Our Lavender Varieties
Lavandula Angustifolia
English Lavender
English or True lavender, (Lavandula Angustifolia) is the most popular of all lavenders. With high quality oil, the plants are ideal for perfume and cosmetics. They are also helpful for getting rid of stress, headaches and insomnia. Flowering times range from mid June to late July. Most English lavenders have shorter stems and rounded flower tips.
Folgate
With a light blue color flower, this variety is considered very good for cooking. Small bush, narrow, small leaves, Folgate is the earliest bloomer on our farm. Usually blooms in late June. Not good for dried bouquets because the buds fall off easily.
Royal Velvet
A small to medium-sized plant. Its deep purple flowers and foliage are highly aromatic. It is a great oil producer and excellent for culinary use. Royal Velvet is an all-purpose plant. One of the best varieties for fresh or dried bouquets.
( A farm favorite! )
Melissa lavender
A tightly compact, light pink flower. Blooming longer than other pink lavender plants, Melissa is good for culinary uses and makes a very nice essential oil.
Lavandula x Intermedia
Lavandin
Lavandin (Lavandula x Intermedia) comes from crossing English and Spike lavender. Recommended for commercial oil and dried bundles. Lavandin varieties yield up to 5 times or more oil than Angustifolias. Also, Lavandin is very hardy, with a flowering period from early July to late August. Generally, this lavender has long, elegant stems.
Grosso
All-purpose and very hardy. Nice dark purple flowers. Long stems excellent for dried bouquets. Grosso is widely used for oil production, because it produces the most oil.
( Another farm favorite! )
Super
A very elegant lavender with long stems. It has the best aroma of all the Lavandins , and is used for soap fragrances and aromatherapy because of the oil.
Cathy Blanc
White flowers with long stems. Flower heads are long and thin. Flower dries to a grayish white. Adds a bright spot in the garden. The plant grows 3-4 feet.
Seal
Growing 3-4 feet wide, seal has a great scent and is great for potpourri and fresh bouquets. Flowers are a rich mauve, early flowering.
Information about bees and lavender.
Honeybees love lavender. It provides pollen and nectar, which are vital to honeybee survival.
When you visit, you will see many honeybees on each plant. They are very gentle, and will not sting you if you are gentle with them. Do not swat at the bees to make them go away.
When cutting lavender, gently brush the flowers with the back of your hand to make the bees fly away. Then carefully cut some lavender. Usually you will have a bee or two land on your bouquet that you just cut.
For a real close encounter with the bees, sit quietly right next to a plant and watch the bees work. They will continue gathering pollen and nectar while you sit only inches away !
Please do not approach the bee hives. Stay at least 50 feet away.
