Want free lavender plants? How to take cuttings in 5 steps & fill your garden with flowers & fragrance in a few weeks

The Irish Sun

18-07-2025

WOULD you like free lavender plants to brighten up your outside space?
Well, luckily for you, a gardening guru has shared how to take
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Do you want a garden that's full of stunning lavender? Well, you've come to the right place and will need to follow these five simple steps
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Simon Akeroyd has shared a step-by-step tutorial to ensure lavender blooms in your garden
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First, you'll need to cut non-flowering shoots and strip the leaves
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Next, you can grab some pots and gritty compost, and insert your cuttings around the edge
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Thanks to these five quick and easy steps, you'll be able to fill your
Posting on social media, Simon Akeroyd, a gardening enthusiast from the UK, shared
Sharing his top tips online, Simon confirmed that there's no time like the present to get started, as now is the best time to propagate
First things first, you'll need to look and cut for non-flowering young shoots which are turning woody at the base.
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Once you've cut these shoots, the second step is to strip the lower leaves and cut just below a bud at the base.
It's important that you take a few cuttings, as this will increase your success rate.
For the third step, you'll need to grab some pots and gritty compost, and insert your cuttings around the edge.
According to Simon, after just 'a few weeks,' your lavender 'will have started to grow.'
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Once each cutting has formed roots, you can then move onto the fourth step, which involves potting them individually.
With Simon's fifth step, it's very important that you keep the lavender plants well watered.
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After following these steps, Simon confirmed: 'Next year they will become beautiful flowering lavenders.'
Simon's Facebook reel has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly racked up 50,000 views, 1,800 likes and 52 comments.
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One person said: 'Thank you so much.'
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Another added: 'We have a lavender hedge in our front
A third commented: 'Thank you. Going to try this.'
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Meanwhile, someone else beamed: 'Your videos are always interesting, Simon. Thanks for sharing, I will definitely do this.'
Not only this, but another wrote: 'Your videos are fantastic! Thank you for showing an ignoramus like me how to do something good in the garden.'
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