The English lavender, with sweetly, deeply fragrant green-gray leaves and lavender flowers, is a mainstay of our herb garden. Lavender¡¯s crystallized fresh flowers can be used in cakes and cookies, the dried leaves in herbal sachets and potpourri, the oils in fragrances, creams and soaps. Growing to 12-18¡± tall and wide, the compact perennial¡¯s alluring leaves, brilliantly subtle flowers and sensuous aromatics imbue the garden with tranquility.