Lavender has been selected as the Herb of the Year in 1999 by the International Herb Association. Lavenders are aromatic Mediterranean natives. The two most commonly produced types of lavenders are English lavenders Lavandula angustifolia and lavandins L. x intermedia. English lavenders produce seed; lavandins do not. Seed of the cultivars Munstead, a popular compact variety, and Hidcote, a slowgrowing variety with very gray foliage and darkpurple flowers, are offered in catalogs, but the plants produced from seed dont produce uniform stands. Hidcote plants grown from seed will not look the same as those produced from cuttings. The flowers will be different shades of purple rather than being deep purple and there will be slight differences in growth habit.

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