{"id":3943,"date":"2014-05-31T05:04:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2014-05-21T03:25:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T10:25:42","slug":"growing-lavenders-in-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-lavenders-in-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Lavenders in Pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The secret of good lavender is to keep them neat and tidy by clipping and trimming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3342\/3638184318_4d44aeaa11.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"lavender\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lavenders make an excellent choice for growing in a pot. Being draught resistance they can cope better than many plants if a pot dries out. They will thrive in a warm and sunny position on the patio. They offer a refined choice and also give a delightful aroma and help to attract bees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3587\/3637369769_9d3b22a8a4.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"lavender\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They will still need watering in dry spells, but, do not need the volume or frequency of watering that other plants may require.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you place crocks \/ stones at the bottom of the pot to ensure good drainage and waterlogging in the winter months. Choose a well draining compost and if necessary add some sand or grit.<\/p>\n<p>In winter, lavenders will survive frost, but, don&#8217;t like being waterlogged.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http:\/\/www.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/product\/p87533\/1\/\">French Lavender plants<\/a> from T &amp; M<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/flowers\/making-a-white-garden\/\">Plants for a white garden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret of good lavender is to keep them neat and tidy by clipping and trimming. Lavenders make an excellent choice for growing in a pot. Being draught resistance they can cope better than many plants if a pot dries out. They will thrive in a warm and sunny position on the patio. They offer a refined choice and also give a delightful aroma and help to attract bees. They will still need watering in dry spells, but, do not&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-lavenders-in-pots\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}