Lavender

Lovely :o)

Can't go wrong with lavender (says she, who keeps killing it off somehow lol)

Nice - love it - sorry for being ignorant but is it evergreen or die off ?

I love lavender & planted 3 of the dwarf variety of Hidcote in our very first small garden at the back. It's doing really well & beginning to spread out now with flowers on it. I also planted another variety of the 'winged' type in my side garden. I am hoping to put dwarf lavender in either side of my front path, with erigeron growing through it.

Sorry Paul, were you asking me if it's evergreen? I wouldn't know - it never lasts with me!!!! lol

lol sheilar

It is evergreen Paul!
Mine self seed for some reason!? I have 8 babies in pots and have spied about 6 more tiny lavs growing in the gravel! All Hidcotes.

cool - I have lots of it and curry plant also rosemary

You will have to get a 'cotton lavender' next Paul!! It has round, bright yellow flowers!

got it in front Lulu - love it :)))))))))))))))))))))))))

Hi Dwyllis, Have you seen those lovely hares that Noahs garden has clipped up in lavender and rosemary? Thats what I would like to do eventually with these. Well Ill have a go, dont know what shape I will try yet.
Paul, Lulu and Sheilar...lol Can anyone join in??? What are you all like???

We're all hopeless!!! As far as lavender's concerned,
mine is more 'everbrown' ... lol

haha Sheilar :DDD

I bought some today :))))))))))))))))))))

If the one I've got in the garden at the moment pops it's clogs, I'm gonna get a plastic one and stick it in the ground! lol

well that's one good thought :D I have curry plant too

What a plastic one?!

real one lol - ;)))

Sorry to sound thick Paul, but what's a curry plant?

it looks very much like Lavendar but smells like curry!! a herb :)))

Never heard of it! I thought you might have meant a kerria japonica - I've got one of those! lol

kerria japonica is amazing love it

Yeah but to my knowledge you can't use it as a herb!:o)

I wouldn't try it :D

Yes Poppylover, I did see those in Noah's garden. Loved them. Paul, there was a big curry plant growing just outside of my kitchen door in a house we bought when I first returned to NZ late 1998. Everytime I stepped out into the sunshine for a quiet cup of tea, I was hit by the smell of curry. I hated that plant & if we hadn't sold that house within 2 years of moving in, it would definitely have been history lol.

heehee - I love curry fortunately :D

Me too ..... but not in my garden lol.

You must have had a really smelly one Dwyllis. I dont think Ive ever smelled a curry plant unless I rubbed it. It would probably make a nice topiary - !

Maybe our summer heat intensifies the curry smell, Poppylover? Just a thought. I know I didn't have to rub it to appreciate the curry odour. Even after all these years I can still remember how much I hated that plant lol. Interesting fact that it is only ornamental ... I thought it might be the same as the dried Curry leaves sold in bags in healthcare shops.

Like your new avatar D.

thanks Poppylover. Our beautiful native Tui .... & it has a very distinctive song too ... like a heavy booming noise, so I always know when its somewhere close by.

does anybody knows where I can find this dwarf levandula angustifolia hidcote?Ive never seen this type of lavender here in Greece and I need dwarf plants in my garden.

I think its quite common Bik. Have you googled it?? Failing that I will send you some cuttings, but will have to be in the spring.

hmmm.. cuttings is interesting looking forward for them.
do you know the dimentions of the plant when mature?

Bear with, Ill look on the label for you but its dark now so will have to be tomorrow!

ok poppylover thanks

Hi again Bik. Had a look at the label - no information whatever!! Looked it up in RHS book - There are a few different varieties of Lavender angustifolia (mine is just labelled angustifolia) Most of them are around 3ft. Hidcote is the exception and is slightly shorter at 2ft. I would like to eventually clip mine into topiaries. Hope this helps.

thanks poppy

ur welcome Bik