Lavandula is a flowering plants genus from family Lamiaceae. Commonly known as Lavender, the plant is an evergreen small shrub, native of Mediterranean region and of North Africa and South-East Asia.

Between Lavender species, there are some commonly grown Lavenders: Lavandula latifolia, Lavandula pedunculata, Lavandula stoechas. From 25-30 Lavender species, the most known is Lavandula angustifolia, very appreciated for its medicinal uses and healthy benefits. This aromatic plant entered in traditional medicine of Europeans, wide spreading and being quickly adopted and used for its therapeutic capacities.
Lavender description

Lavender plant (Lavandula angustifolia) is a subshrub reaching up 50 cm, with ligneous thin stems, small green-grey leaves and scented special violet flowers.

Lavender color

When we say special violet, we mean Lavender color, because after Lavender flower was named Lavender color. It’s a shade-purple or a light shade of violet or a grown up pink or a pinkish purple suggesting femininity, subtlety, delicacy. A lady in Lavender or a lady carrying a Lavender flower bouquet inspires grace, refinement and something special. That’s way Lavender flower has along been the women’s favorite flower.

Growing Lavender

Lavender plant loves the sun. Lavender flowers in May and can hold on blooming till fall, depending on Lavender species. It’s not such an exigent flowering plant. The lavender growing conditions are related to the temperature. Lavandula needs high temperatures, a common garden soil, kind a dried soil with neutral acidity, regular watering during summer. Keep in mind that a over watering will generate the roots rottenness. Lavender plant loves, as we said before, the sun, but it doesn’t bear the up wind. Before the blooming, fertilize the Lavender plant.

The Lavender pruning is a needful procedure. So, you have to prune Lavender plant after the flowering period for maintain the round shade of the lavender bush.

Lavender propagation

The lavender propagation is possible by two methods: sowing Lavender seeds in spring (just few lavender species) and planting lavender cuttings at the end of August or at the beginning of September. The cuttings are from the stems that didn’t have flowers and put for striking roots in a compost containing sand and peaty. You have to keep a 16 degrees centigrade temperature for Lavender cuttings to strike roots. To obtain the required temperature artificially, cover the lavender pot with a transparent plastic material.

Lavender flowers and leaves emit both scent and flavor because of secreted volatile oils.

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