Lavender Cultivation

Lavender Cultivation Latest News

The CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu, is set to organize the 4th Lavender Festival under the theme, ”Lavender goes global”.

About Lavender

• Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
• It is a small, perennial aromatic herb shrub.
• The flowers may be blue, violet or lilac in the wild species, occasionally blackish purple or yellowish.
• These flowers grow in temperate areas and are drought-resistant crops.
• A single lavender plant bears flowers for up to 15 years, requires minimal maintenance, and can be harvested from the second year onward.
• It is a crop native to Europe but was introduced in the temperate regions of Jammu &Kashmir state by the CSIR Aroma Mission.
• Propagation: Propagation of lavender can be done by seeds, rooted cuttings, tissue culture, and layering.
• Applications: Food and flavouring, Pharmaceutical and therapeutic, Cosmetic, and Industrial purposes etc.

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Required Climatic Conditions

• Climate: It is a hard and temperate plant that can tolerate drought and frost conditions. The ideal climatic conditions are cool winters and cool summers.
• It requires a good amount of sunlight.
• Soil: It can grow well in light well-aerated soil rich with organic matter. It grows best in neutral to alkaline soil which is free draining.
• It is very sensitive to waterlogging however can go well with poor or eroded soil.
• Rainfall: It can produce well with an annual rainfall range from 300 to 1400 mm per year.

Source: PIB