Hello! How's it going? This time I'm going to tell you how to plant lavender, an aromatic plant par excellence that has captivated many of us by its pleasant perfume and its extraordinary beauty, as well as by its rusticity and its low cost. And it has it all!
It is undoubtedly the ideal candidate to delimit paths or be in a pot, where you like it the most.
Lavender is a shrubby herbaceous plant that can grow to about 70-80 in height, but does not usually exceed 50 centimeters, especially when looking for short, compact plants. It is native to the Mediterranean region, a circumstance that makes its resistance to drought remarkable. It is because of that can be used to have in xero-gardens, that is, in low maintenance gardens.
But as I said before, It can also grow -and very comfortable by the way- in a pot, either made of clay or plastic, and even in flower boxes together with other lavenders to form a beautiful lilac-colored landscape in a small size during spring. Whether it is going to be planted in the ground or in a pot, it is important that it is located in full sun, otherwise its growth and development would not be good (it would have longer and straighter leaves, and it would be difficult for it to flower properly).
If the plant has a root ball of about four inches, the pot or planting hole will need to be about two-three centimeters deeper, with a minimum diameter of about 2-3cm more than that of said root ball. To plant it, you just have to extract it from the pot, taking care not to crumble the root bread - although if some were to break, nothing would happen -, introduce it in the new pot or in the garden, and fill it with soil.
As it is a very rustic and adaptable plant, any substrate can be used. In the event that it is going to be planted on land, it must be borne in mind that it prefers calcareous soils; If yours is acidic, it is more advisable that you have it in a pot, and give it calcium from time to time. Even so, if you are very excited to have it in the garden, make a bigger hole and mix the soil you have with the aforementioned mineral, and once every 15 days fertilize it with a fertilizer that has a high dose of calcium.
And since we are in spring, the flowering season of this beautiful plant, what better way than to end with a revealed secret: did you know that it is said that if you plant lavender it will give you good luck? We don't know if it's true or not, but of course, it is lucky to be able to admire it and enjoy the aroma, Right?