For cooking, it can be used as a herb to flavor dishes, the flowers can be candied, you can make syrup and tea from the flowers. Medicinally, lavender teas and oils are used as sleep aids, and it's a major component in herbal brews used to soothe insect bites, burns, headaches, and acne. The oil can also be made into an antiseptic... and used in anti-inflammatory remedies. Lavender tends to attract bees, and ward away other insects, like mosquitoes, so it's useful to have in an orchard.
It's also nice to scent baths and be dried into making potpourri.
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For cooking, it can be used as a herb to flavor dishes, the flowers can be candied, you can make syrup and tea from the flowers. Medicinally, lavender teas and oils are used as sleep aids, and it's a major component in herbal brews used to soothe insect bites, burns, headaches, and acne. The oil can also be made into an antiseptic... and used in anti-inflammatory remedies. Lavender tends to attract bees, and ward away other insects, like mosquitoes, so it's useful to have in an orchard.
It's also nice to scent baths and be dried into making potpourri.