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2024 Varieties
Hidcote - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses - A classic English cultivar, L. angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ is highly fragrant and beloved for its long buds of dark purple that open to deep lilac flowers in mid-spring to early summer.
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'Hidcote' has a notably-high essential oil content and is often used for making soap, potpourris, sachets and dried floral arrangements. Also a great choice for culinary uses.
Melissa - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses - is an evergreen plant native to the Mediterranean. Its flower and oil have a popular scent and are also used as medicine. Lavender contains an oil that seems to have calming effects and might relax certain muscles. It also seems to have antibacterial and antifungal effects.
Mailette - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses
‘Maillette’ is considered one of the best – some would say the best – Lavenders for oil production. Excellent for home drying and potpourri, it also
has culinary possibilities as a tisane or
alternative to Rosemary – but use sparingly.
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Maillette is the type of Lavender to slip into a bath with and unwind, or to diffuse and curl up to fall asleep reading a book.
Edeweiss - X Intermedia
Description & Uses
A highly fragrant WHITE flowering lavender variety! Flower buds appear light pink before opening to reveal a pure white flower. This fast growing, broad leaf and long stem variety is compact and can be used for cooking, wreath making, and in sachets.
Grosso - X-Intermedia
Description & Uses
Among the most fragrant of all lavenders,
X-intermedia ‘Grosso’ is a knockout with large and showy purple flower heads on tall stems.
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The best for use in perfumes, sachets, and culinary projects, including specialty cocktails.
New for 2024 Folgate - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses
Lavender Folgate is a narrow, grey green, aromatic foliage.
Culinary; add flowers and leaves sparingly to stews and to flavour sugar for use in puddings and baking.
Royal Velvet - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses -Velvety, dark purple-blue flowers are the hallmark of Lavender ‘Royal Velvet’, as are its rich fragrance and speedy growth habit. Tall, waving flower spikes last and last. Deer resistant, ‘Royal Velvet’s strong scent attracts plentiful bees and butterflies. Excellent for culinary uses, cutting and drying.
Munstead - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses -Extremely fragrant with blue-purple buds that open to pale lilac flowers in late spring to early summer, L. angustifolia ‘Munstead’ is a timeless garden classic.
Phenomenal - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses -A striking, perfumed
lavandin with long spires of purple-blue
flowers and gorgeous, silvery gray foliage, ‘Phenomenal’ (aka L. x intermedia ‘Niko’) is
also highly disease resistant.
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With its elevated levels of essential oil, Phenomenal® Lavender is a great choice for creating dried arrangements, sachets & potpourris, soap making, and other crafts.
Hidcote Giant - X Intermedia
Description & Uses
Very distinctive bushy purple flowers on stout stems which makes for a great cut flower.
They are some of the hardiest cultivars, which produce a strong essential oil that is commonly used in sprays and soap making. It tends to repel insects with it's high levels of camphor and is known to be soothing and calming.
Arctic Snow - Lavandula Angustifolia
Description & Uses
A fast growing, evergreen, lavender with strongly scented grey/green foliage, the long lasting lilac flowers, are dense and appear on long stems. Bees love them.
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Suitable for culinary uses, its sweet Lavender scent is just the thing to flavour salads and in desserts, for infusions and teas and in baking recipes.
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Lavender Uses
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People often ask what do you do with lavender and I say lots of things. Here are just some of them.
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Dried Lavender:
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Relaxing Herbal Tea – Lavender is too strong to be used by itself as a tea, but mixed with mint leaves it makes a soothing herbal tea. Add chamomile too. Steep all in hot (not boiling water) for a few minutes and add honey if desired.
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Dandruff Remedy – Make an extra strong batch of tea, let it cool, and use as a scalp rinse to remedy dandruff. This cooled tea recipe also doubles as an after-sun spray.
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In a tincture – Used for medicinal purposes since ancient times, a lavender tincture can promote relaxation and sleep.
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Inside a pillow or mask – Add the dried flowers to homemade buckwheat pillows or sleep masks to help promote relaxing sleep.
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As a laundry or drawer freshener – I sew the dried flowers into small satchels and use them in place of dryer sheets in the dryer. (Great project for kids!)
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For infused vinegar – Infuse vinegar with the dried flowers for use in cooking or as a skin toner (diluted).
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As an air freshener – Simmer the dried herb in a pot of water with some citrus peels for a natural air freshener!
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As a face scrub – The dried flowers and oatmeal makes for a gentle, fragrant face scrub.
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Culinary - In cooking! – It’s not so strange! You can find many receipts online. Benita has even made lavender cookies.
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Essential Oil Uses:
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Diffusing before bed – Put a few drops in an essential oil diffuser before bed to help the house wind down and get ready to sleep
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To sooth sunburns or other burns – An absolute favourite burn remedy is this lavender honey burn salve. In a pinch, add a few drops of the essential oil to a bottle of cool water and spray on burns to offer relief.
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In the bath – These DIY lavender-mint bath salts are divine after a long day and will help relax sore muscles.
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For headaches – Smelling lavender and peppermint oils helps headaches. Simply take a whiff of essential oil.
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In homemade bug spray – It is an essential ingredient in my DIY natural bug spray.
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In beauty recipes – Add a few drops of the essential oil make a relaxing homemade lotion or lotion bar, or even a whipped body butter.
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For acne and skin irritations – Add a few drops of lavender and frankincense essential oils to a honey face mask and cleanser recipe.
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In a hair growth serum – Include lavender in a hair growth serum, especially great for that fun time of postpartum hair loss.
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Using Lavender Around Kids
Using essential oils around children definitely calls for some caution and care.
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