Lavenders differ in hardiness, size and flower shape. Choose for the winters and space you can provide before deciding which colour or fragrance you prefer.
Soil and drainage
Lavender grass, fertile. The riculous soil is the same, the pH 7-8.5 is the most suitable lavender, cool and well-ventilated environment, avoid hot and moist.
temperature
15 ~ 25 ° C, can grow at 5 to 30 ° C. The growth of 35 ° C or more, long-term than 38-40 ° C top stalks. When the north winter, she started to sleep below 0 ° C, and the seedling can be resistant to 20 to -25 ° C.
How to select a lavender
1. Lavender is pollination, and the variety has a total of 28 kinds. ,
2, lavender can be used, cutting, and strip. Breeding, typically based on sowing and cutting.
3, lavender sowing reproduction, regular growth is from 3 to June or 9- October. The lavender seeds were small, the sleep period was longer, and the seeds were seeded for 12 hours, and then seeded with 20-50 mg / kg gibberellin for 2 hours.
4, the seedling period pay attention to spray water, when the seedlings can be properly seedling, the pelvis is 10 cm.
5, choose a well-developed breeded mother strain, cut from the mother plant, and the annual semi-wooded branches of the tissue, and remove the top, 5 ~ 6cm, 2 hours insertion, and then insert into the prepared culture In the soil, insertion depth is 1 ~ 2cm, and the water is poured.
6, pay attention to the shade of more than 80% of the shade network, often keep the pot soil moist, and it will be rooted after about 2 to 3 weeks after plugging, and the 70% shine shade is shade it to autumn. 1 month in plug.
Related reading: Lavender Varieties: Comparing Habit, Flowers and Hardiness.