When to bring lavender inside
Enter a German postcode. We show when 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 December
In 9 out of 10 years it did not get colder than −10 °C (14 °F) before this. On average from 15 January.
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 lavender take?
Hardiness rating H5, meaning −15 °C (5 °F) to −10 °C (14 °F). We play safe and use −10 °C (14 °F). (RHS)
Usually hardy and can stay outside. In a pot it is more sensitive to cold (RHS).
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 lavender come inside?
RHS: hardiness rating H5, meaning −15 °C (5 °F) to −10 °C (14 °F). We play safe and use −10 °C (14 °F). On average for Germany it gets that cold from 15 January, and not before 12 December in 9 out of 10 years.
How much cold can lavender take?
RHS: hardiness rating H5, meaning −15 °C (5 °F) to −10 °C (14 °F). We play safe and use −10 °C (14 °F). Usually hardy and can stay outside. In a pot it is more sensitive to cold (RHS).
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