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February’s Flower

violets Violets and primroses are the flowers that grace this February month of purification and renewal. The tender small violet in all is color variations of purples, pinks, and creams, is a wonderful healing and nutritional plant. Its intense beauty is a healing grace on its own but the flowers and leaves made into syrups can heal congestion, coughing and a sore throat; made into teas they can treat digestive problems, and they contain natural aspirin that calm the body and the spirit. The fresh leaves from violets when they are crushed and placed on external wounds will soothe pain and irritation and reduce swelling. For the ancient Greeks the violet represented pure love and in marriage the flower symbolized the source of fertility from which strong, intelligent and noble souls were conceived. And of course, the petals are delicious in foods, candies and as a healing fragrance.

The primrose is the prima rosa, which is Latin for the first flower of the year. It is a beloved symbol of spring and new and renewed life. It is also a “sister” plant of the violet in that it carries very similar healing and nutritional properties and is used for many of the same ailments including healing a broken heart. Ancient peoples knew it as a flower that had been first created in Paradise, a heavenly gift sent to Earth as a gesture of love.

The five petals are each symbolic of birth, death, initiation, consummation and rest. The rarer 6-petalled primrose represents success in love and marriage. And as a heavenly flower it also has the ability to serve as a portal into the world of spirit; into the world of the Sacred. Ancient Germanic tribes called the primrose schusselblume, the Key Flower. It is the key that opens the door to other worlds and to deeper and more visionary ways of seeing and understanding other realities.