How to prune english lavender

Immediately after flowering (late summer); optional light tidy in early spring. Cut the entire plant back to a rounded mound shape, removing all spent flower stalks and trimming into the soft leafy growth — but stop before bare woody stems. Use shears for speed.

Annually after flowering; optionally again in early spring. English lavender (Hidcote) must be pruned annually to stay compact and avoid becoming a woody, open mound. Cut back immediately after flowering, removing spent stalks and trimming the foliage mound to a neat dome — removing about one-third of growth. Do not cut into bare old wood. A second light tidy in early spring is optional.

Cut the entire plant back to a rounded mound shape, removing all spent flower stalks and trimming into the soft leafy growth — but stop before bare woody stems. Use shears for speed.