Woody Lavender Becomes "Modern" Lavender Topiary!

Another Lavender lover here. Didn't prune from 2020. My Lavenders look exactly the same. Feel sad taking them out but got to do it🌿

Tumble weeds = winter interest 😃👍 My kind gardening !!

I wonder if you can put that through a chipper shredder and use that as mulch. I wonder if the shredded lavender would have enough scent to help deter pests in the garden.

Thank you Laura. Very explicit and helpful 😊

Thank you for this great instruction video Laura. I've watched many videos on the topic and yours is hands down the most helpful. 👍 lots of details and examples.

Wish I had seen your video sooner... I ended up with a woody woody lavender bush. However a year later its very forgiving and has new greenery😊 You explained it so simply and easy to understand for a beginner gardener...thank you

LOVE the topiary results! Great work :-)

Sometimes it hurts to make those decisions to remove plants, but at the same time it provides possibilities for new plants. I can’t wait to see what you decide to plant. It seems we have a lot of the same plants even though I’m in zone 8a. We both have lots of bunny activity. That might be why we choose certain plants that bunnies stay away from. Happy gardening!

My Phenomenal Lavender has been properly pruned for the past 5 years. The Lavender started moving out of the center last year and exposing a lot of dead wood - sad. I pulled them out this year. I replanted with Grosso Lavender this year. As magnificent as they are in bloom, at least one local nursery is discouraging homeowners from planting Phenomenal.

Great improvement!! Love the result! 💜

Last year we planted 7 Spanish Lavender but I didn't quite understand about pruning. Now I can see I did some correct pruning (lush growth) and missed other areas (woody). Thank you for the video it really helped me understand what I did wrong. We may end up losing one or two but that's ok. Knowledge is power. Great video!!!

I just found your channel and I’m loving it. Your voice is also so soothing. Everything appears to be so simple to do, hope I can follow some of your tips. I am in zone 8a but I think I can adjust the plants for my area.

Wow that looks so much better. Now you have lots of room to plant new plants and that is so exciting. I just got Lavendar last year so I am hoping mine do not get woody but if they do then I am going to do the same thing you did in this video. I love how you create new ideas in your garden beds. Love your videos.

Congratulations with your bravery! 😁

Tops and tip of the softer new growth can be rooted as cuttings! You've got about a thousand babies there!

Thank you!

I have only ever grown lavender in terracotta pots and I love the Mediterranean look. Never had success in the ground as I have heavy clay water logged ground in autumn all the way through to early summer. As woody as that one was you had, it did look beautiful in flower.

I am learning how to prune my lavender after it has bloomed.

Your info is greatly helping! I am on eastern shore maryland. We started lavender from seed last year. We are very much lavender newbies!

I’m in Chesterfield, NJ, and just started watching some of your videos. I like when I find someone with the exact same growing conditions as I have. Actually 6 B here. I work in a greenhouse and am the busiest at work when the garden needs the most attention, but oh well. I only work 4 days a week, so it’s not that bad. Just found Dwarf Hinoki Cypress, the darker green, at a local place, and am in love with them! I have to figure out where they should go, and that’s the hard part because we’ve been here 20 years and it’s maxed out.