{"product_id":"lavandula-x-intermedia-grosso","title":"Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso' - Grosso lavandin \/ Lavender for essential oil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLavandula x intermedia 'Grosso'\u003c\/strong\u003e, also known as \u003cstrong\u003eLavandin Grosso\u003c\/strong\u003e, is one of the best-known and most widely cultivated hybrid lavender varieties, valued for its vigorous growth, intense fragrance, and long flower stems bearing abundant spikes of violet-blue flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompared with many varieties of \u003cem\u003eLavandula angustifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, 'Grosso' has more vigorous growth, blooms somewhat later, and produces longer flower stems. 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