Modest wildflowers - unpretentious, sweet to the heart of the creation, pleasing to the eye from early spring to late autumn. Memories of them warm us on long winter evenings. Indispensable attributes of summer days spent outside the city, wildflowers, sunk in memory in infancy, will not let go until very old age.
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flower, delicate and fragile at first glance, resistant and hardy. It does not require special care, and therefore more than takes root in urban flower beds, pleasing the eye with flowering throughout the entire warm period, right up to the first frosts. Its beauty is never overshadowed by the pomp and arrogance of orchids, roses, callas and gerberas. A low-key shy wildflower is dearer and closer. A bouquet, composed of meadow and forest plants, for a long time pleases and warms the soul, attracts the eye.
Many paintings by famous artists, poems and songs by famous authors are dedicated to these plants. Probably the most remembered, which became a kind of “anthem”, turned out to be a song written by Raymond Pauls to Kovalev’s poems “Wildflowers”, performed by young Lyudmila Senchina: “The sky is overgrown with cornflowers, and daisies from sun and snow ... Wildflowers are like simple dreams ".
Cornflowers, buttercups, poppies, Lungwort, Ivan da Marya - these names firmly settled in the mind along with the words "mother", "Homeland". But, I think, I will not be mistaken in saying that chamomile - a field flower, modest and unpretentious, has become a symbol of Russia. How many girls have entrusted their secrets to this snow-white flower with a bright sunny heart! “He loves, does not love, he will hold him to his heart, he will send him to hell,” the pretty ladies wonder with bated breath, breaking off the chamomile petals. Well, who else but he will answer without deception to the question so important for a young lover's heart?
How many legends are associated with these plants! In the name of each lies more than just a word. Wild flower - a healer, decoctions and infusions from it are widely used in folk medicine. For example, a cornflower is named after St. Basil the Great and is a symbol of integrity. This plant was an indispensable participant in pagan rites. Yarrow, he is also a loggerhead, sickle cutter, known since the time of Hellas. Its scientific name is Achilles, obtained in honor of Achilles, who used it to heal the wounds of Telephus. This plant has unique properties - anti-inflammatory, hemostatic. And who does not know about the bell, which received the name due to its shape? Our grandmothers used this wildflower to treat throat diseases.
The famous duo Ivan da Marya, he is also an oak grove, a plant consisting of yellow-purple inflorescences, is used to treat rashes and heal wounds. The legend associated with it and explaining its name is very interesting . Ivan and Marya fell in love and married, not knowing that they were brother and sister. To avoid separation, they turned into a wildflower.
The name of elecampane says a lot - nine forces. This wildflower will help with weakness, loss of strength. Coltsfoot leaves are cold on one side and fluffy and warm on the other.
Wildflowers heal, uplift, fill with positive, pleasing to the eye. The true children of the Russian land, they are always stored in our memory, and the love for them seems to be transmitted at the genetic level.