Cornflower

Facts About Cornflower
L’amour Floral Designs has a range of Cornflowers, which may be used for a number of wedding-related purposes including wedding bouquets, wedding centerpiece ideas as well as happy birthday flowers. Cornflowers are also known as Bluebottle Flowers, Bachelor Button, and Bachelor Button Flower. Many floral designers like working with this bloom because of its long, extended petals, which give it a unique texture in flower arrangements. With a variety of colors to choose from, we have a wide range of alternatives for you to choose from when it comes to the Cornflower. To create floral centerpieces, we recommend pairing this flower with lilac, carnation, freesia and roses as well as hydrangea, peonies, succulents and orchids. We also recommend pairing this flower with lilies, tulips and orchids as well as hyacinth and irises.
The cornflower had a significant influence in European history outside from mythology. Queen Louise of Prussia and her children hid from Napoleon’s troops in a field of cornflowers during the Napoleonic Wars. Using the flowers, she made wreaths that prevented her children from weeping. Prussia and Germany were eventually ruled by Wilhelm, the only son of Queen Louise. To commemorate his mother, he designated the cornflower the country’s national symbol.
Cornflower in Floral Arrangements
The cornflower had a significant influence in European history outside from mythology. Queen Louise of Prussia and her children hid from Napoleon’s troops in a field of cornflowers during the Napoleonic Wars. Using the flowers, she made wreaths that prevented her children from weeping. Prussia and Germany were eventually ruled by Wilhelm, the only son of Queen Louise. To commemorate his mother, he designated the cornflower the country’s national symbol.


Cornflowers have been used to treat a variety of eye ailments, including redness, discomfort, inflammation, and watery eyes, according to certain historical documents. Another legend has Anacharsis, a Scythian philosopher, credited with the blue cornflower’s medicinal powers. On Mount Pelion, there is a legend that the philosopher visited a cave on Chiron. That’s when I saw the blue cornflower, which he was informed had the ability to heal any eye disease.
Blue cornflower blooms collected on Corpus Christi Day were originally thought to halt nose bleeding by folk medicine if held in the hand for an extended period of time. Flowers that have been dried may be stored for future medical use. The cornflower flower was thought by herbalists to have therapeutic and soothing properties. Cornflowers were believed to treat problems of the neurological system. They utilized cornflowers for illness, cough, renal disease, and vertigo in England in the 12th century.
First century author Lucan’s epic poem, “Pharsalia,” has a fascinating reference to the cornflower. Burning cornflower was described in the poem as a means of warding off serpents. Finally, according to seventeenth-century botanist John Parkinson, cornflower blooms were an efficient therapy for scorpion and spider bites.
Flowers in the cornflower family represent freedom, boldness, and tenacity.
The blue cornflower was a significant part of Prussia’s national identity. According to legend, Queen Louise of Prussia sheltered her children in a field of blue cornflowers when leaving Berlin and hiding from Napoleon’s army. The cornflower was made the national symbol of Germany by Wilhelm, one of Queen Victoria’s children who went on to become King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany. The cornflower flower’s symbolism became one of power and bravery, tenacity, and independence, as well as a symbol of hope and optimism.
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