READ MORE* Lavender, the healing herb - and how to grow it* Preserve and store homegrown herbs* Make your own herbal household cleanersJAN ABERNETHY / NZ GARDENER Lavender 'Pacific Blue'. JAN ABERNETHY / NZ GARDENER Lavender 'Grosso'. All lavender plants are sun lovers that thrive in hot and dry climates, and our summer temperatures often reach more than 30ºC. JAN ABERNETHY / NZ GARDENER Lavender 'Violet Intrigue'. After harvesting approximately 500kg of lavender flowers, we process the flowers at the distillers, which takes around five hours.

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