Lavender

Lavender is, in my opinion, a very English country garden shrub. Some may argue that lavender reminds them of Provence, but in our ever increasing warmer and dryer climes they are probably going to thrive even better over the coming years in this country than the other traditional plants such as hollyhocks, honeysuckle, rose or delphiniums. Lavender looks good, smells lovely and has many practical uses. Indeed lavenders have been recorded in this country since the Roman times. They are a very versatile plant, valued for their aesthetic, aromatic, medicinal and culinary uses. In my opinion they make a lovely edging to a path so, as you brush past, their ...  Read the complete review

Lavender is one of those herbs you see in so many gardens – Many people grow it because it looks nice, has a distinctive scent, and because it attracts bees and butterflies to a garden. It’s the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of the herb family – as well as being decorative and highly scented, its also useful in cosmetics, rituals, cooking, and cleaning – In fact pretty much everything! Lavender ~~~~~~~ Lavender, or Lavendula, commonly grown in the UK nowadays, is believed to have originated in the Mediterranean, and to have been introduced here by the Romans. Mentions of the herb exist from at least the last 2500 years, and it even had a couple of mentions in ...  Read the complete review

Most of us recall Lavender as an old ladies and old fashioned perfume . You would probably be surprised to learn it still appears in masses of modern perfumes , toiletries and cleaning products . It is still a useful and lovely plant and has many uses . It is also very decorative . Having had to venture into the garden this week to assess the storm damage to our fence , and garden I thought I'd have a general tidy round . Looking at the now huge lavender plant , I have in the back garden , trying to put a few thoughts , about this seemingly hardy plant into a review , seemed a good idea . I am quite lucky in that I have always seemed to have green ...  Read the complete review

Lavender is not one of the most well-known and well-loved herbs for nothing: it?s versatile, it?s easy to grow and more importantly, it relaxes you. Its name derives from the Latin ?lavare? (?to wash?) as it was a key bathing ritualistic herb for the Romans, and its influence is no less powerful today. It can be used in cooking, in the home and medicinally. Chemically, the active ?ingredients? in lavender are the ethers of linalyl and geranyl, geraniol, linalool, cineol, d-borneol, limonene, l-pinene, caryophyllene, the esters of butyric acid and valerianic acid, and coumarin. All of these constituents change in proportion however, depending ...  Read the complete review

Lavender is well known for its stress relieving, and calm inducing qualities. I have had the cra******t day at work today! I could easily overdose on the stuff right now! So DooYoo (groan!!) know what I am doing now? I am burning Lavender joss sticks…and all is lovely..well nearly! Right two things have encouraged me to write this op: 1. The very fact that I am using these joss sticks at this precise moment and, 2. Hubby took me to the Norfolk Lavender Farms for my birthday the other weekend. He took his little plastic friend too, hence the “purple” haze chez moi” today! Well its grey smoke to be truthful but it ...  Read the complete review