The Washington Post: 7 dessert recipes starring floral flavors, including rose and lavender
Used as a spice, lavender can add a minty hint to sweet and savory foods such as coffee cake, cookies, and even a grilled cheese sandwich. It's quickly becoming the new spice of choice among gourmet ...
Yahoo: 12 Creative Ways to Use Your Lavender Harvest, From Food to Décor and More
12 Creative Ways to Use Your Lavender Harvest, From Food to Décor and More
Here, we share the best sleeping-boosting tea recipe: the chamomile lavender latte from food blogger Hello Glow. While the ingredients and instructions for the latte are simple, their sleep-boosting ...
Growing Requirements Before investing the time and resources into growing lavender from seed, make sure that your garden in suitable for lavender cultivation. Lavender requires well-drained soil and bright, full sunshine in order to thrive. It's a Mediterranean plant that likes hot, dry conditions. Give it too much pampering, and it sulks.
At Lavender Wind Farms, many different lavender products are made. Fresh blooms are fashioned into wreaths, bouquets, and wands that retain both their beauty and their fragrance as they dry.
The term "Lavender Provence", or lavender from Provence is used interchangeably, but I think it's a different cultivar. It might also work for you. The question becomes do you want fragrance or hardiness? I don't know all the varieties, but there are some out there that seem low, sprawling and weedy.
Just moved here from California. Wondering what is best lavender to grow here? Had good luck with English lavender in hot/dry central California and wondered what would do well here with the added humidity? Any help would be appreciated!