Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: maloneranger on March 13, 2014, 11:14

Title: Lovage
Post by: maloneranger on March 13, 2014, 11:14

I planted two lovage plants last year, for the first time.

They grew well, but they died back over the winter.

I think that it is a hardy perennial, but there are no signs of any shoots, so far this year.

Do I just need to be more patient?

mr.

Title: Re: Lovage
Post by: Puenktchen on March 13, 2014, 11:21

My lovage plant is shooting already but maybe it is colder where you are so I would wait. But if you do not see any shoots by April it has probably died. But normally lovage is quite hardy and I have never protected it in winter.

Title: Re: Lovage
Post by: timdunn on March 13, 2014, 17:03

I'm sure they'll come up. Mine haven't shown face yet and I'm around the same latitude as you, so there's time yet..

Title: Re: Lovage
Post by: allotmentann on March 13, 2014, 17:32

Mine have not shown yet either, but they came back happily after last years cold winter so I think they will be okay this year.  :)

Title: Re: Lovage
Post by: maloneranger on March 13, 2014, 19:07

Thanks to all of your for the replies, and the promising information that they may be OK.

I need to move one of these plants soon, so I'll take a good look at the roots, and report back!

mr.