Blue flowers

If in the very top of summer to find yourself somewhere in thecenter of Russia in the midst of a ripening wheat field surrounded by pine forest, exhausted in the hot haze of July, the eyes always involuntarily look among the ears of a small flower of the celestial blue - cornflower. The legendary flower, about which verses and songs were composed, is a symbol of summer and Russia. He is unremarkable among other wildflowers - neither in size, nor in beauty, but only in his heavenly coloration, which so captivatingly attracts attention to himself. By the purity of the blue color, he is not equal among the wildflowers of Russia.

Legends of a blue flower

Once upon a time there lived a young man named Vasil. He was handsome and blue-eyed. And it was necessary for one little mermaid to fall in love with him. What she did not do, and he showed himself to his eyes, and that he remembered about it, splashed water on his way, and that water turned into blue flowers, but Vasil remained deaf to the calls of the beautiful mermaid, and she suffered. Offended by the little mermaid and put the handsome man to sleep forever. And these flowers, turned from water, have since been called cornflowers and remind everyone of that ancient undivided love.

And one more legend about the blue flower and undividedlove. In ancient times, in Hellas, lived an unusually gifted young man. He was in love with one girl, but the misfortune - she died. From memory, he sculpted a statue of his beloved and the power of his immense love breathed life into it. The gods on Olympus learned about this, became angry and turned the young man into a dolphin. Often the dolphin swam to the shore in the hope of seeing his beloved. But she did not come to the sea. But one day he saw her, and she examined among the waves of the dolphin and waved to him. The dolphin threw blooming delphiniums at her feet so that she could remember who loved her so much. The blue delphinium flowers of the Greeks symbolized sadness.

Pure blue

It so happened that many nations of the world have blueflowers symbolize pure thoughts, fidelity and constancy, pure love, chastity and honesty. They are willingly used in creating a garden design, in floristry, in bouquets for various occasions. In the traditions of many countries, the bride's decoration with fresh flowers. They wove in hair, they decorated a wedding dress, and, of course, the bride went to the crown with a bouquet. The tradition has survived to this day, and no bride marries without a bouquet. Usually it is white and pink roses, but the bouquet in blue tones will also be appropriate and original. Flowers blue and blue together with white, with a small twig of green, will give the image of the bride tenderness, fragility and refinement. Heavenly shade have flowers of hydrangeas and irises, muscari and lavender, cornflowers and forget-me-nots. And they are all appropriate in the bouquet of the bride.

Natural beauty

Blue flowers are not found as often as yellow flowersor red. A flower bed, where only such shades of flowers will be selected, can be made up of plants collected from different parts of the world. It can be delphinium and iris, hibiscus and hyacinth, hydrangea and lavender. They have different shades - from the tender lilac to the darkest blue, almost black. When the blooms bloom, the photo just needs to be done to leave their fragile beauty to memory.

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