Pruning lavender today?

[mslava]

I neglected my lavender and am itching to give it a prune. Would it be a bad idea to do it today, or wait a few more weeks for the weather to get warmer?
I live in Hertfordshire, South East England.

I hope someone better at gardening can advise x

I don't know about lavebder specifically but for most shrubs and plants it's good to prune in late winter or early spring. Now would be a good time. I pruned my rose bjshes at the weekend.

It's late to do it. The lavender won't mind the cold as it's a winter job.

I know it's late as I only did mine couple of weeks ago

A lavender farm in Bedfordshire has just cut theirs, I drive past it sometimes and noticed last week.

Ideally you want to prune it earlier in the spring but it's a tough old thing and will cope, it'll just take a bit longer to recover than if you'd pruned it earlier.

Thank you. The reason I didn’t touch it earlier is because I thought I have to wait for about two weeks after the last frost of the year… We did have some frosty mornings and even some snow in March.

It's tough, you can do it in the dead of winter and it won't mind.

For me, lavender and rose pruning are February jobs - go for it!

No you don't have to wait for the last frost. Many people do their pruning in February.