If you’ve ever been to Provence in the summer, you can’t really miss those huge purple fields full of lavender. To be more precise, these plants should be called lavandin. A hybrid strain that is planted there to make lavender oil that is mainly used in aromatherapy. True lavender usually only grows on mountain slopes and was already used by the Romans to make the bath water smell nice.

Lavender in the garden
Lavender is one of the most beloved garden plants, they are decorative all year round and have beautiful, strongly fragrant flowers in summer. In our country, it is mainly the cultivars such as the white and soft pink lavender that do well in the garden. Plant lavender in a sunny spot with preferably well-draining soil that is rich in lime. It makes a nice combination with evergreen shrubs, such as Ilex.