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The flower language of violets is simple, beautiful, and cool in summer. Violets represent missing someone; giving them to your lover is like telling them that you miss them very much and want to see them immediately.
Their unique flower shape is like a person who keeps their head down all the time, as if in love, always tolerating the capriciousness of their lover and their complaints. When declaring love by sending violets, you can express the sincerity of your heart and your commitment to your partner.
Violets bloom in early summer and are not afraid of the heat, so they have the coolness of summer. They can also symbolize eternal love and beauty, making them very romantic and beautiful flowers. When gifted to others, violets are a tribute to their simplicity and virtue.
Violets prefer cooler climates and avoid dry heat. They like well-ventilated environments and mild winter climates but can also tolerate short periods of low temperatures down to -5℃.
The ideal growing temperature is 15-18℃ during the day and about 10℃ at night. Violets are not strict about soil requirements but grow better in well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil, avoiding acidic soil.
Violets are native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean coast. They are extremely popular and well-loved in Europe and the United States.
Their flowers have a light fragrance, and Europeans use them to make perfume, which is doubly favored by ladies.
In medieval southern Germany, there was also a custom of hanging the first bouquet of freshly picked violets high on the mast of a ship every year to congratulate the return of spring to earth.
Violets are mostly purple and are very romantic when in bloom, no less than lavender. They are also very elegant. Violets can be given to people of noble character as a way of praising their virtues.
It also expresses that you are impressed by the simplicity of the person and that they will always be someone you respect.
Violets are not only purple flowers; they also come in fuchsia, light red, light yellow, blue, white, and other colors. Different colors of violets have different flower languages.
The blue violet’s flower language is vigilance, and “Always be loyal.” White violets have a flower saying: “Seize the opportunity of happiness.”
Purple violets have a flower saying: “Eternal beauty,” as well as another saying: “carefully guarded love.”
Violets are a popular choice for potted ornamental plants due to their lush, brightly colored flowers, strong fragrance, long flowering period, and long inflorescences.
They are often used to decorate flower beds, steps, and flower paths, and their whole flowers can be used in bouquets.