Here, we generally get it by the pint, and it looks like this: http://www.drugstore.com/qxp77860_333181_sespider/rite_aid/witch_hazel_u_s_p__astringent.htm
Lavender in bloom! What are you doing with yours?
Potagere
Aug 17, 2008
OK. Thanks!
How do you harvest seeds from Lavender?
Although there are a few seed-grown varieties, I think most lavender cultivars are propagated from cuttings so they'll remain true to the parent plant. I've never seen anything that looked remotely seed-like on any of my lavenders, even when I left "dead" blooms on the plants and then crumbled them onto a plate so I could look closely, so I'm guessing mine may be sterile (or else I'm just missing the seeds, which I believe are pretty tiny).
Here's a stupid question...could you also drink the lavender vodka? there's lots of flavored vodkas.
I wonder how it would taste?
(says the person who loves vodka and tonic) or make that 'loved' cuz I can't drink any more.
I grew my 'munstead' from seed that I got from Richter's. I've never tried to harvest my own though.
Potagere
Aug 18, 2008
No luck with witch hazel here. I'm going to by a bottle of the alcohol that is sold here in large quantities for making liquers and try that.
That's probably the same as the "grain alcohol" we can get here... it's pretty much odorless and tasteless, so should work fine... it's what the college fraternity guys used to slip into punch at parties so unsuspecting young girls would drink more alcohol...
Potogere, I really think you're better off using the vodka or alcohol. I looked for my bottle of witch hazel last night, and took a whiff of it, and I don't think it smells very good. I'm not sure how it would mix with the lavender scent. The vodka doesn't have any scent at all, I just smell the lovely lavender!!
Dahlia, I have the Munstead and the Provence lavenders, and I love them both! But the Provence is my most prolific bloomer, and I like the plant shape better.
Nannie, I'll try a sip later (can't do it now, have to take the dog to a vet appointment) and let you know!!! Yup, a nice vodka tonic after a hot day working out in the garden is a nice treat!!