Buy a plant!

Agree!

Sorry, that sounds a bit abrupt. I've never known lavender to self-seed. Maybe the flowers are sterile. I've never noticed the seed for sale either. Buy a plant, or beg a cutting from a friend.

I'd buy plants- they soon grow so smaller ones are economical. Dont forget to cut them hard after flowering but not into dead wood.

Thanks guys think I will buy a plant.

I had a lavander that self seeded. It took ages to get the seeling larger that 3 inches - ended up binning them all. Buy a plant :)

Both Botanical Interests and Lake Valley, here in the States, offer seed of a couple of kinds of Lavender. In any area with a short growing season, though, plants are much more reliable, plus the only way to get true named varieties.

I've grown Lavender from seed and now have a very healthy 4-year-old hedge with cuttings taken every year to maintain it when I have to remove older parts. I brought the seeds from Britain with me when we moved - sorry, can't remember whose they were, but I remember the seeds germinated easily. Hope you find what you're looking for. :o)

Buy a plant, Kev, and propagate from cuttings - easy peasy, and a LOT quicker. I got 50 new plants from my first attempt.

Thank you all,sounds like a plant is the way to go.

I've grown it from a packet of seeds. It's easy to grow. I've got a few nice little bushes now. The plants I buy never seem to survive.

Thanks Hywel I`m going to plant seeds & buy a plant & see what happens its all experience at the end of the day hey.

So it is ... and it's good to experiment, to find out what works best for us individually.....

You'll need to keep us upto date via a 'lavander (b)log' Kev!

Will do scottish.

Please do post an updat. I picked up a pack of Lavender Munstead Strain seeds that I was going to have a go with. Be interesting to see if you have better luck than I do.

Will let you know Samjp.

Thanks :)