Enjoying Pansies with kids! Get outside today!

Enjoying Pansies with kids! Get outside today!

~ My front wall Pansies ~
~ My front wall Pansies ~

The Pansy derives from the French pensee or pansee in the sense of thought. The Pansy has come to symbolize loving thoughts and memories, some believing that the flower resembles a human face that nods in deep thought.

The Pansy is a favorite little flower that flourishes both cultivated and in the wild.  The primary colors of the Pansy are purple, yellow and white and its three pedals has earned the Pansy the nickname Herb Trinity as a symbol of the Holy Trinity.

The Pansy is a great favorite of poets in the matter of love, and this has given this flower more nicknames than most others… names such as Tickle-my-Fancy, Kiss-Me-at-the-Garden-Gate, Love-in-Idleness, Jump-up-and-Kiss-Me, Flame Flower and Hearts-easeHeartsease is the most favored Pansy nickname, the flower itself reputed to ensure the love of a sweetheart.

William Shakespeare himself used the Pansy symbolism in Hamlet ~ “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance/Pray you, love, remember,/And there is pansies, that’s for thoughts”; and in one of his most beloved comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as a love potion ~ “The juice of it, on sleeping eyelids laid, will make a man or woman madly dote upon the next live creature it sees.”

Bring your kids into the secrets of the little Pansy with its powerful gifts.  Your kids will most certainly bump into the Pansy in their literature, so why not give them a bit of Tickle-my-Fancy now!  Plant a spring/summer border or potted area of the whimsical Pansy and marvel at its loving contemplation.

Giving your kids wonderful frames of reference is a great bloomin’ gift!

About Audrey

Audrey McClelland has been a digital influencer since 2005. She’s a mom of 5 and shares tips on her three favorite things: parenting, fashion and beauty. She’s also a Contemporary Romance Author.

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