What are the chances my lavender will come back from this?

[SpikeDearheart]

Last year we had some work done on the exterior of our house and one of my lavender plants got seriously trampled by the tradesmen. I pruned it as best as I could and hoped it might recover in the spring but I'm feeling increasingly pessimistic. Anyone think the poor thing has a chance?

Cut it right back, down to a couple of inches and it should recover. If the stalks are green on the inside it's still alive.

Thanks, I always thought lavenders didn't like to be pruned too hard but I'll give it a go - I don't reckon I can make it any worse

My understanding is that you mustn't cut below the level of current green growth because lavender doesn't regrow from bare woody stems. Sorry.

Looks like there's still a bit of green on there so you should have a living plant, though it may be a bit misshapen!

I have a lavender plant that has been very brutally crushed by my large dog. It seems to be surviving for now, so there is a chance that yours can come back from this. I don't know very much about lavender, though!

I'd prune and see. It's a bit early for lavender to start so you won't see any signs now anyway.

@BewareTheBeardedDragon

My understanding is that you mustn't cut below the level of current green growth because lavender doesn't regrow from bare woody stems. Sorry.

Yes. If you cut off the current green shoots you will kill it.

Which is one way to get certainty about its fate I suppose!

downderry-nursery.co.uk/lavender-care/

Downderry specialise in lavender. I've found their info useful in the past.

Don’t prune it. It won’t grow back from the old stems. If you can keep it going till Sept/Oct you could take a cutting from it and grow yourself a new plant though.

@BewareTheBeardedDragon

My understanding is that you mustn't cut below the level of current green growth because lavender doesn't regrow from bare woody stems. Sorry.

That’s my understanding too.

Don’t prune it. I reckon you need to leave it well alone. It’s alive and seems to have quite a few green shoots on it.

I’d leave it alone and see what happens with it over the next few months and only cut off the dead stems when you’re really certain which ones are actually dead. I think it’ll be fine but it might look a bit misshapen. If it was in my garden I’d feel sorry for it and wouldn’t have the heart to get rid of it even if it becomes lopsided and a bit ugly.

I cut back the woody stems every autumn and them leave it to resprout. It's that what should be doing ?

Thanks everyone, it seems as though the consensus is leave it be for now.

@whenwillthemadnessend I think it depends on where you are in the country - my other lavenders are looking lush, which is why I am pessimistic about this one

As an aside, is it normal for tradespeople to just destroy bits of garden as they work without checking? On the same day as this lavender possibly bit the dust, they trampled another lavender, though not as badly, snapped two branches off my viburnum, completely flattened a chasmanthium and one of my hebes was looking decidedly squashed. I was a bit miffed, to be honest.

We had work done recently and I'd forgotten how trashed the garden gets. It's really does get wrecked. My poor lawn is recovered finally after 6 months rest!