Modest wildflowers are unpretentious, sweet creatures, 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, wild flowers, sunk into the memory even in infancy, will not let go until very old age.
Wild flower, delicate and fragile at first glance, resistant and hardy. It does not require special care and therefore more than takes root in city flower beds, delighting the eye with flowering throughout the warm period, right up to the first frost. Its beauty is never overshadowed by the splendor and arrogance of orchids, roses, callas and gerberas. A discreet shy wild flower is closer and closer. A bouquet made up of meadow and forest plants pleases and warms the soul for a long time, attracts the eye.
Many paintings by famous artists, poems and songs by famous authors are dedicated to these plants. Probably the most memorable, which became a kind of "anthem", was the song written by Raymond Pauls to Kovalev's poems "Fieldflowers”, performed by young Lyudmila Senchina: “The sky is overgrown with cornflowers, and daisies from the sun and snow… Wild flowers are like simple dreams.”
Cornflowers, buttercups, poppies, lungwort, Ivan da Marya - these names are firmly planted in the mind along with the words "mother", "Motherland". But I think I won’t be mistaken when I say that chamomile, a wild flower, modest and unpretentious, has become a symbol of Russia. How many girls entrusted their secrets to this snow-white flower with a bright sunny heart! “He loves, does not love, he will press to his heart, he will send him to hell,” the charmers guess with bated breath, breaking off the chamomile petals. Well, who, if not him, will answer without deceit such an important question for a young lover's heart?
How many legends are associated with these plants! In the name of each lies something more than just a word. A wild flower is a healer, decoctions and infusions from it are widely used in folk medicine. For example, the cornflower is named after St. Basil the Great and is a symbol of purity. This plant was an indispensable participant in pagan rites. The yarrow, also known as the bilogolnik, sickle cutter, has been known since the time of Hellas. Its scientific name, achillea, is derived from 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 its name due to its shape? Our grandmothers used this wild flower to treat sore throats.
The famous duo Ivan da Marya,he is also oak maryannik, - a plant consisting of yellow-purple inflorescences, is used to treat rashes and heal wounds. The legend connected 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 wild flower.
The name of elecampane says a lot - nine forces. This wild flower will help with weakness, loss of strength. The 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 love for them seems to be transmitted at the gene level.
