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Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Lavender Flower Meaning and Symbolism

 Aside from their irresistible beauty, lavender shrubs have many other uses. Most notably, they produce essential oils that have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory healing properties.

Lavender essential oils serve as a natural remedy for sleeping problems. They are effective insect repellents, too. In some households, lavender oil is dissolved in water and used to clean kitchen and bathroom surfaces.

On the other hand, the flowers are commonly dried and used in closets to scent clothes and repel moths. As for the Ancient Romans, the aromatic blooms work well in baths.

Lavenders are useful in the kitchen, too. Lavenders find their way into a wide range of tasty food and drinks, from lemonade to jellies, cookies, and salads.

Most flowers come in varied colors, but lavenders are one of the peculiar ones. Unlike the popular rose, carnations, or other highly prized flowering plants that present many color options, you often see lavender in different hues of the color purple, sometimes in cream, pink, or blue-violet.

This lavender color represents royalty, elegance, luxury, nobility, and refinement because of its purple color. This color likewise relates lavenders to the Seventh Chakra, known as the Crown Chakra. Lavenders also have spiritual meaning in some parts of the world. Thus, the flowers usually play a part in spiritual and religious rites.

Regardless of the limited color options, this beautiful flower still makes an excellent gifting flower for any occasion. With their alluring beauty and relaxing scent, lavenders are a perfect way to express care, love, and thoughtfulness to someone...<<<Read More>>>...