Lavendar, the French and English…

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Lrong

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Some flowers from my suweeto haato’s herb patch…
The lavender above was given by a neighbor…
Am not sure of its name…
My missus says it is French lavender but I prefer to name it ‘rabbit ear’ lavender…
ImageAgain, am not sure of the name…
And my missus says it is English Lavender… no?
This is very fragrant… especially the stems and leaves…
She sometimes makes dry flowers out of them to use as potpourri and sache…

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10 Responses to Lavendar, the French and English…

  1. leduesorelle says:
    June 24, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    We’ve some unidentified lavender in our garden also! Supposedly one is more suitable for cooking with than the other, but I can never remember which…

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  2. Diana says:
    June 25, 2013 at 12:45 am

    I remembered during semesters holiday one time in Japan, went to Hokaido just to see lavendars.
    Beautiful!

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  3. KL says:
    June 26, 2013 at 1:46 am

    You must be having a very nice camera to take pictures of lavendar flowers as they are so tiny. I have them in my garden too and love them. The bees especially love them.

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  4. Stephanie of Steph's Green Space says:
    June 26, 2013 at 4:59 am

    I wish I know the name Lrong coz that the spikes of flower are really pretty 😉 Thank you for sharing. You and your missus, have a great day and enjoy all the wonderful and sweet smelling blooms at your surroundings.

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    • Lrong says:
      June 26, 2013 at 11:39 am

      Thank you Stephanie, for dropping by… it has been raining continuously for some time… good for our garden and we are enjoying the flowers… hope you are doing likewise too…

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  5. the desert echo says:
    July 23, 2013 at 9:50 am

    Lovely photos! Fascinating to see these flowers up close!

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