Will my lavender come back to life?

I have two plants in pots that were outside in the fall. They got too cold, I guess. Both are dried out and look dead. When you touch the branches, leaves fall off in your hand very easily. Now I have brought them inside, and they have adequate light. Will they come back to life if I water them every day?

Will my lavender come back to life?
It is true that Lavender is a perennial, the problem is if the pots were outside in freezing weather that left the roots unprotected from the freeze. What helps to keep the plants alive is the fact that being planted in the ground protects the roots from a total freeze out. They also are not getting the chance to continue growing root system in a pot because of the cramped quarters/(root bound). They Spread. They can't do it in a pot.


Aaaahh! but, if they are in a tub sized pot you are probably in luck! and they should be okay.
Reply:Lavender is extremely tough. They'll probably come good, but don't "kill them with kindness" by over-watering them! They need very little water. They should NEVER be sitting in water that has not been soaked up - they'll rot from the roots up.





The best pick-me-up for many plants is a good pruning: I would remove ALL the small branches, and cut the larger ones flush with the trunk or larger branch, so you end up with one main stem and only a handful of biggish branches.





I did this with one of my mine last year and for ages I thought I had killed it, but when the season changed it came good and is better than ever now.





Give them some seaweed-based liquid nutrients dissolved in water and IGNORE THEM.





"A watched pot never boils" and a watched plant that's fussed over will not come good.
Reply:Probably not, if they REALLY dried out. If they just went dormant, put them outdoors in the ground, and they might have a chance.
Reply:I believe Deb is right. I have lavender, but it's planted in the ground, not in pots. It dies off when we get our first frost, but comes right back in the spring.
Reply:Lavender is a perennial when it's planted in the ground. I think I would have left them outdoors to see if they come back in the spring. Since you already brought them in, keep them watered but not sitting in water, and they may think it's spring and come back to life.





Good luck!
Reply:If yu just leave them outside they will come back in the spring. Cut off the dead tops and put a little mulch over them and they will be fine, they have just gone dormant.
Reply:Try water them everyday.. see what happens...
Reply:Well don't water them everyday or you will drown them. They are usually outside plants and normally die out during the winter. But they come back in the spring. I would just keep watering while inside and then plant them come spring. Or I would set them outside where they are watered by the rain and snow and wait and see if they come back in spring.
Reply:lavender is a perenial and comes back every year, yes they should come back i live in the midwest and plant lavender right outside in the ground and it comes back every year also they spread alot and you have them in pots but they do drop there seeds and i think even in the pot they will come back, good luck.
Reply:Your best bet is just wait and see. Don't cut anything back yet and don't water them every day. Just make sure that they get adequate light and the soil does not dry out. We had a very unseasonable freeze last year and I was truly surprised at all of the dead-looking plants that came back.
Reply:I would put them outside and give them a good watering, hopefully the plant is only dormant .
Reply:If they are dead...no.





If they are just dorment...yes.





Give it a try.
Reply:The pots probably did not offer enough protection from the cold. Even tho they are a perennial in the ground, I would not count on them coming back. But if you do bring them in, and try, DO NOT WATER THEM EVERY DAY whatever you do. You will rot them. They are a Mediterranean native plant, and their soil needs to be a little on the dry side. Just water them once, and when the soil dries out again, once more. If they are going to put out any new shoots, they will in a couple of weeks. If they don't show any signs of life you will know they are dead.





You can try checking the branches toward the inner part of the bush, if any of them are pliable and show any signs of green, they might make it. If the whole plant is dry and brittle, then it is gone.





And never fertilize a lavender in a pot. Death sentence.
Reply:I am in zone 6, I plant lavendar outside. Mine do this every year. They should come back. If you are in a zone where they can live planted outside by all means plant them, and they may come out of this state. Its possible they are just in dormant stage.
Reply:Don't water them everyday!


let the soil dry out a bit before watering again. What made them do that is the water they had in them, if it was from them getting too cold, the water inside the plant froze and water crystals cut the plant tissue, making it die really fast.


If the lavender has seed heads on it then cut these off and put the seeds in the soil around the plant.


Your best bet is to just leave it alone until it starts to come back or the soil drys out, this will take a while.


Good luck