Indoor Lavender in Winter

Last summer, I miraculously sprouted a handful of lavender seeds into seedlings indoors.  I'm happy to say that they're all still thriving, even in half-hearted, temperamental winter light.  Gimme sun, these plants shout, as they hang onto dear life halfway between seedling and full-sized plant, losing a multitude of leaves along the way.

Here is a photo of one of them a few weeks ago, the largest one, actually.  With the Earth's nearing-spring tilt in its axis, we've finally received a splurge of sunlight that lasts for an impermanent hour each day--my plants are reaping the benefits of this, perhaps more than I.  And for that, I'm glad for I never knew that lavender could grow indoors.  

I'm crossing my fingers that this year these particular lavender plants will grow and prosper.

Finally, Lavender Seedlings!

Hope you all had a fun and safe Fourth of July!  Decided to my hand at try growing lavender from seed again.  Last year's lavender seeds didn't sprout, so I didn't have much hope for this year's selection.  Lavender, as you may know, can be difficult to start from seed.  In fact, I recently read in an online plant forum that the 30% or so success rate of starting lavender from seed can be rather daunting for most people, especially the novice gardener.

However, a few weeks back, what appeared to be a tiny shiso sprout (I grow shiso from my own plant's seeds), had begun to look and smell rather lavender-like--actually, a little like mold to me, but with a minute hint of lavender.  (Above is a recent photo of this almost-seedling in all its glory.)  Since then, a few more of these same sprouts have popped up, but none have grown as heartily as this one.  If only I could remember which lavender variety these seeds are!

Hopefully the summer sun will do my new asparagus fern seeds some good...