I'll be talking about the Hyacinth plant.
This is a special favor to my human sidekick who loves hyacinths because her favorite BritCom character is named Hyacinth. Hyacinth wears elaborate hats and pretends to be aristocratic, but as we mentioned in our Iconic Muse blog on Blue Boy, she never succeeds in her act.
As for the history of the
plant, it’s a native of Turkey. That means it was close to those ancient
Greeks who love to make up bizarre stories about plant names. They also
apparently were plagiarists. Get a load of this story:
Hyacinth was a handsome boy
loved by the gods Apollo and Zephyr (the god of the West Wind). One day Apollo
and Hyacinth were tossing the disc around and Zephyr got jealous and blew the
discus off course and killed Hyacinth. Apollo then made a flower, the hyacinth,
from Hyacinth’s spilled blood. (Sound familiar? Come on you Greeks, all these
characters in your repertoire and you had to copy the story of Crocus?)
On an original note,
Hyacinth flowers are used as a symbol of rebirth for the Persian New Year.
In Victorian times, the hyacinth symbolized sport or play. Don't ask me how they came up with that, I mean how does a flower that just sits there symbolize sports? But if you had a blue Hyacinth, that symbolized sincerity.
Since I have pink hyacinths, maybe I should see if they want to shag a few flies.
In Victorian times, the hyacinth symbolized sport or play. Don't ask me how they came up with that, I mean how does a flower that just sits there symbolize sports? But if you had a blue Hyacinth, that symbolized sincerity.
Since I have pink hyacinths, maybe I should see if they want to shag a few flies.
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