How to Clip a White Lavender

Lavender (Lavandula spp.) is a small, fragrant shrub, harvested for its flower stalks. The stalks are dried and the flowers and oils are used for various purposes, including in scented sachets, a spice in jellies, flavor in teas, and as an ointment burns and acne. Despite its name, lavender can grow blooms in all shades of purple, as well as blue, violet, pink and white. If you are growing white lavender in your garden, prune them to encourage new growth and to harvest the stalks.

Things You'll Need

• Pruning shears, hand clippers or garden scissors

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Instructions

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     Prune white lavender back in the spring after the plant begins to grow vigorously again. Conduct this yearly pruning the second year after planting.

   • 2

     Prune the entire plant back by one-third using hand clippers or garden scissors. Make sharp, clean cuts.

   • 3

     Clip white lavender to harvest after about half of the flower buds have bloomed in the summer. Do so in the morning hours and with pruning shears. Clip the flower stalks near the base and bundle about 50 to 100 stems to dry.