Essential Oils

The flowers and their stems are harvested, dried, and then steam-distilled to extract the essential oil. Lavender essential oil is a clear to yellow, watery oil with a sweet, fresh, cineole like aroma with a herbaceous undertone.

meter. It is heavily branched with long, woody stems. The stems have grey-green, narrow, pointed leaves. The plant starts to flower early in summer and the flowers grow on long, pointed spikes at the tips of stems. The colour of the flowers is purple-blue.

LAVENDER (Lavender angustifolia)