What is the flower language and legend of lavender? Read this one article to understand
Lavender originated along the Mediterranean coast and was later widely planted in the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia. The small town of Provence in southern France is a world-famous lavender-producing region. The plant is elegant and graceful, and the inflorescence is beautiful and slender, deeply loved by young men and women. Let us take a look below at the flower language and legend of lavender!
The flower language of lavender
Waiting for love. In European tradition, lavender seems to be naturally related to love. A large number of love legends or folk customs involve lavender. "Lavender Represents True Love" is the most representative lyric poem of the Elizabethan era, just as portrayed in the TV drama "Lavender." Lavender means a kind of reserved declaration of love, a firm promise, and after going through hardships, ultimately being able to hold each other's hand.
The flowering period of lavender
The flowering period of lavender is generally from June to August. The time required from sowing to flowering (or harvesting) is 18-20 weeks. The flowering period is longer for potted plants or protected cultivation, and the flowering time is not fixed. Lavender likes sunlight, is heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, extremely cold-tolerant, tolerant of poor soil, and resistant to saline-alkali conditions. The cultivation site needs sufficient sunlight and good ventilation.
The legend of lavender
Lavender is a small, richly fragrant purple-blue flower. It has a romantic sentiment just like its place of origin. This flower, which grows in Provence, France, has a beautiful love legend.
Legend says there was a young girl in a village in Provence. She was alone in the cold mountains picking flowers that were about to bloom, but she encountered a wounded traveler from a distant place. As soon as the girl saw this young man, her whole heart was captured by his elegant smile!
So the girl invited him to her home. Regardless of her family's opposition, she insisted on caring for him until he recovered. After a few days, the young traveler's injuries had healed, but their romance spread rapidly, and they had already reached the point of being inseparable.
Not long after, one day, the young traveler said goodbye to the girl and left, but the girl, who was deeply in love, insisted on leaving with the young man. Although her relatives tried hard to keep her, she still insisted on going with the young man to his hometown full of roses!
Just before the girl left, an old woman in the village gave her a bunch of lavender and told her to use it to test the young traveler's sincerity, because legend says the fragrance of lavender can make unclean things reveal themselves.
Just as the traveler took her hand and prepared to set off on a long journey, the girl threw the lavender hidden in her coat onto the young man. Unexpectedly, after a light purple smoke emerged from the young man's body, he vanished with the wind and smoke. In the valley, the girl seemed to faintly hear the young man's hearty laughter. Just like that, the girl was left all alone.
Before long, the girl also disappeared without a trace. Some people thought that, like the young man, she transformed into light smoke and disappeared in the valley. Others said that she followed the fragrance of lavender to look for the young man. In any case, the legendary story of lavender was passed down in this way. Therefore, until now, lavender is still considered by people to be one of the important tools for driving away unclean things and for incense.