Lavender
Hardy Perennial.
Two or three feet.
Flowers “lavender”, in July.
A shrubby plant with woody stems, whose flowers,
whether grown for scent in the border or for cutting
and drying, hardly need description.
Its proper
place is the mixed border, or it may be used as
a low hedge for dividing off such places as the
herb-ground.
Plants may be raised from seed sown
in the open in April; but the best plan is to
get cuttings from establishes plants of a stout-growing
and healthy stock (there is a good deal of difference
in this respect).
The cuttings should be small,
healthy side growths; if these are dibbled in
a patch of light soil in half-shade at the end
of June or in a box of sandy compost, not one
ought to be lost.
Plant out in nursery beds when
rooted, a foot apart, and in October consign to
their proper quarters.
The bushes may stand many
years, but will sooner or later become gnarled
and tumble-down, and a due succession of young
plants should always be provided.
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