Lavender looking plant, but not lavender??
sred98
15 years ago
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Comments (5)Last year I bought a Nikon D40 and didn't discover until bloom season that it didn't capture purples and blues with the accuracy that we need for irises. I was really unhappy. Fortunately I was able to sell it to someone who didn't need that capacity and buy myself a Rebel. This trip was the tryout trip for the new camera. Most of these photos were taken in full sun, between 10 and 4. Not usually the best time for iris photos, but aside from the white areas (which got totally blasted) the color came out really well....See MoreLavender looks dead
Comments (2)Only a guess: Without a photo, my first thought goes to the growing medium in your pot, or the pot itself. Did you protect it at all from some of the winter wet - winter wet being the most common reason here for lavender failing. If I have things in pots that require great drainage, less water than our winter conditions will offer, I move the pots late Fall up against the house where they are under eaves, or onto my front porch where the amount of water is in my control over winter. It's been a wet Spring too....See MoreLavender and Lavender Cotton from cuttings.
Comments (4)Thank you Darlene! Everything I've read has said to take the new tender growth, so that's interesting. I will try taking some more hardened growth next... I'll try anything at this point. It looks like, out of at least 28 cuttings, I may have one survivor holding on... so... progress? Not exactly the 90% success rate that everyone talks about :( Ultimately, I'm hoping for about 4 or 5 Lavender Cotton plants to fill in one space of my garden and 4 more of my Munstead Lavender to finish out a small hedge. Definitely too hot to try and root them outside right now - though I did try it for some of the lavender cotton (it was doomed from the start). I've been hoping that starting indoors will have more success - I'm also going to try a lighter seed starting mix next instead of the potting soil. I will try a few out in the garden soil this fall to see how they do. I've got a few more sheltered places in the garden where they may survive. When they do finally root outside, do you dig them up and move them, or are you rooting them in small pots outside that can be moved around?...See MoreLooking for starts off lavender plants and false indigo
Comments (0)I am looking for starts of the above plants. Will be happy to pay for postage. Thank you for your time....See MoreTulsaRose
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