Lavender smell

Lavender suits this hot weather as well. We have lots of lavender in the garden. I dry it and make lavender bags.

I always thought it was for older people and here I am now, that older person 😂
It reminds me of my mum and her lavender soap.

Cheap to buy easy to propagate, long lived, pretty. That before as you said smells lovely

I love the smell of it in the garden.
Not in beauty products though.

I have a large lavender plant on my front rockery and recently gave it a good haircut as the flowers had faded it and the bees had lost interest. I put the cuttings in the green waste bin and even now, after it has been emptied of them, the scent still lingers. The plant that keeps on giving!

I have a very old-fashioned variety of Lavender in my garden & its massive & covered in scented spires.
A elderly lady had it out in her front garden, with a free to good home label on it & I am the lucky new guardian. The newer varieties of Lavandula are simply not comparable.

I've always loved the smell of lavender, since I was a little girl and mum put lavender bags in our knicker drawer, and in with the bedding.

I used to have a beautiful lavandet bush in a pot, but I've nevet been able to grow it since then.

We are very lucky here in the south as the lavender likes the soil. We are growing different kinds of lavender, both the traditional type and the French. Quite often our local garden centres sell lavender plants off when the blooms have faded. I just buy them, trim off the dead stalks, pop them in the ground ready for next year. We’ve built up quite a few that way.

I love the smell of lavender and find it very soothing. I buy Yardleys lavender eau de toilette which I find useful in this heat.

MissAdventure

I've always loved the smell of lavender, since I was a little girl and mum put lavender bags in our knicker drawer, and in with the bedding.

I used to have a beautiful lavandet bush in a pot, but I've nevet been able to grow it since then.

Does lavender bags keep the moths at bay?

Silvershadow

We are very lucky here in the south as the lavender likes the soil. We are growing different kinds of lavender, both the traditional type and the French. Quite often our local garden centres sell lavender plants off when the blooms have faded. I just buy them, trim off the dead stalks, pop them in the ground ready for next year. We’ve built up quite a few that way.

I love the smell of lavender and find it very soothing. I buy Yardleys lavender eau de toilette which I find useful in this heat.

How do you stop lavender becoming woody? Do you trim it back?

Also I think flies don’t like it

I take the tops off MT62 after flowering. They say don’t cut into the old wood or it kills it. So far, ours are ok.

Sorry, forgot to add. I think it does keep moths at bay. When we visit NT properties they always have huge bowls of dried lavender everywhere. I asked once and was told it keeps insects at bay.

Silvershadow

I take the tops off MT62 after flowering. They say don’t cut into the old wood or it kills it. So far, ours are ok.

Oh right, I didn’t know you had to dead head them.
I want to grow a lavender edge at the side of the drive way.
Which is best french, English?

Hedge 🤦‍♀️

For a full hedge probably English. They tend to be a bigger lavender bush but ask at your garden centre as some are dwarf plants. This year we managed to buy plants with purple and white flowers combined but they are not big bushes. I think the English ones are called Hidcote. Have a look on the RHS website for guidance.

I put lavender bags or lavender soap in my nightie and pants drawers. Just a lovely refreshing smell.

Silvershadow

Sorry, forgot to add. I think it does keep moths at bay. When we visit NT properties they always have huge bowls of dried lavender everywhere. I asked once and was told it keeps insects at bay.

I have a natural lavender pillow spray but I do spray around the edges of the carpet to stop those pesky carpet beetles. Seems to work as I haven’t seen any for a long time.

My son is autistic, non verbal, with severe learning difficulties. We use lavender oil to help keep him calm when he is stressed and self harming. It really helps him.

I’ve just looked on the RHS website for you. There is a lot of info about different sizes, how to care for it etc. best for hedging that type of thing.
Good luck!

Sorry that was for MT62.