you know the difference between lavender and Lavandin?
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) growing in 800 m altitude, in the dry hills of Provence. It has only one stem, is a small Pflanze.Der Lavender was popular due to its fine fragrance in the perfume manufacturers and has been very well the "blue gold of the Region". The fine fragrance, it was also the name of the mountain lavender "fine" or brought "true" lavender.
panicles are 130 kg to produce 1 liter of essential oil distillation is necessary. A hectare of lavender cultivation in good years can result in up to 25 liters of essential oil.
Spike lavender grows in 000-600 meters, in the southern French-shrub, "Garrigues" called. There is a large plant with several branches. Spike lavender is in France because of its strong scent little used in Spain and Portugal, it is used as diluent for oil paints and porcelain color insert.
Lavandin is growing worldwide at an altitude of 000-800 meters and is a large plant with two branches and well-developed flower spikes that form a spherical clump. It is an intersection of real and Spike lavender. Lavandin is often confused with real lavender. It is the scent of Lavandin intensive and far less delicate than that of genuine lavender. The flower spikes are used for the production of "lavender sachets.
only about 40 kg of flower spikes are required for 1 liter of essential lavender oil (a far greater yield than the genuine lavender!).
Source: Lavender Museum
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