What Flowers Represent Summer
This article shares some summer-related life experiences and discusses the common ten kinds of flowers for green planting in summer. Let's explore these flowers in detail.
Tagore once said, "Life is as brilliant as summer flowers." In the hot summer, many flowers choose to compete for beauty and bloom, revealing their own charm in the heat. So, what flowers represent summer? Besides the common lotus, carnation, and jasmine, there are also lilies, epiphyllum, sunflowers, water lilies, orchids, pansies, and platycodon, totaling ten kinds of flowers.
1. Lotus
The lotus grows in water, and its blooming period is from June to September. In the summer, on the green lotus pond, you can always see lotus flowers standing gracefully on the water's surface, creating the beautiful scene of "Endless green lotus leaves reaching to the sky, sun-reflected lotus flowers with an unusual red." The fruit of the lotus, the lotus seed, is edible and can be made into a delicious lotus seed soup.
2. Carnation
Carnations also bloom in summer, with a general blooming period from May to July. They have lush leaves and flowers with a faint fragrance. When Mother's Day arrives in May, it is also the time when carnations are in full bloom. Choosing a bunch of carnations for mom is a way to express our love for her.
3. Jasmine
Jasmine is a flower that most people are familiar with, blooming from May to November. Its white flowers have a strong fragrance. As a song goes, "What a beautiful jasmine flower, fragrant and beautiful with full branches." Picking a jasmine flower and giving it to your loved one in the summer is quite romantic.
4. Lily
What Flowers Represent Summer
Lilies usually bloom in summer, with flowers that are pure white and filled with a light fragrance, making them a good choice for gifts. Additionally, lilies have good medicinal value, used for nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, clearing the heart, and calming the spirit. They can also be used as ingredients to make delicious dishes, such as lily and silver ear soup.
5. Epiphyllum
Epiphyllum is one of the rarest among the flowers that represent summer. We often say that the epiphyllum blooms in an instant, as its flowers only bloom for about four hours and usually bloom silently at night. If we want to see the extremely rare beauty of epiphyllum in bloom, we need to be prepared and observe carefully during the summer months of June to August. A moment of inattention may cause us to miss the beautiful moment of the epiphyllum blooming.
6. Sunflower
Sunflowers bloom in summer, with golden flowers that resemble the dazzling sun in the sky. Their flowers always face the sun, hence the name "sun-facing flower." Sunflower seeds can be harvested and then dried and roasted, which is the sunflower seed we often eat.