A to Z Herbarium: Lavender

I am enjoying your posts every day!
Confession, I can not walk by a lavender plant without stroking it & smelling my hands. One of the best smells on the planet. I bought some lavender salt at the farmer’s market a couple years ago. I do use it in cooking occasionally. Interesting results.

Lavender is such a wonderful scent. I used to use a lavender spray on my pillow, but I discovered it irritated my sinuses so had to stop :(.

I do love the bit about being a guarantee of chastity in one instance and an indication of being availble for hire in another 🙂
Tasha
Tasha’s Thinkings – Shapeshifters and Werewolves

Fascinating lavender details. I like it to scent dresser drawers and as a calming sachet when under stress. Has no idea about its other attributes given here!

Definitely one of the nicest herbs out there. I really like the look of the plant too – very pretty.

I should’ve found your series earlier: I love learning about herbs.

I love lavender 🙂
There is a gorgeous town in Hungary called Tihany, on a peninsula in Lake Balaton. The monks who have been there for 1000 years cultivate lavender, and make things from it (like oils,soaps, etc.). I had lavender ice cream there once. It was lovely, but then I burped lavender for two days…

The Multicolored Diary: WTF – Weird Things in Folktales

Lavender is lovely. Nice post.

Stopping by from A to Z: L for Lightsaber
Shari

Now I know the secret to immortality… Happy A-to-Z-ing.

That’s fun, the way lavanger was use is such different ways in different times 😉

I do like lavander, whether it will give me immortality or not.

@JazzFeathers
The Old Shelter – 1940s Film Noir

Hi Sara – Lavender is special … and really evokes nature … lavender beds are a favourite in gardens, as too lavender plants … great tips – lavender should have been used in WW1 – to counteract the lice … cheers Hilary

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These are interesting posts and I lavender is always growing at our house in the flower beds and herb gardens.

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I sort of have a love hate relationship with lavender – I love it outside, when there are plants in a garden, but find it a bit overwhelming in the house. Love it when mixed with geranium in massage oil – that’s a great smell.

Pamela @ Highlands Days of Fun

I have lavender oil and I put it in a diffuser at night because I read it helps with sleep.

~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
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Patricia Lynne, Indie Author

Whenever I think of lavender I always remember a quote from one of Alice Hoffman’s books: “Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”

My favorite herb!!!

I just love the smell of lavender. I really wish I had gone to the Provence when the lavender was in bloom.

And given that I am wide awake in the middle of the night, I could use some lavender to burn! 🙂

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Sylvia @ The Creative Life

I have to say that lavender always conjures the image of a sweet and gentle old lady with white hair, who carries an old-fashioned lace handkerchief.
That’s a stereotype, isn’t it?

As I clicked onto your post I immediately thought of bees and voila and lo, there is the lovely photograph! Thank you for all your lovely posts Sara.