When to bring French lavender inside
Enter a German postcode. We show when French lavender should come inside: from the cold limit in expert sources and the night-time lows where you are.
Where are your pots?
Average for Germany
Bring in by
12 October
In 9 out of 10 years the first frost came later. On average it freezes from 27 October.
Based on past records, not a forecast · Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0)
Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst, daily minimum temperatures 1991–2020, own calculation. Licence CC BY 4.0. Postcode coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
How much cold can French lavender take?
Bring in before the first frost. (RHS)
Less hardy than English lavender: keep it frost-free over winter, for example in a greenhouse.
Other sources say
None of our other sources gives a figure.
We use the most cautious figure from the expert sources.
Winter quarters
We don’t have a sourced value for this yet.
Back outside
We don’t have a sourced value for this yet.
Questions and answers
When should French lavender come inside?
RHS: bring in before the first frost. On average for Germany it gets that cold from 27 October, and not before 12 October in 9 out of 10 years.
How much cold can French lavender take?
RHS: bring in before the first frost. Less hardy than English lavender: keep it frost-free over winter, for example in a greenhouse.
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