Lavender (Scientific Name: Lavandula) is a quite fragrant, adaptable, and a super easy-to-grow versatile herb. It’s pretty, it smells nice and it has a variety of uses.
- There are many varieties of lavender such as curly top lavender, English lavender, and ballerina lavender.
- The first company to distill lavender essential oils in France was Nina’s in 1672 when Pierre Diaz created “La Distillerie Frères.” They instantly gained a distinguished reputation for their art of creating essential oil fragrances.
Nina’s became the supplier of fragrances for King Louis XIV and the Court of Versailles, where their lavender and rose fragrances were later particularly enjoyed by Marie-Antoinette.
- ‘Lavender‘ comes from the Latin word ‘lavare’, meaning ‘to wash.’ It makes a pretty excellent soap, bath crystals, sachets, and more.
- Lavender is a powerful bug repellent. It can repel mosquitoes, fleas and moths.
- For hundreds of years, lavender has been used in herbal medicine, essential oils, and in the kitchen for culinary use, and of course, in tea!
- Lavender was thought to help ward off the plague.
- Lavender is used in cooking- cupcakes, cheeses, chocolates, scones…
- And Lavender flowers are used in herbal teas!
