The Incredible Whiteness of Spring

 

  

I've been thinking lately that if spring could have a sound,it would be soprano; high and  delicate. A note that is not held long but is clear and pure. That's what the flowers of spring remind me of. Spring flowers don't hang around for very long. This white Spirea seems to deteriorate while I look at it. It's fugitive; the flowers on their way to  becoming sturdy leaves.

 And how about that white clematis armandii? Does it have a powerful, sweet scent or what? I have a few flowers by my kitchen sink and the sweet, heavy scent almost knocks me over. Maybe I'm just taking in a floral curative. As I'm interested in all matters related to plants, I was curious what the Bach Flower Company had to say about the clematis. 

Bach flower remedies are extreme dilutions of flower material developed by Edward Bach, an English homeopath, in the 1930s. Bach believed that dew found on flower petals retain healing properties of that plant. The remedies are intended primarily for emotional and spiritual conditions, including but not limited to depression, anxiety, insomnia and stress.

Here's a partial description of what the Bach company has to say about the clematis flower:

"Clematis personalities are extremely creative and imaginative and do well in occupations such as music, fashion design, journalism, and film-making. However, when their creativity cannot be put to good use, they fall into the negative Clematis state - where their energies can take the form of exaggerated romanticism, delusions, and various kinds of eccentricity.


You may recognize a person in need of treatment with this Bach flower therapy by their dreamy look - an unfocused gaze and an attitude of slight confusion. Because they are never fully focused on the present, they have poor memories and little sense of detail. They simply can't take the time to listen well enough to absorb things". 

Yeah, pretty out there, I know. There is so much we don't understand in this rather unexplored world of our relationship to plants. They feed & heal our bodies. They heal and uplift our souls through their beauty. Why not our spirits?