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Tue, Mar 6, 12 at 14:41
| Here in central Illinois the winter has been very mild. It is 70 degrees today and while looking at my lavender I see a lot of newer growth. Would it be safe to cut it back this early and if so, what do most people cut back, tips, by half or what?
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| as long as there are tiny buds on the stem you can cut back very far, well till to those buds. And thinning out in the process. I treated 3 very overgrown specimen that way, pruning in spring with the occasional frost at night. I reduced them from almost 3 feet diameter to about 8 inches , and they all came back with great new shoots. prunig harder will give you bushy plants for quite a long time. Some swear the best time to do it is right after flowering. If done regularly, you then just take off about a half of the new growth (of the stuff under the flower stalks) . Not sure about the timing in your region. Hope that helps, bye, Lin |
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