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Viola sororia (/ v aɪ ˈ oʊ l ə s ə ˈ r ɔːr i ə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə), [5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood ...
loyal love, gentleness, innocence; [5] [8] [6] [4] womanly truth, purity, fidelity, and patient endurance; [11] or, dissembling as in Shakespeare's Hamlet: Easter: Candor and innocence [7] garden "I share your sentiments" [3] [5] red: Beauty unknown to possessor orange: Joy and sunshine yellow: Happiness and joy blue: Long-term loyalty and ...
Violets are blue, roses are red, Violets are blue, I love my loves. This translation replaces the original version's cornflowers (" bleuets ") with violets, and makes the roses red rather than pink, effectively making the song closer to the English nursery rhyme.
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.
Hanakotoba (花言葉) is the Japanese form of the language of flowers. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words.
Month: February; Flower: Violet Resilient in nature, these common houseplants bloom during the depths of winter. During the Regency era, a gift of violets was a declaration of true intentions.
Thyme is the prettiest flower, That grows under the sun, It's thyme that brings all things to an end, So now my time runs on. [7] The first two verses of a broadside printed between 1819 and 1844 in London ("Seeds of Love" variant): I sewed the seeds of love it was all in the spring, In April, May, and June likewise, When small birds they do sing,
Viola cucullata, the hooded blue violet, marsh blue violet or purple violet, is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia. [1] It is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2]