How To Care For Garden Lavender. Water mature plants every two to three weeks until buds form then once or twice weekly until harvest. Use a loose soilless mix for planting and remember that container-grown lavender will require more water than garden-grown plants.
This is why dry and sandy substrates that dont retain water are recommended. Use a loose soilless mix for planting and remember that container-grown lavender will require more water than garden-grown plants. Add your Lavender plant and fill the pot with soil within a couple of inches of the top.
Three can be planted together for a better clump effect.
French lavender is a name given to two different but very similar plants of the same family. If your soil is heavy plant on a 20-30cm 8in-1ft mound ridge or in a raised bed where the roots will not sit in wet soil. Unfortunately few live in a climate similar to its hot and sandy Mediterranean home. French lavender grows best in full sun with high temperatures low rainfall and infrequent watering in well draining sandy soils low humidity low to medium fertility with a soil pH between 65-8.