Lavender Garden - not Lavandula, but Mona

If you think that by coming here, you're gonna be standing in a sea of fragrant lavender flowers , as if you were in the middle of a field in Hokkaido or Southern France, then you are sadly mistaken.

Because the species they plant here is known as the Mona Lavender ( aka Swedish Ivy ) from the Plectranthus family.
No doubt, the colour is very brilliant and as such, it presents a good "make believe " photo op.

But because some local folks really believe that this is the real deal, let's get enlightened shall we ?
The real Lavender flower that we see in the travel brochures is known as Lavandula.

This is what it looks like. Play close attention to the leaves.
Ramrod straight like our roadside lallang.

You can turn both the leaves and flowers into tea.

Source : tdbklassen

And this is what Mona Lavender Plecthrantus looks like. You can purchase it in any garden centre from KL to Penang but please , never ever try to make a tea out of this. 

Source : gardening.ktsa

 

I really wouldn't journey all the way here just to see this.

Location : Lavender Garden, Cameron Highlands