What is the flower language and meaning of geraniums?
Geraniums, also known as zonal pelargoniums or ivy geraniums, are loved by people for their beautiful blooms, vivid colors and distinctive flower shapes. Let's take a look at what the flower language of geraniums is.
Geraniums originated in South Africa and are perennial herbaceous flowers. The leaves are palmate with long stalks, mostly serrated along the edges, and the leaf surface has fairly deep ring-shaped markings. The corolla usually has five petals, and the inflorescence is umbel-shaped, growing at the tip of upright flower stalks. Because the flowers cluster densely into a ball, it is also called "foreign hydrangea." The flower colors vary greatly, including red, white, pink and purple. The flowering period begins in early winter and lasts until early summer of the following year. It can be grown in pots indoors and outdoors; it can also be used as a flower for spring flower beds.
It grows 30-60 cm tall. The stem is upright, woody at the base, fleshy in the upper part, much branched or unbranched, with obvious nodes, densely covered with short soft hairs, and with a strong fishy smell. The leaves are alternate; the stipules are broadly triangular or ovate, 8-15 mm long, covered with soft hairs and glandular hairs; the petioles are 3-10 cm long, covered with fine soft hairs and glandular hairs; the leaf blades are round or kidney-shaped, heart-shaped at the base, 3-7 cm in diameter, with wavy shallow lobes along the edges, with round teeth, covered on both sides with transparent short soft hairs, and with a dark red horseshoe-shaped ring inside the leaf margin on the surface.
The flower language of geraniums of different colors
The flower language of geraniums is an accidental encounter; happiness is right by your side. Depending on the color of the geranium, the flower language differs as follows:
The flower language of red geraniums: You linger in my mind. Red usually represents passion, boldness and freedom, while red geraniums are endowed with more imagination: passion with delicacy, boldness with calmness, freedom yet not without direction.
The flower language of pink geraniums: I am very happy to be by your side. Pink is often closely associated with sweetness and happiness. Pink geraniums are like a shy yet firmly protective maiden guarding happiness, sweet but not cloying, letting one quietly enjoy a moment of warmth.
The flower language of yellow geraniums: an unexpected meeting. People often say that happiness is something you must actively strive for, and that is true, but an accidental encounter, an inadvertent glance back, gives infinite aftertaste and lets us know that happiness can be waited for.
The flower language of silver-leaf geraniums: recollection. As the years pass, what remains in the heart is perhaps only gradually blurring memories. Silver geraniums possess the purity of white; although they have lost white's dazzling brightness, they are still beautiful. So in the long river of time, recollection is the best proof to oneself that one once came into this world. Just remembering is enough.
In addition, geraniums are not only good for foliage and flowers; the effective components contained in geraniums also have quite good skincare and beauty effects. Truly the whole plant is a treasure, and no wonder people have given geraniums such a wonderful flower language. Hurry and plant a pot of geraniums on your balcony to encounter your happiness.
Varieties of geraniums
Common geraniums can be divided into two major categories: upright geraniums and trailing geraniums. Common geranium varieties include:
True Love (TrueLove), single-petaled flowers, red; Fantasia (Fantasia), large-flowered type, semi-double flowers, red; Bubble Gum (BubbleGum), bicolor type, deep red flowers with pink centers.
Purple Ball 2 Penbal (Purpurball2Penbal), semi-double flowers, purple-red; Tango Violet (TangoViolet), large-flowered type, pure purple flowers; Maverick White (MaverickWhite), pure white flowers.
Jana (Jana), large-flowered, bicolor type, deep pink flowers with magenta centers; Samba (Samba), large-flowered type, deep red flowers; Arava (Arava), semi-double flowers, light orange-red.
Designer Grape (DesignerGrape), semi-double flowers, purple-red with white eyes; Meloda (Meloda), large-flowered type, semi-double flowers, bright red.
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