Is this lavender dead?

[MsChatterbox]

And if so can anything be done?

If it's not dead how do I make it look more alive please?

Bump

Hard to tell - can you take a closer up photo? I couldn't focus on where the growth might be...

Hard to tell. Is there any fresh green growth at the tips? Any leaves you can break off that feel squishy and new vs dusty and dry?

If it’s alive it’ll come roaring back once spring kicks in, you don’t need to do anything. If it’s dead, fling it on the compost.

Mine looked like that when I moved in here. Back end of summer/coming into autumn.

I hacked it all back, kept what I wanted and potted it up, flowered beautifully last summer.

I think it looks fine. Mine is only just showing new growth now.
Have you recently moved?

Take a look right down inside, towards the base of the stems. Can you see any tiny, tiny new growth there at all? Although you can't normally just hack lavender back into the old wood you usually can cut some stems back if there is some new growth there (although better to do in the autumn).

Not dead, it'll burst into life soon.

Great thanks guys! Will investigate later.

@BirdOnTheWire should I water it if its not rained?

@stuntbubbles

Hard to tell. Is there any fresh green growth at the tips? Any leaves you can break off that feel squishy and new vs dusty and dry?

If it’s alive it’ll come roaring back once spring kicks in, you don’t need to do anything. If it’s dead, fling it on the compost.

It feels quite dusty and dry in some places, should I break that off?

If it’s alive it will very soon produce tiny green shoots along the stem. You can then cut back to where the green shoots are. Don’t cut back further than the green shoots because it won’t grow back from the bit of stem that isn’t producing shoots .

If any of it will snap off, it’s dead and can be taken off, but if it doesn’t snap easily, that bit is still alive

@MereDintofPandiculation

If it’s alive it will very soon produce tiny green shoots along the stem. You can then cut back to where the green shoots are. Don’t cut back further than the green shoots because it won’t grow back from the bit of stem that isn’t producing shoots .

If any of it will snap off, it’s dead and can be taken off, but if it doesn’t snap easily, that bit is still alive

Great thank you!

If it's like all the lavender I've ever planted, it will be dead.