I repotted the lavender seedlings. Now each is in its own 2x2 cell in eight-packs. Sine they grow slowly, I think that might be enough until spring. It's possible they'll need to be up-potted once before it's time to plant in the border.
I think that since mature lavender can handle frost and freeze, these young plants will be able to handle early Spring weather by March. They'll be bigger than now, but not too much to care for.
I'm glad I decided to grow them from seeds. That gave choices I haven't seen in the stores. The expense of buying this many plants would also have been too much. They germinated quickly and easily without need for stratification. Maybe that's a sign of good quality seeds? (Swallowtail gardens, on-line).
These varieties were described as first-year blooming, compact-growing varieties. Bandera purple, Bandera Deep Rose, Blue Spear, and in the first group, Blue Vicenza which I think will be somewhat larger. I think the first two are Spanish type lavender, and the second two are English type.
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