TRUE LAVENDER Seeds Perennial Medicinal Fragrant

Great for dried flowers. Flowers can be used to make essential oil.  200 SEEDS

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• Lavandula angustifolia
• Perennial; Grows 20-30 Inches
• Popular uses include: Fragrance / Medicinal / Ornamental
• Prefers full sun exposure

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

• Lavender Seeds
• Of all the scores of different lavenders, this one ? Lavandula angustifolia, or Lavender Vera, meaning "True Lavender" ? is arguably the most popular.
• A delicate and versatile variety, lavender is especially cherished for its elegant appearance and lovely scent.
• This lavender is fast-growing, long-blooming, and very hardy.
• It can even be used to flavor select desserts like sorbet and ice cream!
• True Lavender is in the mint family and is native to the Mediterranean. Plants grow 20-30 inches tall and produce purple flower clusters in mid-summer, which attract honeybees and bumble bees. Lavender can be used in beds & borders and makes a good ground cover if planted in masses. Requires full sun and well-drained soils. The fragrance is very aromatic and distinctive. The essential oil is said to have a soothing and calming effect, and the dried flowers are used in perfumes, soaps, sachets and for freshening the air in houses. Culinary uses: tea, soups, vinegars, and desserts.

FAST FACTS

• Name: Lavender Seeds
• Botanical Name:      Lavandula angustifolia
• Life Cycle:     Perennial
• Light Requirement:  Full Sun
• Planting Season:     Spring, Fall
• Features:      Heirloom, Attracts Pollinators Culinary, Medicinal, Deer Resistant, Container Garden
• Plant Height: Up to 30 inches
• Plant Spacing:         12-18 inches
• Planting Depth:       1/8 inch
• Sowing Method:      Start Indoors, Direct Sow
• Cold Stratification:   Yes
• Ships: Year Round

HOW TO GROW LAVENDER

Special sowing instructions: Lavender seeds can take 60 days to germinate. Stratification and light aid germination. ... For indoor, spring sowing, place the seeds in a small container with moist (not soggy) medium in a sealed bag or container (cover to retain moisture) and place in refrigerator for 3?6 weeks.

Lavender is a popular perennial garden plant found around the world. Despite lavender being hardy perennial garden plants, they need to be well-tended during their first few weeks. Propagating lavender plants from seed can be challenging as they are slow to germinate.

Cold stratification is a process required for some seeds. After sowing, a cold period and then a warm period is required to break dormancy and allow germination. Some gardeners suggest cold-stratifying lavender seeds by placing them in moist soil in a cold greenhouse or refrigerator for two to seven weeks before moving them onto heat. 

Nevertheless, much personal satisfaction can be gained from growing your lavender plants from seed! With time and patience on your side, visions of sweet-smelling lavender is in your near future.

WHEN & HOW TO PLANT LAVENDER SEEDS

Prepare the lavender seeds for sowing three months before the last spring frost. Store them in a plastic bag filled with moistened sphagnum moss inside the refrigerator for five weeks. Remoisten the sphagnum whenever it feels dry. This process is called cold stratification, a technique used to simulate the real-world conditions a seed would receive outdoors after the winter gives way to a warm, wet spring.

Remove the lavender seeds from the refrigerator after the cold stratification period. Allow them to reach room temperature while preparing a sowing container for them.

Fill a 2? deep nursery tray with a mixture of equal parts washed medium-grit sand and seed-starting compost. Mist this sand mixture until it is saturated, then let the excess water drain off. Once established, lavender can tolerate a variety of growing conditions, but to get started this plant thrives best under warm, sunny conditions in well-drained soil.

Create shallow, 1/8? deep furrows across the surface of the sand mixture. Drop the lavender seeds into the furrows, aiming for one seed every inch. Sprinkle a very thin layer of sand over the lavender seeds so they are barely covered but still exposed to the light. Lavender seeds need light to germinate, so be sure not to bury them. Mist the sand heavily to settle it around the seeds.

Place your tray or pots where they will receive 8-10 hours of sun exposure daily. Use a cold frame outdoors or a sunny window indoors. Soil should remain 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and as low as 55F at night. Consider using a warming mat to provide these temperatures if your weather does not comply.

Use a sheet of plastic to hold in the warmth and moisture, ensuring that the plastic never touches the soil or seedlings. Leave one side open to allow some moisture to escape. Whenever the sand mixture feels dry on the surface, mist with a water bottle so as not to disturb the seeds.

If provided with constant light exposure and warm growing medium, your lavender seeds will germinate in two to three weeks and will be ready for transplant within one to two months.

LAVENDER GROWING GUIDE

One week after germination transplant your lavender seedlings into individual 4? pots filled with the sandy potting mix. If you started in a large tray, thin your seedlings to one every 2-3 inches.

Grow your newly transplanted seedlings in partial sun for one to two months, then transplant them into a sunny garden bed with fast-draining soil.

As lavender is native to arid regions, the plant will not tolerate moist or overly wet conditions. They should be located in areas with adequate drainage and spaced far enough apart to ensure good air circulation. This will help reduce the chance of developing root rot.

ENJOY!

The best time to cut and harvest the flowers of lavender is the second flowering season. Start off on a dry, sunny day preferably between June to September. Pruning should be ideally done just before the growing season, which is early spring.

COLD STRATIFICATION

HOW TO COLD STRATIFY SEEDS

Everyone wants plants. Now. But there are a small group of seeds that require a special treatment before they will even germinate in a climate that has temperatures below freezing. This process is called ?Cold Stratification.? There are two ways to accomplish this.

Fall Planting

If time is not a problem, you can put them in the ground in fall and let them go through a winter. They will sprout next year, but not flower. The following year, having gone through two winters, they will return and bloom as expected.

If you are planting poppies direct sowing is recommended in late fall or early spring for zones 2-8

Create a "False Winter"

The second way to do this, if you want to save time, is to create a ?false winter.?  What this does is trick the seeds into thinking they have been in the ground for an entire year.  All they need is to be in your refrigerator for at least 2 ½ months.

About 3 months before spring, place seeds in a plastic bag with a handful of slightly dampened, clean peat, paper towel, or a mix of clean peat and sand.

Seal and label the bag with seed name and date, then store in the refrigerator (not freezer) for at least 2½ mos. before planting in spring. (The cold period mimics a full winter?s cold.)

Once your seed has been treated, it?s ready to plant when spring arrives.