Hi everyone,
A couple of months ago I bought a lavender plant, after I search on the net I noticed that its leaves were a bit gifferent from the regular lavender and after joined Daves garden I discovered that it's a Spanish Lavender!!!
I love it, it hasn't bloom but her leaves smell so good. Recently I moved the plant to a new container as it was too bit for the small pot I had it on, today her leaves are like falling looking down if you know what I mean. Do you think I did something wrong to make them like that??
Please help I really need to save my plant!
Need help with my Spanish Lavender!!
Can you post a picture? If the roots got roughed up at all during repotting it could just be a little transplant shock, you might try putting it in a little shadier location for a little while until it gets adjusted. I'd also check and make sure you're watering it properly--now that it's in a bigger pot it's not going to need to be watered as often and lavenders don't like a ton of water.
I just relocated my entire lavender collection and I had several that initially responded poorly to being transplanted - especially if some of the ones moved when the weather was warmer and the sun was out. Their leaves and the fresh new growth at the tips drooped down - is that what yours is doing?
If so I'd definitely go with Ecrane's suggestion if this plant was just transplanted and move it into a bit of a shadier spot if it's currently in full sun. That and making sure it's kept watered during the adjustment period should help and if it is just transplant shock it should recover rather quickly.
All my lavenders, even the ones that were initially stressed, have all fully recovered and are doing great so your little gal can pull through just fine too.
On the other hand, if the symptoms are new and it's been a little while since the plant was transplanted and this isn't the first hot day since transplanting you should likely take a look at your water regime, because leaf drooping on a lavender from transplant shock should occur pretty promptly after transplant.
~Amanda
Thanx everyone'
Ecrane: I will soon post a picture(it's just that my camera is dead and is charging now)
Amanda:
your are rite that is exactly the thing that my plant is doing( their tips are droped down), I transplanted it yesterday and today evening was doing much better so I will wait to see if is just an adjustment period (hopefully) are they any other consideration I must have to grow this plant?
when i will have flowers??
thanx once again!!!
Wilting during the day and then perking up in the evening is very common with things that were just transplanted. I'd try and move it to an area where it gets a little more shade particularly during the heat of the day, and that should help keep it from wilting.
Yes, if it was just the other day then it's just transplant shock. Just follow Ecrane's advice and your lavender will be peppy again in no time.
There's nothing much about Spanish lavenders that's different from any other lavender. Just keep it well pruned and I have talked to some people who have worried about their Spanish lavenders because they weren't upright like their English lavenders - that's okay because they're supposed to look like that. They tend to be more spreaders than upright growers.
As for the flowers, at least in my area all my Spanish lavenders (and the others too) are finished blooming for the year so you won't likely be seeing flowers until next summer.
~Amanda
Fish Emulsion....I swear by it...seems to help everything!! I will tell you that out of the 6-7 different lavenders I have the Spanish lavender seemed to be a tad more temperamental. They also seem to enjoy Hollytone if you're able to get that down there.
Finally I got the picture!!!!
Thanx once again for helped me with my plant. It's doing much better but in a couple of months I have to transplant it to my garden!!
I put a support on the plant as the wind has been quite strong for the last couple of days.
Chantell: How do I apply the fish emulsion??? does it work for other types of plants??
Thanks for posting the picture of the little gal. The foliage on that plant is very interesting.
Do you know the exact cultivator of your lavender? The terms 'English', 'French' and 'Spanish' lavender are rather loose. It's different for different people, but the lavender I usually think of as 'Spanish lavender' is Lavandula stoechas, which the lavender pictured doesn't appear to be.
And fish emulsion is a mild organic fertilizer that can be used for a variety of different plants. It's used either mixed into the water like a liquid fertilizer, or some use it as a foliar spray (though mixed in with the water would likely be preferable for a lavender).
~Amanda
I agree, the foliage doesn't look like Lavandula stoechas which here in the US we call Spanish lavender (but elsewhere I think they call it French lavender most frequently) I think yours looks most like Lavandula dentata http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/288/
I don't think there's any plant I wont' use fish emulsion on ...LOL. I mix it w/water and feed the plant that way but a foliar spray sounds like a good idea as well. I agree with the others that foliage looks different then mine. How's the scent on yours? Mild? Strong?
Their leaves smell awesome!
and where I got it it said just lavender(LOL knowI found it funny), then I noticed that its leaves weren't the same as the regular English lavender and I got quite confused. It is hard to notice the leaves of these plants in pictures as they show the entire plant. The only thing I was sure of is that was a lavanver(well if the people from the shop knows better LOL)
and its smell it's so nice , dunno to say if it is strong you just get near to its leaves and you can feel it and my plant hasn't even bloom yet!
It's soo confusing between English and Spanish to figure out if bith are talking about the same plant LOL
Anyways those picture you sent me look more like mine, I guess I will have to wait until will bloom to know for sure what kind of plant is, in the meantime fishoil sounds like a nice solution I have Dahlias as well and I solved a leaf miner problem rubbing some olive oil on its leaves and they got so pretty !!
Thanx once again for all the help soon I might ask more questions as I am really interested to get more nice fragant flowers!!
Lil,
Lavender doesn't do well in hot humid areas. They most often die here in Florida during August, our hottest and wettest month.
Do you have a dry season where you live? Ours starts now and lasts until the rains arrive Jun-July.
I plan and plant lavender for the dry season here.
The species your photo shows seems to do the best here. It should do ok in your dry season.
Hi Kalpavriksha,
Costa Rica is a tropical country it means that it rains almos the entire year, I still have another half of month having rain here but in the middle of Nov and until April it will be summer. I have this lavender in pots and in a specific place of the patio where it gets all the sun and not much rain. Rite now is doing great it has grown so much that I will need a bigger pot soon, I really want to plant it on the soil but the raining season it's not over yet and sometimes we have very heavy rain. I hope it will survive thanx a lot for your info!!!