Lavendar: after 3 years

I have receives many email asking me whether i ‘m willing to sell my lavender plant.  For those who are interested you can buy potted lavender at MARDI Cameron Highland and if i’m not mistaken at cold storage in KLCC.  But be prepared to be disappointed, my seed grown lavender only bloom once, on reaching maturity during first year, last 2 years it never bloom.

potted lavendar and fig

Plant hunting in Cameron Highland

Last Saturday i had a meeting in Cameron Highland. I arrives on late Friday afternoon, went straight to MARDI, 30 minutes before it  was closed, managed to buy 2 pots of raspberry seedlings, a pot of lavender stoeches and this plant with a needle like leaves and ruby red flower. ( forget its name but it is .......glow)

raspberry

bought it last year , died after 3 months

bought again ....... glow plant

lavender stoeches/ french lavendar

2 nd raspberry seedling

At night I went to night market and bought bought 2 pots of strawberry which are laden with fruits. There are 3 strawberry plants in each pot. I'll try to propagate strawberry from this runner.

strawberry

this pot has 2 runner

My lavender experiment

I sow the seeds in Jan and April.  The seeds germinate after 7 to 10 days. Here are the seedlings

the seedling after a few months

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This is lavender multifida in blooms. 

this is lavender augustifolia

 i already  take a few cutting to propagate it

I also have seedlings of lavender hidcote and  munstead. However i cannot identify it.

It doesn’t really matter which one is which as long as i have lavender to adorn my humble garden. 

p/s: It is very difficult to grow lavendar in the tropic, too little water, the leaves will wilt, dry and die. Too much water it will die because of root rot. Put it in partial shade it will not bloom, too much sun and it will die. No fertilizer, the leaves turn to yellow and the plant will die. Just fertilize it a bit and it will commit suicide. I'm still looking for the right condition for it to thrive. Hope by the end of my experiment i still have a few survivors.