Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Buddy Pack

Therapeutic bouquets, insect repellant and beneficial companion, lavender is your friend.

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is certainly the most recognizable scent of all the herbs. Widely used in perfumery and the basis of a number of illustrious soaps and eau de toilettes the wonderfully purple flowers of the lavender plant are a beneficial bug magnet of the first-degree. Corn Poppy 'Single Red' makes an easy neighbour, an annual that scatters its own seed around the woody perennial lavender and throws red into all that purple.

Lavender has long been kept in bouquet garnets under pillows by kings and queens and peasants alike to engender easy sleep and pleasant dreams. Lavender in the garden attracts several species of nectar feeding insects by filling the air with its signature bouquet. Mice which are notorious for ring barking cannabis plants by gnawing at the outer cambium of the stalks are repelled by lavender (and peppermint). Fleas, ticks and moths are also kept at bay and a sprig in your top pocket or tucked behind your ear will send gentle aromatic smiles your way all day.

Drought tolerant and prolific when well cared for, the breathtaking spears of flower clusters at their peak and their intrinsic value are why lavender has a rich folk history. When Tutankhamen's tomb was opened in 1922 it was a 3000 year old echo of lavender scented air that greeted the intrepid archaeologists. Egyptian lavender was praised in the ancient world with ancient Greek and Carthagian civilizations known for bathing in lavender scented water. In the garden it behaves as a woody perennial, so full sun and free-draining soil will bring it back season after season, unlike the annuals you will also find among our annual and perennial flower seeds. For an annual in the same Buddy Pack format, Borage does the companion job from its own plant family rather than the mint family./p>

CONTENTS: 0.10 grams