We are very lucky here in the south as the lavender likes the soil. We are growing different kinds of lavender, both the traditional type and the French. Quite often our local garden centres sell lavender plants off when the blooms have faded. I just buy them, trim off the dead stalks, pop them in the ground ready for next year. We’ve built up quite a few that way.
I love the smell of lavender and find it very soothing. I buy Yardleys lavender eau de toilette which I find useful in this heat.