Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
979 followers · 278 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
The forget-me-not was once called scorpion grass because the flower heads curl over and people thought they looked like scorpion tails.
In the mid-1850s, there was a trend in Germany for planting forget-me-nots on graves.
In the Victorian language of flowers, the forget-me-not meant 'remembrance'.
#FabulousFolklorePodcast #PlantLore #Flowers #Folklore #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreBlog #ForgetMeNots #Floriography #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers
#FabulousFolklorePodcast #PlantLore #flowers #folklore #folklorethursday #folkloreblog #forgetmenots #floriography #victorianlanguageofflowers
Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
952 followers · 256 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
According to folklore, daffodils were originally white, and a favoured flower of Persephone. When Hades caught her, his touch turned the blooms yellow. It’s unsurprising that the daffodil is considered the flower of the underworld and they often appear on graves. In the Victorian language of flowers, daffodils meant 'regard'.
⠀⠀
#FolkloreBlog #FabulousFolklorePodcast #Folklore #PlantLore #Daffodils #FlowerFolklore #LanguageOfFlowers #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #Floriography #Taphophile
#folkloreblog #FabulousFolklorePodcast #folklore #PlantLore #daffodils #flowerfolklore #languageofflowers #victorianlanguageofflowers #floriography #taphophile
Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
950 followers · 255 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Ribes sanguineum, or flowering currant.
People believed it was bad luck to bring this beautiful plant indoors.
In the Victorian language of flowers, currant meant 'Thy frown will kill me'.
#FolkloreBlog #FabulousFolklorePodcast #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #PlantLore #TreeLore #FloweringCurrant #Superstitions #FlowerFolklore #LanguageOfFlowers #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #Floriography
#folkloreblog #FabulousFolklorePodcast #folklorethursday #folklore #PlantLore #treelore #floweringcurrant #superstitions #flowerfolklore #languageofflowers #victorianlanguageofflowers #floriography
Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
943 followers · 249 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Primroses meant 'early youth' in the Victorian language of flowers, according to Mrs Burke's Language of Flowers dictionary.
#FabulousFolklorePodcast #FlowerLore #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #FlowerFolklore #PlantLore #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #Floriography #Primroses #Flowers
#FabulousFolklorePodcast #flowerlore #folklorethursday #folklore #flowerfolklore #PlantLore #victorianlanguageofflowers #floriography #primroses #flowers
Icy Sedgwick · @IcySedgwick
921 followers · 215 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Croci coming up in Newcastle!
In the Victorian language of flowers, the crocus meant gladness and cheerfulness. White croci represented truth, innocence and purity. The purple variety implied success, pride and dignity. The yellow type meant joy.
There's an episode of Fabulous Folklore dedicated to the crocus!
https://pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy/spring-has-sprung-origin-myths-and-crocus-folklore
#Crocus #LanguageOfFlowers #Floriography #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #FabulousFolklorePodcast #FolkloreBlog #PlantLore #FlowerMeanings #FlowerSymbolism
#crocus #languageofflowers #floriography #victorianlanguageofflowers #FabulousFolklorePodcast #folkloreblog #PlantLore #flowermeanings #flowersymbolism
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
874 followers · 596 posts · Server mindly.social
#January 8, 1965
#OTD Senator Dirksen introduced a bill to make the #Marigold the American National Flower. It did not pass.
The Marigold (Calendula officinalis) is an #October birth #Flower & culinary herb.
The entire #Plant is edible.
In #Floriography, Marigold's meaning is inspired by the #Sun: power, strength, & constancy.
Called the Sun's Bride, they also symbolize lost love. If your inner strength is broken by loss - from death or a breakup - the Marigold represents that sorrow.
#january #otd #marigold #october #flower #plant #floriography #sun
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
489 followers · 414 posts · Server mindly.social
#December 12, 1742
#OTD Anna Seward, #English #Romantic #Poet, is born.
She was often called the Swan of Lichfield.
Anna wrote a #Poem called "To the #Poppy," which ends with these #Words:
"#Kind #Dreams #Oblivious from thy #Juice proceed,
Thou #Flimsy, #Showy, #Melancholy #Weed."
- - - -
The poppy is an #August #Birth #Flower.
It is a #Symbol of #Remembrance.
In #Floriography, or the #Language of #Flowers, the Poppy represents #Comfort & #Solace.
#December #otd #english #romantic #poet #poem #poppy #words #kind #dreams #oblivious #juice #flimsy #showy #melancholy #weed #August #birth #flower #Symbol #remembrance #floriography #language #flowers #comfort #solace #wildflowers #garden #poetry
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
480 followers · 402 posts · Server mindly.social
A #December #Birth #Flower, #Helleborus #Niger is called the #Christmas #Rose or #Winter Rose. The name #Black #Hellebore refers to the dark #Roots.
#Folklore says #Angels gave the Hellebore - a #Mercy after man's fall from #Grace. In #Floriography, a Hellebore means #Strength Through #Trials.
The #Poisonous #Bloom honors #StAgnes. On the #Eve of her #FeastDay (Jan 21), #Girls #Fast to #Dream of their #Future #Husbands.
Hellebore #FunFact: Christmas Roses are White. #Lenten Roses are Purple.
#December #birth #flower #helleborus #Niger #christmas #rose #winter #black #hellebore #roots #folklore #Angels #mercy #grace #floriography #strength #trials #poisonous #bloom #stagnes #eve #feastday #girls #fast #dream #future #husbands #funfact #lenten
Adamas Nemesis · @adamasnemesis
571 followers · 3789 posts · Server social.adamasnemesis.com
Might be cool if we had an app, protocol, or some such online where users communicated solely with the language of flowers. Wonder if it would ever catch on...
Painting is Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach's "A girl with a flower".
#flowers #floriography #technology #Internet #Web #socialmedia #socialnetwork #thoughts #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl
#Flowers #floriography #technology #internet #Web #socialmedia #socialnetwork #thoughts #art #TraditionalArt #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl
Viy Sitante · @vsitante
41 followers · 163 posts · Server mastodon.art
A small repost from last year, as I try to populate this account! My original characters, Kumiko and Ryuj, with flowers that represented them (where one of the flowers would be one they'd give to the other.)
Though the final product is different from my original color idea, I like how this turned out :D
#CreativeToots #MastoArt #nsfw #nsfwart #ocs #OriginalCharacter #pinup #DigitalArt #art #floriography
#floriography #art #DigitalArt #pinup #OriginalCharacter #ocs #NSFWart #nsfw #MastoArt #CreativeToots