Planting lavender in your home garden is easy, and you can have great results if you follow these guidelines.

Plant your lavender in FULL sun. Lavender will grow in part sun and shade , but the quality of the plant and the flowers will suffer. Also, the flower stems will lean toward the sun, causing a plant that flops over with time. Full sun is a requirement.
Plant your lavender in soil with good drainage. Lavender roots will rot if allowed to stand in water during long periods of rain. Think winter in the Pacific Northwest.
Mix a handful of bone meal into the soil with each plant. This will provide the extra phosphorus to get the plant off to a good start.
We recommend cutting off all flowers before they bloom the first summer. This means going out every week or two an just pinching off the fresh buds. This will force the plant to branch out more, giving you a fuller plant in future years, and allow more of the plants energy to go towards root growth the first year, making the plant stronger.

First , Start with good quality plants. Try to get varieties that were locally grown to make sure they do well in your area.

Next, choose your planting location. Remember, full sun is best with good drainage. (If your soil is heavy clay type, consider adding some sand to the planting hole. If it’s really sandy, add some compost.)

Now dig your planting hole about twice as big as the pot. If you’re using 4” pots , you won’t need that big of a hole. Add your handful of bone meal, sand (for clay soil) or compost (for sandy soil) and mix up the soil.

Place the plant in the hole at the same level it was growing in the pot. Fill the soil around the roots , and firm the soil gently with your fingers just twice.

Water your plant right away. Let the soil dry slightly before watering again, but don’t let it dry completely the first year. After the first year, it will be more drought tolerant.

Lavender needs very little fertilizer, but if you do, use fertilizer with low or no nitrogen.