Lavender is a very beautiful plant, its flower language is "tranquility", "peace", "romantic love", and it also has good medicinal properties. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the purple lavender undulates like a wave, stretching endlessly. Each lavender plant exudes a faint fragrance that is refreshing. The breeze blows, the lavender sways gently, do you also like the aroma of lavender?
Lavender is a semi-shrub or dwarf shrub that belongs to the genus Lavender in the Lamiaceae family. Its stems are erect, multi-branched, and covered with stellate villi on the surface. The leaves of lavender are linear or lanceolate, the margins of the leaves are curled outward, and the midrib is raised below. The leaves on the flowering branches are larger and detached, while the leaves on the newer branches are small and clustered.
The inflorescences of lavender are umbel-shaped, with many flowers, clustered into intermittent or nearly continuous spikes at the top of the branches. Its bracts are rhomboid-oval, the apex is tapered into a drill-shaped, and the small bracts are indistinct. The flowers of lavender are blue and densely covered with gray, branched or unbranched hairs. The calyx is ovate tubular or nearly tubular and the corolla is about twice as long as the calyx. The upper lip is elongated, the lobes are large, rounded, and slightly overlapping each other, and the lower lip is spread. Its filaments are flattened, glabrous, and the anthers are hairy. Columella coat, flattened at the apex, ovate. The lobes are opposite to the ovary lobes. The small nuts are oval-shaped, smooth and shiny. Lavender usually blooms in June and is fresh and elegant.
The aroma of lavender is unique and light, with a slight woody sweetness throughout the plant. It is a new perennial hardy flower in the garden, suitable for planting in clusters or strips, and can also be potted and ornamented. In addition to its ornamental value, lavender has many other uses. It can be used to extract essential oils, which are often used as insect repellents, aromatics and raw materials for perfumes because of their mature extraction process and aromatic smell. In addition, lavender also contains a variety of bioactive components, such as volatile oils, flavonoids, coumarins, organic acids, sterols, etc., which have antidepressant, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative-hypnotic, antispasmodic, diuretic, anti-bloating and anti-respiratory tract infections.
Lavender has a wide range of applications. At the same time, in the field of art and culture, white lavender also plays an important role.
First of all, lavender can be used to extract essential oils, which are often used as insect repellents, aromatics, and raw materials in the preparation of perfumes. Lavender essential oil, floral fragrance, relaxing, calming, soothing nerves, moisturizing the skin.
Secondly, lavender also contains a variety of bioactive components, such as volatile oils, flavonoids, coumarins, organic acids, sterols, etc., which have antidepressant, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative-hypnotic, antispasmodic diuretic, anti-bloating and anti-respiratory tract infections.
In addition, lavender can also be used in cosmetics, soaps, perfumes and other products, as well as in pastries and kitchen cooking. Lavender can also be used in cosmetology, as a mask to suppress bacteria and anti-inflammatory, and to balance skin oils.
At the same time, lavender is also an important herb with a variety of medicinal properties, such as relieving headaches, improving sleep quality, calming the nerves, and relieving fatigue.
In life, lavender can also be used in baths, foot soaks, massages and other ways to help relieve stress, relieve fatigue, promote sleep, etc.
Lavender has a variety of application values, not only for ornamental and making cosmetics and other products, but also for important medicinal properties and health benefits.
Lavender can be used as a main flower in floral arrangement, or as a background flower.
First of all, lavender can be used as a main flower material, which can be combined with other flowers to create a variety of beautiful bouquets and flower baskets. Since lavender is usually a lilac or dark purple color, it looks more noble and elegant when paired with white or pale blue flowers. Lavender can also be used as a bridal bouquet, and the purple bouquet is not simple. Lavender is used in wedding floral arrangements, and the delicate fragrance can spread throughout the wedding.
Secondly, lavender can also be used to make dried or immortal flowers. By being dried or dehydrated, lavender retains its beautiful form and color, making it a long-lasting ornament. The dried lavender has a unique texture and decorates the room with a sense of life.
In addition, lavender can also be used to make garlands, vase flower arrangements, and other decorations. Placing some lavender decorations indoors can add a sense of freshness and naturalness to your interior. In some parts of the country, lavender can be made into traditional sachets that can be placed at the head of the bed in the bedroom to promote sleep.
Lavender is a very popular floral material in floral arrangement, which can be used to make a variety of beautiful floral decorations, adding a romance and elegance to life.
Lavender is a small purple-blue flower with romantic feelings. This flower, born in Provence, France, has a beautiful love legend.
In ancient times there was a beautiful girl in Provence, walking through the lavender fields as if she was in a dream world. The breeze blows, the lavender sways gently, feeling the gift of nature, feeling the mystery and beauty of this land. One day, she was alone in a cold valley picking budding flowers, and on her way home, she met a wounded traveler from afar who asked her for directions. The girl held a bouquet full of flowers, and looked at the handsome young man affectionately, and at that moment, her heart was occupied by the young man's enthusiastic and unrestrained smile. Despite the opposition of her family, the young girl insisted that the young man stay in the guest room of her home to heal until he recovered.
As the days passed, the young man's leg injury had healed, and the relationship between the two heated up rapidly. On a cool morning, the young man wanted to say goodbye and leave, but the girl did not want the opposition of her family to go away with the youth, to the hometown of the distant youth full of roses... The old grandmother in the village held a handful of newly blooming lavender bouquets before the girl left, and let the infatuated girl use this newly-blooming lavender bouquet to test the sincerity of the young man... It is said that in mid-May every year, when you walk alone into Shangri-La's lavender fields, you will feel like you are in a romantic baptism of love...