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Lavender, which has the botanical name Lavandula Angustifolia, is one of the most popular ornamental plants around our homes and gardens. With light violet, rarely white flowers and an intense, characteristic and pleasant fragrance, they are a welcome sight and smell both inside the apartment and even more so in the garden or on the balcony. So that the joy of lavender lasts for a long time, it should be given the ideal location.
location
Lavender originally comes from the Mediterranean region, where it prefers sunny and dry slopes. Although the most common type of lavender in our country, Lavandula Angustifolia, along with a few other species, is quite hardy and thus adapted to the growth conditions prevailing in Central Europe, the various lavenders still thrive best in their original environmental conditions. Therefore, all locations, whether as outdoor or indoor plants, should have the following requirements:
- Good exposure, preferably direct sunlight, unshaded southern locations are also possible
- Dry soils or subsoil with good drainage properties that do not permanently become wet, even in autumn and winter
- Prefers nutrient-poor soils
These location requirements result in numerous placement options, whereby lavender can wonderfully take up locations where numerous other representative plants are eliminated for various reasons.
Outdoor location options
The use of various types of lavender outdoors is classic. The plant, which usually occurs as a semi-shrub, i.e. only woody in the lower area, forms a central linchpin of every garden design with its bushy growth and a large number of brightly colored flowers both as a solitary shrub and as a large-scale planting. Of course, every open space design results in individual locations for which the lavender comes into question. The following locations, on the other hand, can be found again and again in a wide variety of garden concepts and, due to their peculiarities, are particularly suitable for these pleasing lamiaceae:
- rockeries and planting or transplanting decorative stone objects, borders - mostly very poor soils without large nutrient reserves and higher temperatures in the area of heat-storing stones
- southern exposures from outside walls, garden houses, retaining walls - large supply of heat due to the sheltered location, high levels of solar radiation and the heat storage capacity of surrounding components
- green roofs - With the right technical design, a low soil structure leads to good drainage without waterlogging, at the same time no excess supply of nutrients due to limited soil reserves
- When Tub or potted plant Can be used almost universally in the garden/balcony, since the supply of nutrients and drainage capacity in the tub can be easily controlled, while ensuring good sun exposure!
The right location in the house or apartment
The lavender bush is also establishing itself more and more as a popular potted plant on the window sill in the living room, dining room or kitchen. Especially in the kitchen area, it enriches the already predominant world of fragrances from a wide variety of herbs with a tart-sweet note. Rearing indoors scores from the start due to the almost necessarily protected location with significantly higher temperatures than are possible on average outdoors. At the same time, the preferred lean soil in the pot can be set very well and the water and nutrient supply can be optimally regulated. Still, some residential locations are more appropriate than others. When looking for the perfect location, the following options are ideal:
- windowsill in the kitchen - often quite high room temperatures due to cooking, baking, but always choose a sunny location!
- living / dining room - Rooms mostly south-facing, ideally on the window sill above the heater
- balcony - Protected by proximity to the house location with often good sunshine, good weather protection (with a roof) from excessive moisture in autumn and winter
On the other hand, installation locations in bedrooms or studies are rather unsuitable. These rooms are usually oriented towards the less sunny points of the compass and are usually less heated. Although lavender can also be cultivated in bedrooms and work rooms, in these cases special attention should be paid to the location factors of light, moisture and soil conditions.