Lavender image gallery

Lavenders come in a wider range of forms and colours than you would imagine. Explore our gallery of images to find out more.

A Mastodon skull.

A cultivated bed of colourful Lavandula stoechas, nestling in the fallen trunk of a cork oak, Quercus suber

Visions of Earth, an introduction to the Earth Galleries.

Close-up detail of the prominent, showy bracts of Lavandula stoechas

Sulphur, charcoal and saltpetre.

Smaller bracts on Lavandula dentata var. dentata

A Mastodon skull.

The striking colour of Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas 'Kew Red'

Piece of moon rock.

Green flowered Lavandula viridis

Fossil leaf scars.

Delicate flowers of Lavandula canariensis

A Mastodon skull.

Leaf form also varies. These are the rounded leaves of Lavandula rotundifolium

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Did you know?

In Roman times a pound of lavender cost a month's wages

Lavender was once burned on St John's Eve (23 June) to keep witches away