Lavender Container Garden
Flower and succulent mixed planter pots.
Lavender container garden. Larger lavender varieties can also be grown in containers but they will need to be either transplanted to the garden after a couple of years or planted in a larger container. They produce flowers fast and maintain a manageable size in pots. Use shades of lavender chartreuse and yellow to create a soft and dreamy garden flower pot. Lavender thrives in most soil qualities from poor to moderately fertile.
Your plant needs 8 hours of direct sunlight. A 10 12 inches deep container is great for this purpose. Lavender is best planted as a young plant in the spring as the soil is warming up. How much more depends on the environment and the type of pot.
Lavender likes heat and many varieties won t survive a cold winter. Choosing and preparing a planting site. Water when the soil not the plant appears dry and water at the base of the plant to limit dampness on the foliage. Any lavender variety will grow in a container and can be clipped in decorative balls and cones but some are better suited than others.
Before you place a lavender plant in a pot think about container placement. It produces a profusion of strongly fragrant violet blue flower spikes that will bloom continuously from early to mid summer. Place your container grown lavender plants somewhere they receive full sun at least 8 hours per day and water them sparingly. The best way to plant and grow lavender in containers or pots is to replicate the growing conditions that the plant loves.
Purple and yellow container garden plants. Use a loose soilless mix for planting and remember that container grown lavender will require more water than garden grown plants. True to its name thumbelina leigh is a dwarf english lavender ideal for containers low borders and rock gardens. Allow the soil to dry out between waterings but don t let it get so dry that the plant wilts.
This plant is a native of the mediterranean region which is sunny hot and dry. Small growing lavender cultivars are ideally suited for containers as they keep a reasonably compact and small form naturally. Since not all lavenders are hardy containers provide the opportunity to grow lavender that would otherwise not be suited to your garden. Choosing a container it depends on the lavender variety you re growing.