Almost everyone wants a narcotic smelling violet splendor in the garden. Lavender beds are simply charming, as well as a few plants in a perennial flower bed. Do you want to enjoy them for a long time? Why not. “But it is necessary to look at the soil growing in,” points out garden expert Jana Bucharová.
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You were looking forward to them last season and thought it would be the same this year. But when you come to check perennial beds after winter, lavender is irretrievably destroyed. There is no choice but to dig and plant new plants. “This sad surprise can be avoided,” explains Jana Bucharová, expert of the magazine Recipe for garden themes.
Resistant herb
The warmer climate wishes for a number of Mediterranean herbs to grow well in the garden. In addition, lavender is said to survive frosts and minus 20 ° C. “That’s true, but they must have the right environment to do so,” says Jana Bucharová. In winter, she does not mind the frost as the moisture that can stick to the soil. “He cannot process and evaporate the excess of moisture and therefore suffers from the roots,” the expert describes.
Fatal humidity
The help is simple. Like most other Mediterranean herbs, lavender needs to be planted in a well -permeable soil, where moisture will quickly drain in winter. “Therefore, the soil on the flower beds is therefore light, add stones and sand to it. Especially if you have more clay soil,” recommends Jana Bucharová. You will also benefit rosemary or thyme. But you can also put them in a rock garden or a raised flower bed, from where you can do the moisture easier.
Beware of the species
Did you do everything right, and it still looks like compost on the flower bed? Then maybe one more inconvenience happened. Not all lavender are really frost -resistant. “There is also a French lavender, a cork, which has a clustered inflorescence. And the stronger frosts simply do not read,” the expert says frequently.
