What is the flower language of lily of the valley? Let us take you through the legends and meanings of lily of the valley
Lily of the valley, also known as junying lan, belongs to the Liliaceae family and grows at higher latitudes from 800-2500 m. Let us now take a look at the flower language and legends of lily of the valley.
Lily of the valley flower language: the return of happiness
Lily of the valley has a compact plant form, a pleasant fragrance, and small bell-shaped flowers. In France, lily of the valley is a symbol of purity and happiness. Every year on May 1, French people give lily of the valley to one another to wish each other a year of happiness. The recipient usually hangs the flowers in a room and keeps them for the whole year, symbolizing that happiness will stay forever.
Just like the sorrowful legend of the birth of lily of the valley, the happiness of lily of the valley comes with extraordinary difficulty, and is accompanied by a faint sorrow of fate. The waiting of lily of the valley is like the sigh of stars in the wind, barely there and yet not there, vast and quiet, and only the attentive can sense it; the temperament of lily of the valley is like the pure and translucent faith in love of a woman in the wind, steadfast and gentle, and only by concentrating can one begin to taste it.
If you cannot catch the faint fragrance of lily of the valley, light as a star's sigh, from the night wind, how can you follow the scent and arrive at the valley where lily of the valley blooms? If you do not guard it with all your heart, how can you happen to reach its side right at the time of lily of the valley? The waiting of lily of the valley is only for the most attentive person, and the music of lily of the valley lightly tapping in the wind can only be heard by the one who loves it most. In order to obtain true love, lily of the valley waits in a lonely valley for its own spring to arrive. The lily of the valley flower only blooms with the spring breeze of May, and its flower language is the return of happiness.
Legend of lily of the valley 1
Legend says that Adam and Eve believed the lies of the great serpent and stole and ate the forbidden fruit, and Saint Leonard, guardian of the forest, swore to kill the great serpent. In the struggle between Leonard and the great serpent, he finally exhausted himself and perished together with the great serpent. On the land where he died, there grew the fragrant lily of the valley, with small white flowers shaped like little bells. The lily of the valley that grew from that cold land is the incarnation of Saint Leonard, embodying his blood and spirit. According to this legend, if you give lily of the valley to relatives and friends, the god of happiness will descend upon the recipient.
Legend of lily of the valley 2
There is a beautiful legend in Ukraine that says that long ago there was a beautiful girl who waited devotedly for her lover who had gone on a long expedition, and the tears of longing fell on the forest grass and turned into the richly fragrant lily of the valley; some also say that those were beads scattered from Snow White's broken pearl necklace, and some say they were the little lanterns of the 7 dwarfs; there is also a legend about a youth named "Landysh" (the Russian word for lily of the valley), who was heartbroken because his lover "Vesna" (meaning spring in Russian) left him, and the youth's tears became white flowers, while the blood flowing from his broken heart became the red berries of lily of the valley.
Lily of the valley is the flower of the goddess of sunrise in the legends of ancient Northern Europeans, a fresh flower used as an offering to the goddess of sunrise; lily of the valley is also the sacred flower of the Native Americans of North America. The romantic French even have a special "Lily of the Valley Festival". On that "Lily of the Valley Festival" in May, French people give each other small lily of the valley flowers, symbolizing the arrival of happiness and good fortune.
How to plant lily of the valley
1. Propagation
Propagate by dividing the rhizome and the small bulbs at the ends of the rhizome, and it blooms after autumn. Cover with soil to a depth of 1-2 cm as the standard, and plant in clumps.
2. Cultivation
(1) Open-field cultivation
In early spring, remove the covering from the new shoots and loosen the soil. During the growth period, supplement water appropriately and fertilize once every half month, mostly with dilute cake fertilizer water or compound liquid fertilizer. After fertilizing, weeds need to be dealt with. After the flowers fade, in order to promote rhizome growth, apply an appropriate amount of fertilizer again to ensure the growth of dormant buds.
(2) Forcing cultivation
The specific method of forcing cultivation is to cut the rhizome, place it indoors, and carry out forcing cultivation after about 2 weeks. If the flowers are watered appropriately and then placed in a dark place, kept at low temperature, and moved into sunlight after half a month, flowering can be advanced.
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