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<blockquote data-quote="debrasue" data-source="post: 1540007"><p>It's beautiful - your husband does a great job!</p><p></p><p>I love lavender and have quite a few pots and bushes of it dotted around the garden, but this year I feel none of them has looked their best. They are all looking a bit leggy and sparse. Seeing how bushy and healthy yours looks has made me decide I must start again next year and replace them all. I think you can get away with hard pruning in the autumn for a few years, but in my garden lavender certainly seems to have a 'shelf life' of around 5 or 6 years, and then it's time to start again. </p><p></p><p>I love the smell of it, though, and always dry the flowerheads for my linen drawers. Slipping into crisp, fresh bed linen smelling of lavender on a dark winter's evening is, for me, one of life's true pleasures. When I close my eyes the scent is instantly evocative of warm, lazy days and the buzz of bees drifting through the flower borders. Summer in a drawer... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite37" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":happy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="debrasue, post: 1540007"] It's beautiful - your husband does a great job! I love lavender and have quite a few pots and bushes of it dotted around the garden, but this year I feel none of them has looked their best. They are all looking a bit leggy and sparse. Seeing how bushy and healthy yours looks has made me decide I must start again next year and replace them all. I think you can get away with hard pruning in the autumn for a few years, but in my garden lavender certainly seems to have a 'shelf life' of around 5 or 6 years, and then it's time to start again. I love the smell of it, though, and always dry the flowerheads for my linen drawers. Slipping into crisp, fresh bed linen smelling of lavender on a dark winter's evening is, for me, one of life's true pleasures. When I close my eyes the scent is instantly evocative of warm, lazy days and the buzz of bees drifting through the flower borders. Summer in a drawer... :happy: [/QUOTE]
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