong7674 2 ай бұрын

When should I give the lavender a hard prune? Spring or fall?

@goodsoilnursery 2 ай бұрын

Spring is the best time, gives the plant the best chance of recovery

@butterflywings370 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for video. I have a potted lavendar that has some wooded stem at the bottom but the top seem to have green and brown leaves. Would pruning help?

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome thank you for watching. There will always be a little woody, but you never trim it then it will turn very woody like the one, I did in this video with all wood and very little foliage and flowering. To keep you lavender happy, healthy, flowering and less woody after flowering trim the plant by a 1/3 every year.

@butterflywings370 6 ай бұрын

@@goodsoilnursery Thanks!

@fishsimplyoutdoors 6 ай бұрын

@@butterflywings370you’re welcome

@CBTCFT 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Is it safe to do this in autumn, or should I wait until spring now?

@goodsoilnursery 11 ай бұрын

Your welcome. Wait until spring to give it the best chance of recovering and putting on new growth.

@DozaCraft 6 ай бұрын

I mean call me crazy.. but shouldn't that plant be IN THE DIRT?!

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

😆 i was moving them and it was easier for me to prune them out of the dirt. Plants are a lot tougher the. What people give them credit for. Upon transplanting and the heavy pruning 3 out of the 5 pulled through.

@AYFU2 6 ай бұрын

Why does it go Woody ? Lack of water or winter cold ?

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

Lavender is actually a shrub not a flower, so if you don’t annually trim it after flowering it gets woody and shrub like. By trimming it by about 1/3 after flowering helps to minimize how woody it gets by keeping it compact and taking off the “old” growth.

@AYFU2 6 ай бұрын

@@goodsoilnursery Thank you !! I'll be pruning it down . First plant of lavender I've owned. Appreciate the feedback!

@fishsimplyoutdoors 6 ай бұрын

@@AYFU2you’re welcome

@AllisonTobin-tb2vc 3 ай бұрын

My lavender has no white flowers at the top of the blue

@goodsoilnursery 3 ай бұрын

Most lavender has purple flowers there are some varieties that have all white flowers

@belindalee4626 4 ай бұрын

Omg I just threw away 3 lavendar plants that look like yours. Why didn't I see this video sooner. Thanks this is the 2nd year of purchasing Lowes lavendar plants and they die.

@goodsoilnursery 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. It may or may not be a tad more expensive sounds like you should check out some local nurseries in your area.

@dellahayden5606 6 ай бұрын

I’m going to try to cut mine back today… wish me 🍀

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

Good luck and thanks for watching

@kutecitten5701 Жыл бұрын

Can this be done in summer? Thanks

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

It can when you pruning lavender that’s gone woody to put it simply your removing all the dead old wood. Lavender blooms on new growth. I did a video pruning lavender as well. The woody lavender that I cut back hard most survived.

@deedee8568 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It may die but I'll try. Better than binning.

@goodsoilnursery Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. Out of all the ones, I had to cut back hard to include the one in this video there was about a 75% success rate.

@graceclifton-uv1vj 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I didn't know how to care for lavender and mine got so woody and sparse looking. I have hope now 🥰

@goodsoilnursery 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and thanks for watching. Hope it works out for you.

@jamesedwards2687 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this excellent presentation. I've been flying blind with my lavender.

@goodsoilnursery 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, lavender was a learning curve for me as well and I’m very happy this helped you.

@dianahcrumpler9791 11 күн бұрын

What if your lavender bush blooms almost all year? Doesn’t stop producing flowers until the first frost. El Paso West Texas.

@goodsoilnursery 10 күн бұрын

If it’s woody like the one I did in this video. I would wait until spring and when the lavender starts its new growth for the year so you can identify where to cut down to. If you’re just talking about pruning by a 1/3 I would just do that before first frost.

@kindafoggy 8 ай бұрын

Sorry if I missed it in your video, but what variety is the lavender you pruned? I understand some varieties respond well and get nice and lush with a hard pruning and some, like Grosso (which I have) do regularly die/flatten out in the center of the plant. Does make it look "woody" because all the little new grow is out on the ends of the branches. Does Grosso bounce back with lots of new, full growth for you?

@goodsoilnursery 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. The lavender I’m pruning in this video is all Munstead. All lavender will get woody over time, pruning helps slow that process down. These haven’t been pruned in a long time so by doing the heavy trim, I did makes them more floriferous. 3 out of the 5 I ended up trimming hard survived. Many think of lavender as flowers when in fact they are actually shrubs, I wish KZbin would allow pictures in comments so I could show you how they recovered

@kindafoggy 8 ай бұрын

@@goodsoilnursery I appreciate the information! I'll be replacing the Grossos with Munstead I think.

@fishsimplyoutdoors 8 ай бұрын

@@kindafoggyyou’re welcome. It wouldn’t hurt to try, it never hurts to experiment. Also what may work for one may not work for another even if they are right down the road.

@GoldenPowergardens Күн бұрын

I have been on the learning curve with my lavender. Trimmed mine a lot like you did but was cautioned not to dig up even to improve growing medium to sandy compost. Very exciting to see real gardening skill.

@KishorTwist 7 ай бұрын

All _above_ the new spring growth! 👍

@goodsoilnursery 7 ай бұрын

You got it

@PattyRissmanKidd 5 ай бұрын

It's a good video except that you went too fast and didn't get enough close-ups to show exactly where you were cutting. If you slow down a little bit and showed more of where exactly you cut according to the new growth, it would very much improve the video. Thank you for your time though.

@goodsoilnursery 5 ай бұрын

Cut just above the new growth. Thank you for watching

@msyafiqmuhd3332 9 ай бұрын

Any updates of its growth?

@goodsoilnursery 9 ай бұрын

3 out of the 5 that, I ended up doing recovered and are doing very well. 2 of them didn’t make it.

@msyafiqmuhd3332 9 ай бұрын

Aww man its like a gamble risk .i cut most of the stems and leaves and left some stems and main stems because i saw the tip leaves turn black and white

@karenrhine3612 7 ай бұрын

Do you have to remove from the ground to trim like this?

@goodsoilnursery 7 ай бұрын

You do not, they were removed from the ground because, I was moving them to a better location, sometimes it’s much easier to do them being hunched over.