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The Gray Havens wrote an album titled "Blue Flower", reflecting this metaphor. The songs revolve around the belief of an infinite, powerful, love of God within Christianity. Released in 1996, Blue Flowers is the second single from Dr Octagonecologyst, Kool Keith's debut studio album.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
These heart-shaped blooms have a strong meaning of passionate love and romance, which makes them gorgeous bouquet additions for Valentine's Day. Jacky Parker Photography/Getty Images Alyssum
Cactus flower: 赤 椿: Aka Tsubaki: Camellia (red) In love, perishing with grace Camellia japonica: 黄色い椿: Kiiroi Tsubaki: Camellia (yellow) Longing Camellia japonica alba pena: 白椿: Shiro Tsubaki: Camellia (white) Waiting Camellia japonica nobilissima: 黒百合: Kuroyuri: Fritillaria camschatcensis: Love, curse Fritillaria ...
Plumbago auriculata, the Cape leadwort, [2] blue plumbago or Cape plumbago, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to South Africa and Mozambique. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The specific epithet auriculata means "with ears", referring to the shape of the leaves.
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.
Nigella damascena has been grown in English cottage gardens since the Elizabethan era, commonly called love-in-a-mist. Nigella hispanica is a taller species with larger blue flowers, red stamens, and grey leaves. Nigella seeds are self-sowing if the seed pods are left to mature. The dried seed capsules can also be used in flower arrangements.
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