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Hannah Edson wrote: \u201cI have this lovely lavender bush.\u00a0 It was already this woody when we moved in, but much smaller and unkept.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWith regular pruning, it has really filled out and become a wonderful ball. It does take up quite a lot of room though.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow far can I prune it back? It would be nice to get it to grow closer to the wall, to remove that big gap, but I don’t want to kill it off either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Along with the post, Hannah shared three photos of her lavender plant outgrowing the space of her front garden.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Group members took to the comments section to give their opinions. Most claimed that pruning the plant is \u201ceasy\u201d, just \u201cdon\u2019t cut into the woody bits\u201d.<\/p>\n John Searle said: \u201cCutting back as far as you can leaving green leaves is the right amount for the plant to bounce back beautifully.<\/p>\n \u201cPersonally I’d read up on how to take cuttings from it, and use some of your trimmings to try and propagate a few new plants, then you can dig out the old one and start again (as that plant is always going to be big and woody now).\u201d<\/p>\n Chantel Gibson commented: \u201cI cut my lavender right back to get it to be a smaller shape because it was getting really leggy and they\u2019ve grown back with so much green growth right at the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n Aparna Kompella said: \u201cThis is exactly what I did. However, I suggest giving it a light prune taking 12 to 15 cm off. After two to three weeks you\u2019ll see new growth at the base and that would be your guide for where to prune.\u201d<\/p>\n Jayne Dawson wrote: \u201cI had three lavenders in pots all were struggling. I cut them right down, almost to the ground, and moved them to my border. The following year they grew back beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n Peter Finch said: \u201cAs others have said don’t cut into the old wood, or you’ll probably kill it! Just about any plant grown against a wall will arch out simply looking for light.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a wall down one side of my garden and everything grows away from it. A real pain at times, as I have to stake and tie in a lot of the plants, to try and avoid a complete jungle effect.\u201d<\/p>\n
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