Can i prune lavender in october

As I’m writing this article, closely on the heels of the spring equinox, I’m looking out the window at my garden just starting to wake up from its slumber.

One job on my gardening to-do list that I need to get to by the end of the month is pruning my lavender. Even though I gave this perennial a prune last fall, I will still need to do a bit of tidying up in preparation for a new season of growth. 

I used to find pruning lavender endlessly intimidating when I was growing it in my first “grown up garden.” Perhaps it was because pruning happens when the plant is still growing.

What happens if you don't prune lavender

Or perhaps because, between floating buds and silvery tangled foliage, I didn’t know how far to cut back my lavender. 

Three gardens later, it somehow doesn’t seem as scary anymore. I’ve made my share of mistakes, from skipping pruning to pruning too hard into the old wood.

I’ve also killed some lavender by planting them in very moist soil and I’ve stunted others by planting them in too much shade. 

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