Lavender help..can this be saved?

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We have recently moved and there is a huge lavender bush in the garden, it has greenery on the top but the stalks are extremely dry and snap easily.
Is this dead? Or can it be saved?
Currently trying to clear the humongous amount of ivy that is in the same bed, so possibly that has killed it all off!
I’m loathe to pull the whole thing out as it’s so big it creates a nice screen from the road but obviously if it’s beyond help I’ll have to replace it.

That's most definitely beyond help.

Prune vigorously and hope for the best

Ours looks like that out-of-season but it’s very much alive. Prune it right back when it’s done flowering this year.

A lavender that Woody won't recover from a hard prune. There's really nothing that can be done to make it look good again other than ripping it out and putting something e and healthy in its place.

Two options. I would either leave it and then when the flowers have finished clip it back to just above the green leafy bits. See what it does next year and go from there. Or option two. I have had some that I have pruned back hard and they have sent up new shoots, so if you are considering removing anyway, try a very hard prune back and fingers crossed it can be saved.

Cut it back hard, top dress with fresh compost then wait and see. I've had successes and failures with this method.

I'd cut 1/3 of the stems down and see if there is any new growth this summer, if so then I'd cut another 1/3 out next summer and the last 1/3 out the final summer.

At the same time, I'd take a load of cuttings of the green stuff that I'd cut off.

Thank you everyone, we gave it really big prune and it’s completely dead, have taken cuttings of the greenery and the rest has been dug out.
Went out to buy lots of lovely new plants and shrubs to fill it up again!
Now to tackle the ivy roots!😩