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A genus of 21 aromatic, evergreen perennials and shrubs that are found throughout Mediterranean regions, the Middle East, and India. Lavenders are among the most popular plants for herb gardens, having subtle colouring, and delightful fragrance. The hardier kinds make attractive hedges, while tender variants may be grown under cover. Lavenders differ in habit, foliage and flower colour, which ranges from the typical soft blue to various shades of purple and white. Due to their popularity and long history of cultivation, garden lavenders are mostly hybrids and cultivars, and accurate identification is often extremely difficult.
The two most important lavenders with medicinal uses are angustifolia and latifolia. Both are rich in essential oils but differ in constituents; angustifolia yields an exquisitely scented oil, used in aromatherapy and high quality perfumes; latifolia yields the pungent, camphoraceous, spike lavender oil, which is mainly used in cleaning products, as an insect repellent, and as a dressing for burns. latifolia is rarely seen as a garden plant but is grown in Spain for it`s oil. Hybrid lavenders, such as x intermedia are often preferred by the perfume industry. stoechas was widely used as an antiseptic and toiletry herb in ancient times by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabs.
