come and buy my lavender,
hide it in your trousseau, lady fair.
Let its lovely fragrance flow
Over you from head to toe,
lighting on your eyes, your cheek, your hair."
- Cumberkand Clark Flower Song Book 1929
I used to have huge bushes of lavender in my garden, my favourite being the
English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia (formerly L. officinalis), as it is a strongly aromatic shrub growing to 1–2m tall, the leaves are evergreen, and the flowers are a pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2–8 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 10–30 cm long, and they make wonderful little displays in narrow vases or as dried bunches. The name is misleading, as it is not native to England at all, but native to the western Mediterranean region.
that captures the essence of lavender so well i can almost smell it :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ! Love those colors.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, thank you Jane! Lovely of you to say so!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Teri! I actually love trying to create the different colours of Lavender, it's quite a job getting it just right!
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