How to Grow and Use Lavender

English Lavenders

Hidcote Lavender is valued for its dark purple flower. It likes a cool climate.

Hidcote Pink Lavender has a pastel pink flower.

Sarah Lavender is a small plant with short flower spikes and small, dark purple flowers. it looks great in a window box or grown in a container.

Jean Davis Lavender has a pastel pink flower.

Vera Lavender or Lavender Vera is often referred to as a true English Lavender. It is the best Lavender for aromatherapy.

Non-English Lavenders

Spanish Lavender has dark purple, pineapple-shaped flower heads and dark green leaves, This lavender grows low to the ground and wide so each plant can cover a lot of ground.

Yellow Lavender has a pineapple-shaped flower head and the top bracts are lemon chiffon. The yellow-green leaves are strongly scented and their color makes them a good contrast for the gray Lavenders. This Lavender grows tall and wide.

French Lavender has traditional gray leaves with serrated edges. It is a large, fast growing shrub that is sometimes referred to as everblooming Lavender. This lavender does best when kept at three feet, including blooms.

Sweet Lavender has the greenest leaves, the biggest size, the fastest growth, and the longest flower wands.

Woolly Lavender likes it dry. The gray foliage and dark purple flowers are beautiful and it blooms in the heat of summer when all the other Lavenders are going by.

Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender, a hybrid of French Lavender, is a shorter plant and a darker purple flower head than the French Lavender. The flower is also held on a longer wand.

Lavandins bloom just as the the English Lavenders are finishing and continue blooming to the middle of the summer.

These Lavenders have lots of blooms, grow just the right size, and smell terrific. Provence and Grosso are the most popular.

Abriali Lavender is one of the older Lavandins. It is beautifully colored.

Dutch Mill Lavender has purple flowers.

Fred Boutin Lavender, has a medium purple flower.

Grosso Lavender is used for oil in the cosmetic industry. It makes great Lavender bouquets and wands.

Grappenhall Lavender is a tall Lavender with long leaves and thin blooms and a medium purple flower.

White Grosso Lavender has white blooms that stay white when dried.

Provence Lavender has a long, slender flower wand that is useful for dried bud collecting.

Hidcote Giant Lavender has dark purple flowers.

Seal Lavender is an old time favorite that is perfect for crafts with a strong fragrance.

Take a handkerchief or piece of cotton fabric about 8" square. Fill with 1/4 cup of dried lavender blooms, bring the corners together and secure the bundle with a rubber band. Tie a ribbon over the rubber band and tie the ends of the ribbon together in bow or knot, forming a loop to hang the bag. Slip over the faucet and position it so the water will run over it as the tub fills. It may be used for several baths, and then the lavender should then be replaced.