Herbs · Perennial
Lavender
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 45 cm
- USDA zones
- 5a–10b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 10 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Lavender wants lean + sunny + drained soil. No compost in its corner, or it grows lush and weak-smelling. Prune lightly after flowering from year 3 (not into the woody base!). Bee magnet.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage