When to plant lavender?
- Botanical name
- Lavandula angustifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Lavender is planted from April to May. It is harvested from June to August. It is cut back from August to September.
Lavender is a woody perennial. The edible parts are the flowers.
Lavender through the year
- planting
- harvest
- cutting back
In short
Growing conditions
The flowers are listed as edible and as toxic at once. The toxicity is to cats and dogs, not to people.
Pests and diseases
Listed here is every problem for which the sources name this plant as a host. The problems are not listed in order of how common they are.
Rosemary beetle
pest- Signs
- Eaten leaves left as short stubs with a grey brown edge where the tissue has dried. The metallic green and purple beetles are on the plant all year round.
- Prevention
- Action is usually not needed, because a healthy plant takes the beetle. Encourage birds and ground beetles.
- What to do
- Pick them off by hand or shake the branches over a sheet of paper laid underneath, easiest in the morning, when the beetles are slow.
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Related plants
The plants below are in the same botanical family (Lamiaceae).
Sources about the plant: ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants, BUND Region Hannover, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, Royal Horticultural Society, University of Georgia Extension, University of Illinois Extension, University of New Hampshire Extension, Utah State University Extension, Wikidata. Checked between 14 and 17 August 2026. The problem descriptions also draw on: EPPO Global Database.