The Language of Flowers

A

• APPLE BLOSSOM - Preference, Better Things to Come, Good Fortune

• ASPARAGUS FERN - Fascination

• ASPHODEL - My Regrets Follow You to the Grave

• ASTER - Symbol of Love, Daintiness, Talisman of Love

• AZALEA - Take Care, Fragile, Passion, Chinese Symbols of Womanhood

B

• BABY'S BREATH - Innocence

• BACHELOR BUTTON -Celibacy

• BALM - Sympathy

• BALSAM - Ardent Love

• BEGONIA - Beware, A Fanciful Nature

• BELLS OF IRELAND - Good luck

• BIRD OF PARADISE - Often given today from a woman to man as a symbol of faithfulness

• BUTTERCUP - Childishness, Riches

C

• CALLA LILY - Magnificent Beauty

• CAMELLIA - Admiration, Perfection, Good Luck Gift for a Man, Gratitude

• CARNATION - Fascination, Devoted Love

• CATTAIL - Peace, Prosperity

• CHAMOMILE - Energy

• CHERRY BLOSSOM  - Education

• CHICORY - Frugality

• CHRYSANTHEMUM  - Abundance & Wealth, Cheerfulness, Friendship

• CLEMATIS - Artifice (ingenuity)

• COLUMBINE (RED) - Anxious

• CROCUS - Cheerfulness, Abuse not, Gladness

D

• DAFFODIL - Regard, Unrequited Love, Sunshine, Respect

• DAHLIA - Dignity and Elegance, Forever Thine

• DAISY - Innocence, Loyal Love, I'll Never tell, Purity, Beauty

• DANDELION - Faithfulness, Happiness, Love's oracle

• DELPHINIUM - Big-Hearted, Fun

• DOG ROSE - Pleasure and Pain

• DOGWOOD (FLOWERING) - Am I Indifferent to You?

E

• EDELWEISS/ALPINE CUDWEED - Daring, Courage, Noble Purity

• ELDER FLOWER - Zeal

• MAYFLOWER/TRAILING ARBUTUS - Budding

• EUPHORBIA - Persistence

• EVERLASTING - Never Ceasing Memory

F

• FERN - Magic, Fascination, Confidence, Shelter

• FLOWERING REED - Confide in Heaven

• FORGET ME NOT - True Love, Memories

• FORSYTHIA - Anticipation

• FOXGLOVE/FAIRY THIMBLES - Stateliness, Youth

• FOXTAIL GRASS - Sporting

• FREESIA - Innocence, Trust

G

• GARDENIA - You're lovely, Secret love, Purity, Refinement

• GERANIUM - True Friend, Stupidity, Folly

• GERBERA - Innocence

• GLADIOLI - Generosity, I'm sincere, Flower of the gladiators

• GOLDEN-ROD - Be cautious, Encouragement

• GRASS - Homosexual Love

H

• HEATHER (LAVENDER) - Admiration, Solitude

• HEATHER (WHITE) - Protection, Wishes will come true

• HIBISCUS - Consumed by Love, Delicate Beauty

• HOLLY - Defense, Domestic Happiness, Am I forgotten

• HONEYSUCKLE - The Bond of Love

• HUCKLEBERRY - Faith, Simple Pleasures

• HYACINTH  - Games & Sports, Flower dedicated to Apollo

• HYDRANGEA - Thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness

I-K

• IRIS - Faith, Wisdom, Promise in Love, Hope, Wisdom & Valor

• IRIS (YELLOW) - Passion

• IRIS (GERMAN) - Flame

• IVY - Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection

• JASMINE (INDIAN) - Attachment

• JASMINE (SPANISH) - Sensuality

• JASMINE (YELLOW) - Modesty, Grace, Elegance

• JASMINE (WHITE) - Amiability

L

• LADY'S SLIPPER - Win me, Capricious Beauty

• LAVENDER - Love, Devotion,

• LEMON BLOSSOM - Fidelity in Love; I Promise to be True

• LILAC (GENERAL) - Beauty, Pride

• LILY (GENERAL) - Majesty & Honor, Purity of Heart

• LILY (CALLA) - Beauty

• LILY (TIGER) - Wealth, Pride, Prosperity

• LILY OF THE VALLEY - Sweetness, Happiness, Humility

• LOTUS - Estranged love, Forgetful of the Past

• LUCERNE - Life

• LUPINE - Imagination

M

• MAGNOLIA - Nobility, Perseverance, Nobility

• MARIGOLD (COMMON) - Pretty Love, Sacred, Caress, Sorrow

• MARJORAM - Joy, Happiness

• MEADOW SAFFRON - My Best Days Are Gone

• MIMOSA - Secret Love

• MISTLETOE - Kiss me, Affection, Difficulties, Sacred plant of India,

• MORNING GLORY - Affection

• MOSS - Maternal Love, Charity

N-O

• NARCISSUS - Formality, Stay As Sweet As You Are

• OAK LEAVES - Bravery

• OLEANDER - Caution

• OLIVE BRANCH - Peace

• ORANGE BLOSSOM - Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage, Fruitfulness

• ORANGE, MOCK - Deceit

• ORCHID - Love, Beauty, Refinement, Chinese Symbol for Many Children, Thoughtfulness

P

• PANSY - Thoughts (You Occupy My Thoughts)

• PASSION FLOWER - Faith, Religious Fervor

• PEACH BLOSSOM - I am your Captive

• PEONY - Shame, Happy Marriage, Compassion, Bashfulness

• PEPPERMINT - Cordiality

• PERIWINKLE - Early Recollections, Pleasures of Memories, Sweet Memories

• PETUNIA - Your Presence Soothes Me

• PHLOX - Our souls are united, Unanimity

• PINK- Pure Affection

• POPPY  - Eternal Sleep, Oblivion, Imagination

• POMEGRANATE FLOWER - Elegance

• PRIMROSE - I Can't Live Without You

• PUSSY WILLOW - Motherhood

Q-R

• RHODODENDRON - Beware, I am Dangerous

• ROSE (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety

• ROSE (CORAL) - Desire

• ROSE (DARK CRIMSON) - Mourning

• ROSE (LAVENDER) - Enchantment

• ROSE (ORANGE) - Fascination

• ROSE (PINK) - Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness

• ROSE (PEACH) - Immortality, Modesty

• ROSE (RED) - Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty

• ROSE (TEA) - I'll Remember - Always

• ROSE (WHITE) - Innocence, Purity, Humility,  Secrecy, Silence

• ROSE (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) - Unity, Flower Emblem of England

• ROSE (YELLOW) - Joy, Jealousy, Friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion)

• ROSES (Bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude

• ROSES (Single full bloom) - I truly love you, Simplicity.

• ROSE-OF-SHARON - Consumed by Love

• ROSEMARY - Remembrance

S

• SAGE - Wisdom, Great Respect, Speedwell Female Fidelity

• SHAMROCK - Lightheartedness

• SNAPDRAGON - Gracious Lady, Strength

• SNOWDROP - Hope, Consolation

• SPEARMINT - Warm Sentiment

• STRAW FLOWER - Agreement

• SUNFLOWER (TALL) - False riches, Pride

• SUNFLOWER ( DWARF) - Adoration

• SWEETPEA - Departure, Blissful Pleasure, Thank You for a Lovely Time

T

• TRUMPET FLOWER - Separation

• TULIP - Perfect Lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland

• TURNIP - Charity

V

• VENUS FLYTRAP - Caught at Last

• VIOLET - Modesty, Virtue, Affection

• VIRGIN'S BOWER/CLEMATIS - Filial Love

W

• WALL FLOWER - Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty

• WINDFLOWER - Sincerity, Symbol of Love

• WINTERGREENS - Harmony

• WISTERIA - Welcome

• WITCH HAZEL - A spell

Y-Z

• YARROW - Cure for heartache

• ZINNIA (MAGENTA) - Lasting Affection

• ZINNIA (MIXED) - Thinking (or in memory) of an Absent Friend

• ZINNIA (SCARLET) - Constancy

• ZINNIA (WHITE) - Goodness

• ZINNIA (YELLOW) - Daily Remembrance