RE: Lavender: Perennial Flowers into Bonsai Tree [Bonsai]
Companion bonsais: such a versatile term!
Best place for mint is indeed a container! Good thing my garden is waiting to be demolished (borders up against fences, as inherited from previous house owner, must be removed or neighbours will never talk to me again), because I've let the (various varieties of) mint go rampant! Does make a very fragrant end to the summer.
Very inspired to take better care of my potted lavender, which I have been scandelously sort of waiting to give out on me for the past decade or more, having been unsure where to plant her in the ground, faintly fearing it would really be the end of her, to sometimes wanting to preserve her in her pot for the valiant lonely flower or two she gifts me; very bedraggled, and often left to dry out too much, I understand now that she wanted to be treated as a companion, first and foremost to my tenacious but fragile heart.
I shall be giving her full bonsai attention from now on.
If its really looking like it wants to die, why not start over with a few fresh cuttings, and keep the best one? Some of my herbs, like thyme and oregano, when they become too woody, they become less productive. That usually is a signal to me, it is time to prune off the old woody parts.
I'm not so sure it wants to die! How can you tell? If it still has the energy to put out a flower when I least expected it to, I can't be swayed to give up on her yet.... Hence my new inspiration to take better care of her. I've heard that digging lavender in a few cm deeper than they stand normally might help... Worth a try, perhaps, next spring....
Very true: refreshing the plant is the best option. But I fear my lavender is all too woody for cuttings...