How to prune munstead lavender

After each flowering flush — typically late summer, then again in early autumn if reblooming. Shear the plant back to a rounded dome, removing all spent flower stems and trimming foliage by up to one-third. Always retain some green leafy growth below each cut.

Once or twice annually after flowering flushes. Munstead lavender needs annual pruning to prevent it becoming a woody, open sprawl. Cut back hard (but not into bare wood) immediately after the first flowering flush. Munstead often reblooms, so a second light trim after any late flush extends its tidy habit and productive life significantly.

Shear the plant back to a rounded dome, removing all spent flower stems and trimming foliage by up to one-third. Always retain some green leafy growth below each cut.