Fw: 'Nother lavendar question

> In Sunset Western Garden Annual 1999 Ed ISBN 0-376-03871-3 on
pages165-167,
> there is a artical on two Western growers who raise Lavender (all kinds).
> They also included 4 address and telephone numbers where you could get the
> plants by mail. This artical was first published in the Sunset magazine
June
> 1998. After reading the artical I think the growers would be qualified to
> answer the questions that Dave asked.
>
> Lorraine Schmiege
>
> > At 10:21 AM 5/2/2001 +0100, David Harrison wrote:
> > >I've just thought about your responses to my lavender question. Another
> > >question arises:
> > >
> > >The folks wanted this one as they'd heard it had potentially the
> strongest
> > >scent/oil for their soap production. Is there another lavender out
there
> > >with a very strong aroma that might be suitable, that can be cultivated
> from
> > >seed?
> > >
> > >many thanks!
> > >
> > >Dave H
> >
> > Hello Dave --
> >
> > Is your folks' soap production for commercial purposes, or just for home
> > use and gift-giving?  If it's the latter, maybe it would make sense for
> > them to visit a garden store, sniff the different lavenders, and choose
> one
> > based on their fragrance preference rather than oil production.  If
their
> > favorite is one that can be grown from seeds, they can do that.
> Otherwise,
> > they can buy one small plant for a pound or two (I would guess), and
start
> > many new plants later this summer from cuttings of that one plant.
> >
> > On the other hand, if they're engaged in commercial soap production, I'm
> > not sure how much helpful advice I can give :-).  It might be good to
find
> > out what species or cultivars other soap makers are using.  In just
> growing
> > them in my home garden, I haven't noticed a difference in fragrance
> > intensity between Grosso and the regular English Lavender (known by
three
> > different names: L. vera, L. angustifolia, and L.officinalis -- they all
> > refer to the same species).  But I haven't paid close attention.  The
> other
> > species of lavenders have distinctly different fragrances from the
English
> > ones, and from each other.  They are also *much* less floriferous,
though,
> > which means they would produce much less oil per plant (which might not
be
> > an issue for home use, but would be for commercial production, I would
> > think.)   The English lavender can be grown from seeds, and has been
bred
> > for many years for flower production, and therefore oil production.
> >
> > Anyway, that's my two cents worth :-).  I hope it's at least somewhat
> > helpful, and not overly confusing!
> >
> > -- Susannah
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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