What is the flower language and legend of the primrose? Read this article to understand
The primrose is also known as the primrose, fairy primrose, and New Year flower, among other names. It is a perennial herbaceous flower of the genus Primula in the family Primulaceae, with extremely high ornamental value. It is commonly cultivated in greenhouses in various regions and is one of the famous potted flowers. It prefers well-drained soil rich in humus and likes moisture relatively well, but needs dryness. During the seedling stage, it avoids strong sunlight and high temperatures. Now let us take a look at the flower language and legends of the primrose!
Characteristics of the primrose
The primrose plant height is 20-30 cm, and the whole plant has fine hairs. The leaves are basal, approximately elliptical, with a heart-shaped base. There are several shallow lobes, the edges have incised teeth, and the leaves have long petioles. An umbel is produced at the top, the base of the calyx is swollen, and the corolla is tall and butterfly-shaped, with the upper part split and the tube part hidden in the calyx. The flowers are white, pink, and mostly pink. The capsule has many seeds, and its self-sowing ability is strong. The corolla is pale red, salverform, with spreading lobes that are obcordate and notched at the apex.
The flower language of the primrose
Besides you, there is no other love. The flowers of the primrose come in red, yellow, orange, blue, purple, white, and other colors, arranged on the scape in umbels, racemes, heads, or solitary among the leaf clusters, with a funnel-shaped or salverform corolla. If you meet the girl you love most in your life, and if your love cannot be expressed in words, then give her a primrose, because the flower language of the primrose is “besides you, there is no other love”.
The legend of the primrose
1. Legend one: The primrose is the incarnation of the tragic love of a Greek water nymph. There was a water nymph who could not speak and fell in love with a handsome young man, but the young man was surrounded by a group of admirers. The water nymph, unable to speak, could not express her love and could only sadly watch him leave from afar. Day after day, the life of the water nymph gradually faded away. Although she lost her life, her love continued to affectionately watch over this young man. Thus, where she died, lovely little flowers grew one after another, and these are the primrose.
2. Legend two: In Greek mythology, there was a young man named Paralysis, and this young man had a very beautiful fiancee named Melicerta. They looked forward to their wedding day every day, but later the girl died of illness, and the young man, overwhelmed by grief, actually died for love. The gods took pity on him and turned him into a flower, blooming beside the girl's grave. This flower is the fairy primrose.