Growing lavender in the room - the smell of summer all year round

Lavender is an essential oil crop that grows as an evergreen shrub in the wild nature of the Mediterranean, India, and the Canary Islands. Growing lavender indoors should be accompanied by an abundance of light and warmth.

However, lavender is a fairly hardy plant, capable of withstanding heat, drought, and frost. Adult plants tolerate even 30-degree frosts painlessly.

Growing lavender indoors

Although lavender will thrive in poor soil, it must be light, since heavy soils are contraindicated for it; it simply will not grow there. The soil mixture is made up of leaf soil (3 parts), humus (2 parts) and sand (1 part). And in sandy soil, where lime is added, lavender will feel just great.

This plant loves sunny but cool places. A cool balcony, terrace or outside window is an ideal place for it. Watering is required once a day - early in the morning or in the evening. Moreover, in order for growing lavender in a room to produce a lush, beautiful flower, it is necessary to water not so much the soil as the green part of the plant. In winter, when the heating is on and the air is drier, use a humidifier or spray water from a spray bottle near the bush, but water less often. Moreover, you should not allow water to stagnate in the pot; the pot must have holes in the bottom so that excess water flows into the pan.

Lavender also needs periodic pruning, best in the spring.