Lavender 'Goodwin Creek Grey' in black metal cachepot

For over 20 years, our customers have enjoyed this tender Lavender hybrid indoors during the long winter months. 'Goodwin Creek Grey' is well-suited to the dry conditions of our houses, and throws spikes of deep blue flowers above a lush mound of silver foliage. Just keep its pot in a sunny, south window. Sent as a full plant in a 7" wide x 8" tall black metal cachepot.

For more information on Lavender care, click on Growing Guide.

We want our customers to receive strong, healthy plants that are ready to thrive in their gardens and homes. Here's what we'd like you to know about our shipping practices.

Delivery Timing

We aim to deliver your plants at as close to the proper time for planting in your area as possible. To do so, we consider the USDA Hardiness Zone to which we're shipping, current and forecasted weather at the destination and along the shipping route, and whether your plants are ready for transplant.

In spring, we ship first to the warmest regions and move north as planting conditions improve. For fall deliveries, we begin with the coolest regions and work south. We frequently adjust shipping schedules when extreme weather could put plants at risk while in transit or soon after arrival.

Because different plants reach readiness at different rates and are weather-sensitive in varying degree, a single order may be delivered via multiple shipments. Plants sold as part of a collection, or that are otherwise meant to arrive together, will be shipped together. Please contact our customer service team with two weeks' advance notice if you anticipate being away at the expected time of delivery.

Tracking information for each package is delivered via email.

Plant & Container Sizes

We deliver plants in various sizes and stages of growth, and the product detail pages of our website indicate the form and/or pot size in which the plant will be delivered. Pot sizes range from 1 pint to 1 gallon and larger. Many perennials, roses, shrubs and vines are delivered bareroot - that is, not in a container at all. Bulbs and tubers are generally delivered bareroot and fully dormant. We choose container sizes and delivery methods based on how each plant grows best, how we can minimize transplant shock, and how to minimize unnecessary bulk/weight in shipment.

Caring for Your Plants Upon Arrival

It is important to acclimate greenhouse-grown plants to life outdoors. All plant shipments include simple instructions for handling your plants upon arrival. Further how-to information, including planting instructions, is available on each plant's product page.

LIGHT: To keep its lovely silver coloring and to produce spikes of dark blue flowers from spring to fall, Lavender 'Goodwin Creek Grey' demands a sunny, south window indoors where it will receive 6-8 hours of direct sun. It will also grow well given 14-16 hours of light under a fluorescent light stand. Foliage will turn pale green if light is inadequate but will regain its silvery grey appearance in full sun.

TEMPERATURE: Daytime temperatures of 60–75°F are fine indoors. In fall and winter, place your Lavender close to a window that gets cold at night or, ideally, in a room where the nighttime temperature falls to 60°F.

WATERING: Like most silver-leaved plants, Lavender is accustomed to growing in very dry, lean soil. Water only when the top inch of the potting mix is dry to the touch, but water thoroughly when you do. A full plant such as this has an extensive root system that water needs to reach completely. We recommend taking the plant in its nursery pot out of the cachepot, basket, or saucer to water. Carry it to a sink and water very, very slowly, tipping the pot this way and that. This allows water to run across the surface of the soil and sink in, rather than running down the inside wall of the pot without reaching the center of the root ball. Keep watering, slowly, until no matter which way you tip the pot, water runs out the holes in the bottom of the pot. Set it in the sink to drain for 30-60 minutes. Never allow water to collect inside the decorative container or saucer. This would saturate the soil, causing roots to rot.

FERTILIZER: Fertilize no more frequently than once every 6 weeks, and only during the growing season (April through September) with a balanced fertilizer, such as 18-18-18.

CONTINUING CARE: Lavender 'Goodwin Creek Grey' would be pleased to spend summer outdoors in a sunny location. If you live in Zone 7 or warmer in the dry West, you can grow it outdoors in the garden year-round. Lavenders falter in rain and humidity and do not do well in the torrid summers and wet winters that are common in the South. If you summer your plant outdoors, keep it in a pot (you may want to upsize the pot; terracotta is ideal) and bring it back indoors before frost to enjoy for another winter.

Once the flowers have faded on a flower spike, cut off the spike close to where it attaches to the stem. Maintain the overall shape of your Lavender by selective pinching (between thumb and forefinger) or snipping of the new shoots. Do not shear the plant as though it were a hedge and avoid cutting into woody growth.

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