How to Grow Lavender Indoors

Lavender is one of those plants that is hard to resist. With it's beautiful flowers and foliage and it's practical uses, Lavender is a plant everyone should have in their collection whether indoors or out.Growing Lavender indoors has many benefits. It makes it easy to harvest for cooking or crafts like making potpourri or drying the flowers, and it just looks pretty and inviting. It can be a bit tricky though to keep your Lavender plant flourishing in interior conditions, but it can be done! Follow the easy instructions and you'll have everyone thinking you have a green thumb!

Things You'll Need

• Lavender plant
• Potting soil
• Lime
• Clean sand
• Roomy pot
• Sunny location

Instructions

1. Pick your plant. Lavender comes in a few varieties: English, Spanish and French. French is less aromatic, but is best for growing indoors. Read your tags carefully when choosing your plant from a local grower and you'll recognize the French variety by it's serrated leaves.

2. Let it dry out between waterings. Your French Lavender likes a hardy drink, but then ignore it a bit until the soil is dry to the touch.

3. Give it a good start with the right soil. Add some lime and sand to a good standard potting mix. Place it in a roomy pot as French Lavender doesn't like to be crowded.

4. Provide good airflow. Lavender likes a little breeze, and fresh air so be sure to give it a well ventilated home indoors.

5. Place the pot in a sunny location. Lavender likes a lot of bright daylight, so be sure to give it a premium window seat in your home.

6. Give it a little vacation in late summer by putting it in a sunny, sheltered location for a few weeks to stimulate new growth and "air it out."

Tips & Warnings

• If your house is very dry in winter time, place a pan with gravel in it under your Lavender plant. Pour some water over the gravel and keep wet. This will help maintain some humidity around your plant.

• Don't over-water. Lavender is prone to root rot, so keep it on the dry side.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish