Product Review

Lavender is a long lived, low growing perennial shrub that produces silvery green leaves and spires of intensely fragrant blue flowers. The flowers attract many beneficial pollinators and are used in the most expensive perfumes. It grows in a nice round bushy form reaching 18" - 24" high and will bloom from spring until first frosts. Its height and form make it ideal for edges and borders but it is an attractive plant that can be grown on its own as well as in mass. Lavender is a medicinal herb with many known health benefits known since ancient times, and a mainstay of any herbarium. The flowers can be dried and used in sachets, vinegars, and oils.

The English Lavender variety is hardier than the Spica variety. Lavender loves to grow in full sun and in well drained soils but it will tolerate partial shade, and once established will require little water and little maintenance. Germination: Wrap the seeds in a moist paper towel and keep in a refrigerator for a week prior to sowing. Start indoors by sowing seeds in fertile, loose, well-drained, slightly alkaline soil covering lightly as seeds benefit from light (Good drainage is critical)! The ideal germination temperatures are between 21 to 24 degrees Celsius (70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit).

Germination time is two weeks or more and the seeds can germinate sporadically for up to three months. Transplant outside when the seedlings are big enough to handle, and after all danger of frost. Space approximately 18 inches apart or as desired for the location.

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