Hi this is Yolanda Vanveen and in this segment we are going to talk about how to grow lavender
plants. Now lavender plants are some of my favorite plants in the world and the aroma
of the flower is just intoxicating. It smells so good I just love it. And it dries really
well and it makes a great cut flower and dried flower and you can put some in your drawers
and have all of your clothes smell really good. And it's great for repelling all types
of insects too. Lavender has so many different uses. And it's really easy to grow. So lavender
plants need full hot sun, that's the key, they don't do well in shade. And they need
lots of room to grow and good organic soil. So good compost or potting soils are the best.
They don't like to be put right on clay where they have nothing to grab onto. They will
rot right out. So you got to give them good compost a good potting soil. And you can start
them by seed, you can just collect the seeds in the fall, dry them out, and start them
in the spring or you can buy them at any garden center or farmer's market or already in a
pot growing. So they're just a root. Just like a little tree and you plant them anytime
of the year although spring and fall is probably the best cause then they won't dry out and
there's no chance to loosing them then. And you just plant them so that the roots are
covered and the plant is exposed. And they just grow wonderfully. And they'll come back
year after year after year. Every fall once the flowers have died completely back, I like
to go in, trim them back a little bit and make them more into a circle because I've
noticed if I just left them wild and they grow really long stems and over the years
they get really lanky. And they kind of, there's a lot of brown in the middle and a lot of,
not a lot of lush growth in the middle so if you just trim it out a little bit every
fall you'll find that they'll grow in really lush and full the next year. They are a great
plant for your garden.