[Artemisia] Marigolds?

[Dawn Tavares]

My dear Lady Luveday,

If you don't mind the extra weight in your carriage, I think I will bring several of my rose and herb tomes to 12th Night to share. It's good to see that I'm not the only gardener jonesing for the pleasures of the garden in the depths of winter.


> I had no idea where the  
> "marigold" came from but it is perfectly sensible that it would be a  
> medieval flower associated with a church holy day. Having marigolds on one's wrist or in a vase at  
> the feast table in March would carry special meaning now. I wonder  
> what other holy days could be linked with SCA events with their  
> respective flowers?

These should get you started:

http://www.fisheaters.com/marygardens.html

http://www.mgardens.org/index.html

The second has links to various saints associated with gardens and plants. Some of them are post-period, though, and neither site is documented as well as they could be. If you want, I'll dig up the URLs for period herbals online. There's also lots of information on medieval gardens at Stephan's Florilegium, under Plants, Herbs, & Spices.

http://www.florilegium.org/

Generally speaking -- and we know what trouble generalities can lead to, right? -- white flowers are associated with purity and virgin martyrs, red with blood spilled and warrior saints, blue with forgiveness and gentleness. Yellow...I want to say wealth/gold, but one braincell at the back of my head is saying that's wrong.

It's too bad crocus doesn't bloom in Brine Shrimp pink. We could use a symbolic flower for Loch Salann Defenders'.  >:)


Aurora
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