Call me curious or crazy, I always seem to be searching for the meaning of something. Since I have been in the planning stages of my spring and summer garden I have been obsessed with pondering my flower choices. You probably know that by now, since this is not my first post on the subject. Oh, I know. Most people head off to the market for seeds and grab haphazardly at whatever is on sale. I have been known to do that as well, but in my quest to bring meaning to everything in my life, my curiosity gets the best of me and I do what I can to bring love and luck to my small garden space.
In my quest to find the meanings of the flowers I am choosing, I found that there is actually a name for what I am doing. The study of the meaning of flowers is an actual science known as floriography, and it reveals an extra underlying meaning to sending or receiving flowers - subtle and secret messages can be passed through the different blooms. We all need magic in our lives and what better way than with flowers? Who would have known? To know there are others who share my quest, helps me to know that I have not lost my mind on a trivial matter such as seeds. In the coming weeks you will be able to tell what I am planting as I post the meanings. Flowers that have always been near and dear to me are even more so when I know why I am attracted to them.
One of the first flowers I will plant will be the Pansy. I have always loved them. Dainty, with their little faces pointing up towards the sun, how could you not love them? The flower symbolism associated with the pansy is merriment and you occupy my thoughts. The pansy is also called the Heartsease or Johnny Jump Up. The name pansy is derived from the French word pensée meaning "thought", and was so named because the flower resembles a human face. In August the pansy is thought to nod forward as if deep in thought.
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