世界最古の お見舞いの花、ムスカリ。

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ムスカリはその愛らしい姿から、
イギリスなどでは別名 " Grape Hyacinth "
グレーぷヒヤシンス と 呼ばれております。
グレープ、ぶどう。ヒヤシンス でございます。

実はグレープヒヤシンス、ムスカリはですね、
" 世界最古の「お見舞いの花」というロマン " がございます。

「人類が最初に誰かのために手向けた（プレゼントした）花の一つ」

と言われているのをご存知ですか？

イラクのシャニダール洞窟という数万年前の遺跡から...
ネアンデルタール人が仲間の遺体にムスカリの花をそっと
添えて葬った跡が見つかっているのです。

はるか昔の時代から、人間はこの美しいブルーの
小さな花に「深い愛」や「癒やし」を託していたのですね。

19世紀のイギリスの庭園（コテージガーデン）では、
このムスカリを単体で植えるのではなく、
「黄色い水仙」の足元にたくさん敷き詰めて
植えるのが大流行いたしましたの。

鮮やかな黄色と、ムスカリの深いブルーが
引き立て合うその景色は、まるで「地上に現れた天の川」のよう。
イギリスの園芸家たちは、この小さな青い花を
「春の扉を開く魔法の鍵」として大切に扱っていたのですよ。
 ビクトリア朝のイギリス貴族が愛した「青の絨毯」でございます。


ブルーのムスカリ、オランダに、リンダという女性が夫婦で
ナーセリーを営んでいまして、広大な畑に ブルーのムスカリが
育てられいますが、大地の海...なんと表現して良いやら...
とても美しいでございます。


2017年、わたしたちの菜園の大きな切り株の周りに植えました。
それ以来、厳しい冬を一緒に過ごして春にはブルーに輝くように
咲いてくれるムスカリに在り難うの気持ちをいっぱい込めて







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