Ideal Lavender Uses

Delightful Lavender Use

Lavender genus Lavandula genus of about 47 species of plants in the mint family Lamiaceae is native to countries bordering the Mediterranean.  The lavender plant is common in herb gardens for attractive flowers and aromatic scents. Lavender is often sold as a perennial plant that is easy to grow in any garden and returns back year after year. Lavender oil offers a wide variety of primarily perfumes, cosmetics, fragrant constituents of which are linalyl acetate, linalyl, acetate linalool, pinene, limonene, geraniol, and cineole.  Lavender water solutions of the essential oil in alcohol combined with other fragrant scents is used in a wide variety of preparations. “ Lavender is used to flavor food and beverages and as a fragrance ingredient in cosmetics and soaps. It is promoted as a dietary supplement for anxiety, depression, digestive symptoms and other conditions.  It is promoted for topical application of the skin and use in aromatherapy. NIH

Lavender can be one of the most beloved useful plants in the garden with purple flowered clusters shooting from mounted gray green foliage.  Lavender pairs well with other Mediterranean herbs including rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano which handle the heat and dry better in drained soil. In addition to its colorful blooms, lavender can help your garden thrive, making this plant worthy of a border for a vegetable and herb garden.  When lavender reaches peak bloom the mounds of flowers attract pollinators that help the plant reproduce by moving pollen enabling the plant to produce seeds. Lavender plant types vary in color including Lavender Provence Blue, Lavender Sensational, Lavender Grosso, Lavender Munstead, Lavender Lacy Frills, Lavender Phenomenal, Lavender Super Blue are some of the most popular varieties available for growing. The lavender Super Blue Lavandula angustifolia offers spectacular fragrant blooms packed with deep blue florets growing 12 inches tall blooming June through September months heat and humidity tolerant.

Lavender is used as fresh, dried or in bouquets and scented sachets.  Lavender is a bright purple flower used in various forms offering various health benefits. Lavender Essential oil  is often used in aromatherapy to help improve sleep quality, increasing melatonin levels and calming the nervous system.  Lavender's floral scent can help reduce anxiety and stress acting as a natural sedative to help induce sleep.  “Lavender is traditionally alleged to have a variety of therapeutic properties ranging from inducing relaxation, treating parasitic infections, burns, insect bites, and spasms.” PubMed  Majestic Purple Lavender Essential Oil is a premium grade oil used for diffusers for aromatherapy, massage, humidifiers and topical uses.  Lavender oil is known for soothing the mind and body when used in aromatherapy.  Lavender essential oil offers a fresh fragrance that blends well with almost any other essence as the aroma becomes more flowery when it evolves. 

Aromatic lavender is a summer flower that will flourish in the summer season. Bigelow Chamomile Lavender Herbal Tea made with wild orange leaves and floral herbs is combined to support relaxation and a calm state of mind to get much deserved rest.  Bigelow tea is individually wrapped in foil pouches for peak flavor freshness and aroma to enjoy everywhere you go.  Lavender essential oils has medicinal properties like antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties and is often used to treat skin ailments, fungal infections, wounds, eczema, and acne. Lavender is used in epsom salts made with natural scents to induce relaxation, calm the mind and reduce stress. Essential oils widely used in aromatherapy to induce feelings of calm. Lavender can be used in baking desserts, beverages, grilled entrees options.  It is also an ingredient in French spice mixture herbs de Provence, a versatile  seasoning blend of dried herbs that can be used in many ways to flavor food.

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Patricia Lynn

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