Written on 22nd of September, 2012
A few days ago my husband brought at home a very particular, stunningly beautiful flower. It is pale blue and has unforgettable scent, scent you want to come back to, scent as strange as that flower is.
Happy, that I like the flower a lot, my husband told me, that the most interesting about that flower is its name: Agapanthus. It comes from two Greek words: Agapi (αγάπη)- love and anthos (ἄνθος) – flower. Another words this unusual plant is.... a flower of love.
Agapanthus is commonly known as "Lily of the Nile" but it is not a lily. As a matter of fact botanists have not classified this plant yet, in spite of having been intensively studied, so we still don't know to what family of plants Agapanthus belongs to ...The one thing well known about this flower is that it originates in South Africa and comes exactly form the Cape of Good Hope, a place where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, and where you can find many endemic plants.
Who gave a name to Agapanthus? Must be one very romantic Greek botanist who happened to live in South Africa and be in love at that time....Greeks are everywhere even in South Africa.
Agapanthus will be a main flower in the landscaping of our house. We called our home after it. When you will be here and you will see the house surrounded by many blue flowers, it will be my Villa Agapanthus.
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Written on 22nd of September, 2012
A few days ago my husband brought at home a very particular, stunningly beautiful flower. It is pale blue and has unforgettable scent, scent you want to come back to, scent as strange as that flower is.
Happy, that I like the flower a lot, my husband told me, that the most interesting about that flower is its name: Agapanthus. It comes from two Greek words: Agapi (αγάπη)- love and anthos (ἄνθος) – flower. Another words this unusual plant is.... a flower of love.
Agapanthus is commonly known as "Lily of the Nile" but it is not a lily. As a matter of fact botanists have not classified this plant yet, in spite of having been intensively studied, so we still don't know to what family of plants Agapanthus belongs to ...The one thing well known about this flower is that it originates in South Africa and comes exactly form the Cape of Good Hope, a place where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, and where you can find many endemic plants.
Who gave a name to Agapanthus? Must be one very romantic Greek botanist who happened to live in South Africa and be in love at that time....Greeks are everywhere even in South Africa.
Agapanthus will be a main flower in the landscaping of our house. We called our home after it. When you will be here and you will see the house surrounded by many blue flowers, it will be my Villa Agapanthus.
