Balcony
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
- Cat: mildly toxic
- Dog: mildly toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
English lavender comes from the Mediterranean but is hardy and copes well with Polish winters. It likes full sun and dry, free-draining soil; trimmed after flowering, it keeps a compact shape.
Lavender and pets
- Cat
- mildly toxic
- Dog
- mildly toxic
- Signs
- linalool, linalyl acetate: nausea, vomiting, no appetite
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 6 days in summer (April to September), every 20 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- low
- Temperature
- 5–32 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- hardy: it stays on the balcony and stands frost down to -20 °C
- Feeding
- not needed
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Do not overwater: it likes dry, free-draining soil. Cut the stems back after flowering for a dense bush. It survives the winter on a balcony, out of the wind.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.