It is a very old legend and this was attributed to many regions. It seems that has its earliest origins in Persia, traditional country of almond and kindness.However, it appears also in Turkey and throughout the Middle East.
In Spain was attributed to the city of Cordoba and Seville.
In Portuguese “Garbe” was attributed to Silves.
There are many, many centuries before Portugal and there when the Al-Gharb belonged to the Arabs, Chelb reigned in the future Silves, the famous young king and prince Ibn-Almundim had never known defeat.
One day, among the prisoners of a battle, saw the beautiful Gilda, a blond princess with green eyes and proud bearing.
Impressed, the Moorish king gave him the freedom, it gradually won the trust and one day he confessed to him his love and he asked her to be his wife.
They were happy for a while, but eventually the beautiful princess of the North fell ill for no apparent reason.
An old wise asked to be received by the desperate king and told him that the princess suffered from nostalgia snow in their country apart. 
The solution was within reach of the Moorish king, since it would have planted throughout his kingdom many almond trees that flowered when its white flowers give the princess the illusion of snow and she would be cured of his longing.
The following spring, the king took Gilda to the window of the castle terrace and the princess felt that its forces were returning to see that elusive vision of white flowers that stretched before his eyes.
The Moorish king and princess lived long years of an intense love anxious waiting, year after year, the spring that brought the wonderful spectacle of the almond blossom.
The End
