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Lavender (scientific name: Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) is also known as perfume plant, primrose, vanilla, yellow vanilla, and lavender. Lavender belongs to Labiatae, native to the Mediterranean coast, Europe and Oceania Islands, after being widely planted in Britain and Yugoslavia. Its beautiful and elegant leaves and flowers, blue-purple inflorescences long and beautiful, is a new perennial hardy flowers in the courtyard, suitable for flower paths planted in clusters or strips, can also be potted ornamental. Lavender has been a common herb in Roman times, and has been called the "queen of herbs" because of its most powerful effects. Since ancient times, it has been widely used in medical treatment, and both stems and leaves can be used as medicine, with the effects of stomachic, sweating and pain relief, and it is a good medicine to treat colds and flu, abdominal pain and eczema.
Chinese name Lavender
Latin name Lavandula angustifolia Mill.
Alias perfume plant, spirit herb, vanilla, yellow vanilla
Synonymy Lavandula angustifolia
Plantae
Phyllophyta Angiosperms
Organism Dicotyledon
Organism Tubuliflora
Suborder Labiatae
Family Labiatae
Genus Lavandula angustifolia
Species Lavandula angustifolia
Paradigm Mediterranean coast, Europe, the islands of Oceania, Xinjiang in China, Tennessee and Hokkaido
Environmental distribution Sunny slopes of mountains
Ecological habit >
Ecological habit terrestrial plants
Life type half-shrub or dwarf shrub
Sunshine like sunshine
Water drought-resistant
Temperature 15 to 25 ℃
Soil slightly alkaline or neutral sandy soil
Elevation 600 meters to 1200 meters
Edible value Lavender Jelly
This is the most important food of the world. Medicinal value: stomachic, sweating, pain relief
Industrial value: can be made into aromatic oil, cosmetics
Special use: ornamental
Non-toxicity
Symbolism: love and friendship
Origin: Mediterranean coast, Europe
Catalog
1 Morphology
2 Variety Classification
3Growth habit
4Distribution
5Main values
Edible value Beauty value Medicinal value6Cultivation techniques
Reproduction methods Field management Disease and pest control7Botanical culture
Flower language The legend of the beautiful Lavandula officinalis1 Morphological Characteristics
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Semi-shrubs or dwarf shrubs, branched, stellate tomentose, denser in the young parts; old branches gray-brown or dark brown, with the cortex peeling off in strips, with long flowering branches and short renewing branches. Leaves linear or lanceolate-linear, those on flowering branches larger, sparsely so, 3-5 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide, densely
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or sparsely gray stellate tomentose, gray-white or olive-green when dry, those on newer branches smaller, clustered, not more than 1.7 cm long, ca. 0.2 cm wide, densely gray-white stellate tomentose, drying gray-white, all with an obtuse apex, base tapering into a very short stalk, entire, margin revolute, midrib elevated below, lateral and reticulate veins inconspicuous. Verticillasters usually 6-10-flowered, numerous, aggregated into interrupted or nearly continuous spikes at branch apexes, spikes ca. 3(5) cm, peduncle ca. 3 times as long as the inflorescence itself, densely stellate tomentose; bracts rhombic-ovoid, apex acuminate into a subulate, 5-7-veined, often rusty-colored when dry, stellate tomentose, bracteoles inconspicuous; flowers shortly pedicellate, blue, densely gray, branched or unbranched tomentose Calyx ovate-tubular or nearly so. Calyx ovate-tubular or sub-tubular, 4-5 mm long, 13-veined, inner surface subglabrous, 2-lipped, upper lip 1-toothed broader and longer, lower lip with 4 short teeth, teeth equal and conspicuous. Corolla ca. 2 times as long as calyx, 13-veined, outside covered with the same indumentum as calyx but basally subglabrous, inside partly covered with glandular hairs at throat and limb, with a ring of hairs in middle, limb 2-lipped, upper lip straight, 2-lobed, lobes larger, rounded and slightly overlapping each other, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, lobes smaller. Stamens 4, inserted above hairy ring, not extensible, anterior pair longer, filaments flattened, glabrous, anthers hairy. Style hairy, compressed at apex, ovoid. Disk 4-lobed, lobes opposite to ovary lobes. Nutlets 4, smooth. Fl. [1]
2 Classification of varieties
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In addition to varieties specialized in the extraction of essential oils, which can be consumed as a floral tea, there are also some varieties that can be used as cut flowers or for flowerbeds, and some of the more common ones available on the market are Sweet Lavender, Plumed Leaf Lavender, Toothed Leaf Lavender, True Lavender, and others. Mrs. Lavender, the National Flower Variety Selection Award-winning variety, the most striking combination of potted plants. Ideal as an annual, plant this fall and you'll have lush, fragrant flowers next spring, with consistent blooms on neat plants. Munster lavender, every
Lavender garden photos (19)
June to August of each year, light blue flowers, gray-green leaves, lace, with fragrance. It blooms later than 'Lady Lavender' and is not as neat as 'Lady Lavender'.
Lavandula angustifolia (common variety)
There are two types of pink lavender: French Lavender and Lodden Pink Lavender
French Lavender is from the French Highlands;
Lodden Pink Lavender is from Scotland.
White Lavender
White Lavender is produced in Scotland and in northern England and Wales.
Tasmanian Lavender Farm (2 photos)
Tasmanian Lavender
Tasmanian Lavender
In Yili, China, we have Purple Lavender, Blue Lavender, and White Lavender, the three colors of Lavender, and the White Lavender, which is particularly elegant and elegant, is owned by the Huachun Lavender Company.
3 growth habit
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Lavender can not tolerate heat and humidity, if long-term flooding root rot will die. When planting outdoors, be careful not to let the rain fall directly on the plant. After May, you need to move to a place where the sun can't shine directly, increase the degree of ventilation to reduce the ambient temperature, and keep cool in order to get through the summer peacefully. Pay attention to sunlight, water, temperature and patience.
4Distribution
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Native to the Mediterranean coast, Europe and the islands of Oceania, such as the town of Provence in southern France, and then widely planted in the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia, the United States of America's Tennessee, and Japan's Hokkaido also have a large number of plantings.
The northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang and Provence, France, is located in the same latitude zone, and climatic conditions and soil conditions
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Pieces similar to one of the world's three major lavender planting, China's Lavender Township. Huocheng own cultivation of lavender has been included in the world's eight well-known varieties of one [2]. It is a dry, wheat-spike-shaped flower with a slender stem covered with star-shaped hairs, tiny purple-blue flowers at the end, and long, narrow, gray-green leaves that can reach a height of 90cm when planted and usually bloom in June.
The home of most blue and purple lavender is the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and the southern foothills of the Alps (including Provence). Lavender grows best in bright sunlight, and local people love the scent of lavender for its healing properties.
5 Key Values
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Lavender
Lavender is one of the world's most popular herbs for its distinctive aroma, and has been described as the "tranquil perfume plant", "king of spices", and "the queen of aromatic herbs". "After the aromatic herbs", lavender essential oil for a wide range of uses and is known as "oil of oil". Lavender products are used in beauty, incense, edible, medicinal and other aspects of the dried flowers, essential oils, sachets, pillows, masks, lavender tea and other favorite tourists.
Edible value
Lavender jelly
Materials:
600 grams of water (one gram equals one gram ), 30 grams of dried lavender, 15 grams of Gilly T (Gilly T is a gum extracted from the backbone of the animal
Provence Lavender Pictures [3]
something that is mainly used to make desserts). 90 grams of fine sugar, 500 grams of fresh milk, 30 grams of dried lavender, 10 grams of Gili T, 780 grams of fine sugar.
How to make:
1. Bring the water to a boil, add the dried lavender, steep for 1 minute, then strain and set aside.
2, granulated sugar and Jillian T dry mix mix, add the lavender tea of method 1 and mix well, then heat over low heat, cook until the sugar and Jillian T completely dissolved can be removed from the heat, poured into the model about 5 minutes full, and wait until cooled and set aside.
3. Heat the milk to boiling, then remove from the heat, add the dried lavender, steep for 1 minute, then strain and set aside.
4, granulated sugar and Jillian T dry mix, add the milk of method 3 and mix well, then heat over low heat, cook until the sugar and Jillian T completely dissolved can be.
Tea
Lavender sleep tea magical formula has appeared as early as the ancient Greek and Roman period. Biblical this formula by modern research found that it is rich in volatile oils, coumarins, tannins, flavonoids, etc., there are floral plant formulas, a small number of can be used for medicinal purposes, to improve insomnia and other aspects of a wide range of uses. Gradually this floral plant formulations in real life is widely used, lavender, lily, jasmine and so on also began to be widely planted.
Lavender tea is made from dried flower buds, take a tablespoon into a pot and pour boiling water over it, then simmer it for 5 minutes and enjoy it without honey or sugar.
The strong aroma of this tea is pleasant without side effects, and has many benefits such as calming, relaxing digestive spasms, refreshing, eliminating flatulence, aiding digestion, preventing nausea and dizziness, easing anxiety and nervous migraines, and preventing colds and flu, and also helps to recover from hoarseness and loss of voice. Lavender tea is also known as "the best companion for office workers". Lavender tea is light green when it is first brewed, and then gradually become blue or purple, if you add a few drops of lemon juice in the tea, it turns pink, very pleasing to the eye. When you are pregnant, you should pay attention to the dosage and not drink it continuously. When brewing alone, the concentration should not be more than twice; when mixed brewing, a small amount is also appropriate. It is not advisable to use metal cups when brewing tea, otherwise the effect will be affected.
Lavender can be brewed into a tea, in addition, for a long time, the Europeans know that lavender with stomach function, so often add lavender as a seasoning when cooking, or mixed in vinegar, wine, jelly to add aroma; to lavender sauce is particularly flavorful, it is said that Queen Elizabeth I is a loyal enthusiast.
Beauty value
Lavender Flower Essence
Essential oils are extracted by steam distillation, cold pressing, fat-soluble extraction (known as: flower essences, original essences, pure oils), supercritical extraction (carbon dioxide extraction at low temperatures), and the flower essences are extracted directly from the pure natural oils by soaking. In terms of quality, flower essences or original essences extracted by the fat-soluble method are slightly lower in grade than those extracted by distillation. Because some flowers through distillation will be at high temperatures when the oil rate is low, and will lose more components, so the fat soluble extraction method, such as the market rose (dark yellow or brown) jasmine (dark yellow or brown), distillation grade rose is much more expensive than gold. Regular circulation in the market are lavender essential oil, just varieties as well as quality have high and low, rarely will there be sales of lavender flower essence, because lavender cultivation, supply, as well as the oil rate is high. [4]
For cleansing
Because lavender has the effect of inhibiting bacteria, balancing oil secretion and soothing the skin, it can also be used for cleansing products, lavender extracts are added to the soap, cleansing milk products, after the cold sterilization preservation treatment and issofree advanced technology, it is made into a high-end cleansing products, such as lavender soap and cleansing milk. [4]
1. Mask: Take lavender powder 10g, water, or egg white, or milk, and blend into a paste. Apply evenly to the face, 20 minutes to wash off, can be.
2. Steam your face: Before doing the mask, you have to steam your face in order to open the pores and better absorb the mask. At this time, you can about 10g of lavender powder sprinkled in the steam face vessel. The floral fragrance is refreshing, calming and tranquilizing, soothing the nerves and moisturizing the skin.
3. Bath: about 5g lavender powder sprinkled into the bathtub. It can shrink the skin of the whole body, supply nutrients, perfume the body and beauty, and relieve stress. [4]
From the clinical application, lavender essential oil can relieve the nerves, pleasant and nourishing, with the magical effect of tranquilizing the mind and promoting sleep. If it is a mild insomnia patients, taking lavender tea is not a better auxiliary treatment. In addition, patients should cultivate a better habit of life, such as more walking after dinner, more exercise in general, but also should adjust the work habits to cultivate interest in work, with a positive attitude into the work. All of these have a good effect on the improvement of symptoms. [4]
Lavender has been widely used in herbology, and lavender oil is said to reduce and treat insect bites, while lavender bouquets can repel insects. Lavender oil can alleviate headaches. Lavender is often used as a sleep aid: adding lavender seeds and flowers to a pillow can help with sleep, or a cup of lavender tea before bedtime, adding a little lavender oil to a cup of hot water has a calming, relaxing effect. A dilution of lavender oil (or extracted essential oil) mixed with water or rose water (or witch hazel water) at a ratio of one to ten can treat acne. Lavender oil can also be used to treat burns or inflammation of the skin (a traditional Iranian remedy), and there is scientific evidence to support this treatment because of its anti-inflammatory properties. [4]
Medicinal value
Lavender has been widely used medicinally since ancient times, and both the stems and leaves can be used as a medicine for stomachic, sweating, and pain-relieving properties, and is a good remedy for colds and flu, abdominal pain, and eczema.
The narrow-leaved lavender is the most commonly cultivated species in this genus. Other species commonly grown for ornamental purposes are Spanish Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula fernosa. Effects: Treat acne, nourish hair, relieve pain and calm the nerves, regulate the endocrine system, nourish the face and beauty, calm the nerves and sedate the mind, lighten scars, remove acne marks, improve sleep, improve women's diseases such as menstrual cramps, and eliminate frustration. Lavender is also known as "aromatic herb", suitable for any
Lavender
skin, can promote cell regeneration, accelerate wound healing, improve acne, abscesses, eczema, balanced sebum secretion, burn burn sunburn has a miraculous effect on the inhibition of bacteria, reduce scars. Since ancient times, it has been widely used in medical treatment, the stem and leaves can be used as medicine, with stomachic, sweating, pain relief effect, is the treatment of colds and flu, abdominal pain, eczema, its therapeutic effect is wide, it can treat more than seventy kinds of diseases; wide distribution, easy to obtain, in the ancient times of lack of medical care, known as "the poor man's herb". Lavender is also known as the "serene perfume plant", the flower language is "fragrant". The whole plant is fragrant, and the aroma remains unchanged after the plant is dried, and the flowers can be used to make scented sachets. Its aroma can wake up the brain and eyesight, make people comfortable, but also can repel mosquitoes and flies. Put a few dried grass in the closet, bookcase, can repel insects and moths, the fragrance does not dissipate for several years. 1999 Lavender was selected by the International Herb Association as the herb of the year. Lavender is almost pest-free and does not need to be sprayed with pesticides. [1]
Lavender flower spikes can be made into dried flowers and ornaments. The lavender, scented flowers and buds can be used to make scented jars and sachets, and dried flowers can be made into sachets by sealing them in a bag, which can be placed in a closet to give clothes a fresh scent and protect them from insects. Lavender commercial cultivation, mainly to obtain lavender flowers to extract lavender essential oil, lavender essential oil can be used as antiseptic and aromatherapy essential oil. It is also remarkably effective in treating insomnia, colds, and joint pain.
In daily life, some herbal teas contain peppermint, hawthorn, rose hips, lotus leaves and so on will promote detoxification in the body, so that free fat discharge, so as to achieve detoxification and slimming effect, human health drinks are teas, as long as the body is healthy under the premise of maintaining a slim body type is healthy. Herbal tea these special effects.
Dietary contraindications: the general public can be consumed, 2 to 3 grams each time. Patients with low blood pressure, please use in moderation, so as not to be unresponsive and want to sleep. Lavender powder is also an emmenagogue, women should avoid using it in early pregnancy.
In the terminology of perfumery, "lavender" represents an important floral type, Europe and the United States with lavender oil and alcohol formulated "lavender water" is very popular; equivalent to China's high-level "floral water". Lavender water" is very popular in Europe and America. As the most safe and effective essential oil in the beauty industry, it occupies a dominant position in the market, and can be used for fumigation, bathing and footbath in beauty SPA aromatherapy to clear the meridians. Flower juice helps skin regulation, can promote the renewal of epithelial cell tissues, balanced sebum secretion; refreshing, antiseptic, bacterial detoxification, detoxification, reduce insomnia, improve the quality of sleep, alleviate mental stress, and pleasant mood. Lavender to improve insomnia is known for a long time; home cabinet insect repellent; purify the air.
Used in pillows
Lavender pillows main effect: a pleasant fragrance, calm the mind and body, relaxation, care and appeasement of emotions. Made of wild air-dried lavender filling, filling: lavender + hollow fiber, in folk medicine, lavender has a good effect on pain, stroke, paralysis, etc. Due to its beautiful color and charming fragrance, lavender has gradually come out of the traditional category of medicinal herbs. People sleep, the head temperature so that the active ingredients of the drugs within the pillow slowly exudes aroma cohesion in the pillow around the feet, through the oral cavity, pharyngeal mucosa and skin absorption of drugs to achieve the effect of unblocking qi and blood, smell the effect of healing, to achieve the effect of allowing you to sleep in the health of the efficacy of the pillow.
6 cultivation techniques
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Lavender is a small perennial shrub, generally can be utilized for about 10 years, varieties of rough, easy to cultivate, sun-loving, drought-resistant, extremely cold-tolerant, barren, saline and alkali resistance, cultivation of the place needs to be sufficient sunshine, well-ventilated. The time required from sowing to flowering (or harvesting) is 18 to 20 weeks. Lavender is suitable for cultivation in large containers. However, in order to prevent over-wetting in pots can be used ceramic pots or smaller plastic pots, should not use large pots, unless it has grown to a considerable size.
Propagation methods
Can be divided into seed propagation and cuttings propagation.
1, seed propagation: in April available seed sowing propagation, seed germination of the lowest temperature of 8 ~ 12 ℃, the optimal temperature of 20 ~ 25 ℃, planting in May, but the lavender seed propagation of the greater variability and the higher price of seeds, so the production of cuttings are used to propagate. Cuttings propagation
May to October each year is the lavender open time
of lavender adaptability, in spring and fall can be carried out, even if the summer can be planted, but the management is more laborious. [5]
2, cuttings propagation: generally choose the top buds of healthy plants without pests and diseases (about 5 to 10 cm) or more tender, not lignified branch cuttings, cuttings will be the bottom 2 sections of the leaves removed, and then with the "Roots of the Sun" rooting agent 100 times a dip, treated cuttings into the soil in about 2 to 3 weeks will be The cuttings will be rooted in about 2 to 3 weeks after treatment. The medium for cuttings can be mixed with river sand and ellipsoidal chaff in the ratio of 2:1, and put into a 5×10 hole tray for cuttings. After the cuttings are placed in a ventilated and cool environment, keep the soil moist for the first 3 days, and then depending on the weather, to ensure that the branches do not wrinkle the leaves and dry up, to improve the survival rate. The management of cuttings is more convenient, the entire seedling period without fertilizer, the production of more adopted. [5]
Field management
Watering: lavender does not like the roots often water retention. After a thorough watering, you should wait until the soil is dry and then give water to the surface of the culture medium is dry, the interior is moist, the leaves are slightly wilted mainly. Watering should be done in the morning, out of the sun, and water should not be splashed on the leaves and flowers, as it is prone to rot and breeds pests and diseases. Constant humidity will make the roots do not have enough air to breathe and poor growth, or even sudden death of the whole plant, cultivation of lavender
Beautiful lavender
Grass failure is often the cause of this. [6]
Fertilizer: Fertilizer can be placed in the potting soil as bone meal as a base fertilizer (used every three months), seedlings can be applied to the flower treasure two (20 - 20 - 20), after the adult plants and then applied to the higher phosphorus fertilizer fertilizers such as the flower treasure three (20 - 30 - 20). Apply light fertilizer. [6]
Pruning: Lavender flowers are the most rich in essential oils, the use of flowers or inflorescences-based, in order to facilitate harvesting, cultivation of some of the early small inflorescences may wish to large scissors throughout the leveling, the new growth of inflorescences of the height of the same, conducive to a harvest. Some varieties of height up to 90 centimeters, also use this method to make the plant low to promote more branching, flowering, increase the harvest. After flowering must be pruned, the plant can be pruned to the original 2 / 3, the plant will be stronger, and conducive to growth. Pruning should be done in cooler seasons such as spring and fall, usually in the spring, pruning in the fall will affect cold hardiness. When pruning, be careful not to cut into the lignified parts, so as not to weaken the plant and die. [6]
Disease and insect control
Annual sowing seedlings or cuttings are affected by the first appearances of plant wilting, loss of water, leaf color is dull, the top of the leaf branch downward bending and drooping, the most obvious performance in the period of the present bud. In mild cases, the plant can recover at night, in severe cases, the plant dies in two or three days, the roots rot, and the stem conduit turns brown and becomes glossy. Seedlings more than three years old, in addition to the same performance as the seedling disease, wilting symptoms appear in the center or edge of the plant, gradually inward to outward development, branch wilting and withering, and finally the whole plant died, the degree of damage varies with the age of the plant, varieties. Generally from May, July and August to reach the peak. The onset of French lavender is heavy, and the 2-417 varieties of the former Soviet Union are light.
7 Botanical Culture
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In ancient Greek times, lavender was known as Nardus, a name derived from a city in Syria called Naarda.
In Roman times, a pound of lavender flowers could be sold for a hundred denarii, a price equal to a month's wages for a farm laborer or a barber's pay for cutting the hair of fifty people. The Romans introduced lavender and various herbs into the bath water, and they introduced this method of bathing to Britain.
Lavender is grown and sold all over the world. Lavender was known as "espic" until the 18th century, while in Provence it was nicknamed "epi". The word "lavender" is derived from the Latin word "lavare", which means to cleanse. Ancient folklore says that lavender has been used as a wonderful remedy for skin diseases. The Greeks used lavender for constipation, chest pains and throat infections. Ancient Romans used lavender for bathing and soaking, as well as for making perfumes, cleansers and even as a pine medicine. After spreading to England, British ladies enjoyed lavender for incense and to make scented sachets. Even earlier, in the 16th century, Europeans used lavender to repel and kill insects. [7]
Flower Language
The flower language of lavender is waiting for love. [8]
"Lavender means true love" is the most representative lyric of Elizabeth's time. Therefore, it was popular for lovers to give lavender to each other to express their love. In folklore, it is customary to perfume the bride's dress with lavender.
On the wedding day, you can sprinkle lavender florets, which can bring a happy and fulfilling marriage.
Beautiful Lavender Legend
The purple and blue lavender is often inseparable from romantic love. When you and your lover are in the lavender fields, the wind blows, nature's warm purple waves, a beautiful compulsion, as if time has stopped for you. Provence in France and Furano in Hokkaido, Japan are also forever beautiful, and will always be the scene of romantic movies. There are many love stories about lavender, but all of them have something to do with the devil or with the sacred
Lavender has been considered a herb of divine power since ancient times. There was a legend in Europe in the Middle Ages that a beautiful village girl met a handsome gentleman in sheep herding, and met him for several days, and even agreed to elope with him. However, the day before they agreed to elope, the village girl suddenly became suspicious of the gentleman's identity, so she secretly brought a handful of lavender with her. - It turns out that the gentleman is actually the devil in disguise! The devil, in his original form, was frightened and angry, but he was afraid of the sacred power of lavender and had to flee. This shows that lavender is not necessarily an aphrodisiac! [8]
Lavender is a fragrant purple-blue flower. It is as romantic as its location. This flower, born in Provence, France, has a beautiful love legend. [8]
Legend I:
In Provence, France, one of the hometowns of lavender, there is a love story about lavender ......
The story goes that there was a young girl in the village of Provence, alone in the cold mountains picking the budding flowers, but yet met a traveler from a distant but wounded land, and as soon as the maiden saw the youth, her whole heart was captured by his genteel smile! [8]
So the maiden invited him to her home and insisted on taking care of him until he was cured, regardless of her family's objections. And after a few days, the young traveler's injuries had already recovered, but the two men's love affair spread rapidly, and had reached the point where it was hard to part with him. [8]
One day soon after, the young traveler said goodbye to the girl and left, but the girl who was in love insisted on leaving with the young man, although her relatives tried hard to stay, but she insisted on going with the young man to the hometown of the full of roses! [8]
Just before the maiden's departure, the village old lady gave her a bouquet of lavender, and asked her to use this bouquet of lavender to test the young traveler's true heart, because ...... legend has it that the aroma of lavender can make the unclean things appear ......
Just as the traveler took her hand ready to go far away, the maiden will be hidden in the coat of lavender thrown at the body of the youth, I did not expect, the youth's body issued a burst of purple light smoke after, with the wind smoke disappeared! And the girl in the valley also seems to vaguely hear the youth's bright laughter, so, leaving the girl alone alone ......[8]
Not long after, the girl was missing, some people think she and the youth as the same illusion into the smoke disappeared in the valley, some people say, she followed the lavender flowers to look for the youth! ...... In any case, the legend of lavender is so passed down. Therefore, until now, lavender is still considered to be one of the most important tools to drive away impurity and incense. [8]
Legend 2:
The reason these lavenders are favored by the fashion crowd is because they also have many romantic and beautiful meanings. Lavender has great connotations and implies the right attitude towards life. Lavender has long been recognized as a symbol of purity, cleanliness, protection, gratitude and peace. Lavender also means "waiting for love". [8]
Legend has it that one day the Virgin Mary hung the washed baby clothes of Jesus on lavender, and since then lavender has been given the meaning of symbolizing the taste of heaven. Others say that the Virgin Mary washed Jesus' baby clothes directly with lavender-soaked water, and maybe that's why people in the past were so fond of using lavender to wash their clothes. But others say that the Virgin Mary prayed to lavender, so not only does lavender have a constant fragrance, it also has the power to expel demons. [8]
"Lavender represents true love" was the most representative lyric of the Elizabethan era. Therefore, it was popular for lovers to give lavender to each other to express their love. During this period, Charles I of England was also a lover, and when he was courting Nell Gwyn, he gave a bag of dried lavender, tied with a golden ribbon, to his beloved. [8]
Provence is a poem of love, and no one can live here without being moved. [8]
As for folklore there is a custom to scent the bride's gown with lavender. [8]
When you and your lover are separated, you can hide a small sprig of lavender in your lover's book, and at your next meeting, look at the color of the lavender and smell the lavender again, and you will know how much your lover loves you. [8]
A little sprinkle of lavender at your wedding can bring you a happy and fulfilling marriage. [8]
Legend III:
Lavender flower language is waiting for love, There is such a moving legend: Legend has it that a long time ago, the angel fell in love with a mortal woman named Lavender. The first tears were left for her, and her wings fell off for her. Although the angel had to endure severe pain every day, they were still happy. But the happiness was short-lived, the angel was captured back to heaven, deleting that happy time he had with Kaoru, and before he was relegated to the mortal world he left another tear, which transformed into a butterfly to go and accompany his most beloved girl. And Lavender is still foolishly waiting for him to come back, accompanying her only that butterfly. Day and night waiting in the garden where the angel left, and finally, turned into a small plant. Every year, it will bloom lavender flowers. They fly everywhere, searching for the angel who was relegated to the mortal world. [8]
People called the plant "lavender". [8]
Lavender's flower is a single purple color, and the color purple is always associated with romance. Provence, a town in the south of France, is famous for its abundance of lavender. Many people go there just to see the legendary lavender. [8]
The light blue-purple flowers, to the blooming season, its fragrance far away from ten miles can be smelled; and more wonderful is that is standing in a large flower field, smell the fragrance is still far away from the mild, unlike other fragrant flowers, anxious to want to lavender people down. Walking leisurely from the flowers, the corner of the clothes left a cold fragrance, distant like the mood of the first love. It is said that lavender is thus named. [8]
Lavender scenery
Lavender fragrance, neither like jasmine's light, nor like nightshade as the ghost, it is so beautiful, I do not care about other people's eyes. Those who like it will like it very much, those who don't like it will avoid it after smelling it once, such a unique fragrance, always connected with the farther and deeper melancholy. Melancholy, but not grudging, such as the light moonlight after the fall, such as the thoughts across thousands of mountains. [8]
The love of lavender is a complex, a kind of attachment, nostalgia complex. In the forest of incense, it does not have the strong emotions like roses, not like lilies as light, but how can not be erased - is the wind after the incense that still remains in the heart, the light of the moon in the clear night, the music flowing from the violin, the bottom of the cabinet turned out of the old clothes; is the teenager that the peach blossoms of the March days, even the color of the sunshine are beginning to peel off, and in the sinus outside the boy's smile is still bright; is more unfinished dream, woke up only melt also can not melt the melancholy ...... or, rather than lavender is blooming in the field of a large large purple, floating in the air of the fragrance, rather than the memory of the thing. [8]
Legend IV:
A long, long time ago, lavender is not a beautiful blue-purple, but pure white, then why is blue-purple? There's an allusion to it, to say the least! [8]
In a small town, there is a lavender girl, her special place is that she has a head of long blue-purple hair; due to her early death of her parents are dazzling blonde hair, so her head of blue-purple hair even more eye-catching, and the people in the town instead of because she is an orphan and more compassionate to her, but also because of her head of blue-purple and she is cynical, but, the girl didn't care at all and continued to sell her lavender in the town. [8]
One day, a teenager fainted in front of the teenager, the teenager rushed the teenager to the hospital, after the incident, the teenager was very grateful to the teenager, and invited the teenager to his home to play, when the teenager saw the teenager his home that a large field of lavender, it is y in love with this place, the teenager knows that the teenager loves lavender, but also very enthusiastic to invite the teenager to come to his home, since then, the teenager is often appear in the His home. [8]
The teenager originally came to this town because he lost his eyesight in a car accident. When he was recounting his reasons for coming here with the teenager, the teenager suddenly remembered that the older generation said that there was a Fountain of Life in the forest, which could cure all kinds of illnesses, and maybe it could also cure the teenager's eyes, so the teenager went to look for this Fountain of Life with the teenager. [8]
In the process of searching, the teenager fell in love with the tenderness and thoughtfulness of the young girl, and the young girl was also y attracted by the teenager. On this day, the teenager touched the maiden's hair and said to the maiden, "You are so gentle and considerate, so your long hair must also be a dazzling golden color, right!" [8]
The young girl stammered, "Well... Right! My long hair is as dazzlingly golden as the sun!" [8]
This was the first time that the young girl wished that the teenager's eyes wouldn't come back because, once the teenager's eyes came back. She wouldn't be able to stay by the teenager's side. [8]
But the teenager finally found the spring of life, he washed his eyes with the spring water of the spring of life, he saw, just as he was happy to be high to tell the maiden the good news, the maiden just disappeared without a word, no matter how the teenager could not find the maiden, at this time he found that every morning in the doorway of the teenager's home there will be a bouquet of lavender, the teenager thought that this will be the maiden sends He ambushed the door of his house, in the early hours of the morning, a figure sneaked up to the teenager's door, put down your hair turned blonde!" The teenager took a look and her hair did