Lavender from Seed: Cold Stratification and Plenty of Sun
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Lavender can be grown from seed if you know the trick with cold. Here is the full path to flowering.
Cold stratification
Lavender seeds germinate much better after a period of cold. Put them in damp sand or a cloth, in a sealed bag, in the fridge for 3–4 weeks. Then sow them in the warm.
Sowing
Sow in February–March on the surface of a light compost and just press the seeds in. Germination is slow and uneven — from 2 to 4 weeks at 18–20 °C.
Prick out into individual pots and plant out in May.
Soil and position
- Full sun.
- Poor, chalky, well-drained soil.
- No excess watering — more lavenders die from water than from drought.
Pruning
After flowering, cut the flower stems and a little of the green growth. Do not cut into old wood — it does not produce new shoots. Lavender grown from seed flowers abundantly from its second year.
Photo: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
