Lavandin usually forms larger and much more flowers. A decisive advantage for the industry is also the almost six times higher yield of essential oils that lavandin provides. In comparison, about 40 kg of lavandin flower panicles are sufficient to obtain the same amount of oil from about 150 kg of true lavender. While with real lavender you have to wait two to four years for the first harvest, oil extraction from lavandin fields can begin in the very first year.

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