I'm a relatively novice gardener and have been experimenting with some new plants recently to liven up the garden and add some colour. I bought a lavender plant and transplanted it to a large ceramic pot, which I have sat outside in the sunniest part of my garden, since lavender is supposed to need a lot of sunshine. The guidance I got on lavender says that the worst thing it can have is wet roots or any damp at all so when transplanting it I put some gravel in the bottom of the pot to help drainage and tried not to overwater it. Luckily we've had lots of sunny, dry weather recently but with some heavy rain showers in between.
Unfortunately my lavender plant doesn't seem to be thriving! The lavender flowers that were on it when I bought it (a month ago) are turning brown and it seems to be withering. Am I not watering it enough? Is the climate where we are (East Central Scotland) just not warm enough and too wet? Help! I really love lavender and really want the plant to grow but think I'm doing something wrong...