There ?r? thirty n?n? ??????? ?f fl?w?r?ng l?v?nd?r plants wh??h ?? d??tr?but?d ??r??? Afr???, Ar?b??, SE India, SW A???, C?n?r? I?l?nd?, Cape V?rd?, Eur??? ?nd th? M?d?t?rr?n??n ?? w?ll ?? ?th?r parts of th? w?rld. L?v?nd?r is th?ught t? have ?r?g?n?t?d fr?m Asia and distribution spread fr?m th?r?. In?lud?d ?n th? genus ?nnu?l? are sub-shrubs, ?m?ll ?hrub? ?nd h?rb????u? ?l?nt?.
L?v?nd?r ?? w?d?l? u??d t? make ???h?t?, ?????, lavender b?g? f?r ???nt?ng ?l?th??, ?h?m???? ?nd a h??t of other u???. L?t?n for l?v?nd?r ?? Lavare which means t? w??h h?n?? the l?v?nd?r ?l?nt h?? been used f?r d???d?? t? ?ur?f? th? mind, b?d? ?nd soul when b?th?ng ?n th? ????n??. The ?l?nt h?? ?l?? been w?d?l? u??d f?r m?d???n?l purposes ?u?h as f?t?gu?, anxiety, ?n??mn?? ?nd d??r?????n.
L?v?nd?r, (g?nu? L?v?ndul?), g?nu? of ?b?ut 30 species ?f ?l?nt? ?n th? m?nt f?m?l? (L?m??????), native t? countries b?rd?r?ng the Mediterranean. L?v?nd?r ??????? ?r? common ?n h?rb gardens for their fr?gr?nt leaves ?nd ?ttr??t?v? fl?w?r?. Th? ?l?nt? ?r? w?d?l? ?ult?v?t?d f?r their ????nt??l oils, which are u??d t? ???nt a variety of ?r?du?t?. The dr??d fl?w?r?, for example, h?v? long b??n u??d ?n ???h?t? to scent chests ?nd ?l???t?, ?nd th? ?n???nt R?m?n? u??d l?v?nd?r in their baths. Lavender ?? sometimes also used to flavour beverages ?nd ?w??t? and has a numb?r ?f applications in herbal m?d???n?. English l?v?nd?r (Lavandula ?ngu?t?f?l??), French l?v?nd?r (L. ?t???h??), ?nd woolly l?v?nd?r (L. l?n?t?) ?r? ?m?ng th? m??t widely cultivated species.
Lavender ??n b? gr?wn in m??t t???? of soils. Th?? ?n?lud?? clay ?nd ??nd? ???l?. If ??ur garden has compacted ?r ?l?? ???l, ??u n??d t? ?m?r?v? its dr??n?g? b? adding ?rg?n?? matter. N?t? th?t ??u should ?v??d ?l?nt?ng ??ur h?rb in w?t ???l th?t can cause r??t r?t.
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