Common name: Lavender
Scientific name: Lavandula
Characteristics:
- perennial
- heights differ but all grow into evergreen, bushy shrubs with woody stems and hairy, silvery to gray-green, fragrant leaves. Long spikes of fragrant deep purple to pinkish flowers
Conditions:
- perfers full sun, does not require a great deal of water
Harvest:
- Dry: by hanging in bunches in a dry, airy, hot place
- storage: store dried leaves and flowers in air tight jars
- not suitable for freezing
Bunny Tip:
- A diuretic, helps induce labor in a birthing doe
- Good for stressed rabbits
