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Lavandula is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in
the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape
Verde and the Canary Islands, southern Europe across to northern and eastern
Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India. Many members of
the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants
for garden and landscape use. Source
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom
flower, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. The essential
parts of a flower can be considered in two parts, the vegetative part,
consisting of petals and associated structures in the perianth, and the
reproductive or sexual parts. A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of
structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Source
A Rose garden
or Rosarium is a garden or park,
often open to the public, used to present and grow various types of garden
roses. Designs vary tremendously and roses may be displayed alongside other
plants or grouped by individual variety, colour or class in rose beds. At her
death in 1814, the garden included more than 250 varieties of rose. It is said
that her plant hunters also introduced some 200 other plants to France, among
them the dahlia. Source