The Symbolic Meaning and Language of Flowers

FLOWERS ARRANGEMENT
Bell214: “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. That’s for thoughts.
There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue
for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it
herb–grace o’ Sundays: O you must wear your rue with
a difference. There’s a daisy: I would give you
some violets, but they withered all when my father
died: they say he made a good end, …“

(Ophelia’s flowers and their symbolic meaning, Act IV, Scene V, Hamlet by William Shakespeare)


What does the Meaning of Flowers mean? Flower have a language of their own. Flowers mean different things to different people. Every flower has a different meaning to each individual that sends or receives the flowers. To some people the meaning of flowers means flowers for a thought in time or a moment in time, to represent that unique special occasion. Flowers inspire blessings, concealed love, reciprocated love, flowers are mood moderators with their fragrance ...

Flowers may mean a feeling you are feeling at a certain time and to share that feeling with someone with flowers can add a special touch to make the moment priceless and unique in its own special way.

Not only do flowers make us happier than we know, they have strong positive effects on our emotional well being and a natural aphrodisiac for passionate response.

Check here when you wish to send a subtle message through a bouquet — or to decode the spray you’ve received!
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Bell214: * ABSINTH/WORMWOOD: Separation and torment of love.

* ACACIA: Platonic love, concealed love, chaste love, beauty in retirement.

* ADAM’S NEEDLE: A friend in need.

* ADONIS: Recollection of life’s pleasure.

* ALMOND BLOSSOM: Hope and watchfulness.

* ALOE: Wisdom and integrity.

* ALYSSUM, SWEET: Worth beyond beauty.

* AMARANTH: Fidelity.

* AMBROSIA: Your love is reciprocated.

* AMARYLLIS: Pride, pastoral poetry.

* ANEMONE: Refusal and abandonment, forsaken.

* APRICOT BLOSSOM: Timid love.

* ARBOR VITAE: True friendship.

* ARBUTUS: Thee only do I love.

* ASPHODEL: Languor and regret.

* ASTER: Symbol of love, daintiness. The birth flower for September.

* AZALEA: Take care of yourself for me, temperance, fragile and ephemeral passion, Chinese symbol of womanhood
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Bell214: * BACHELOR BUTTON: Single blessedness.

* BEGONIA: “Beware! I’m fanciful!“

* BELLS OF IRELAND: “Good luck!“

* BITTERSWEET: Truth.

* BLUE BELL: Delicacy and humility.

* BUTTERCUP: Childishness.
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Bell214: * CACTUS: Bravery and endurance.

* CAMELLIA: Excellence and Steadfastness.

* CAMELLIA, PINK: “Longing for you.“

* CAMELLIA, RED: “You’re a flame in my heart.“

* CAMELLIA, WHITE: “You’re adorable.“

* CAMOMILE: Initiative and ingenuity.

* CANDYTUFT: Indifference.

* CANTERBURY BELL: Constancy and warning.

* CARDINAL FLOWER: Distinction and splendour.

* CARNATION: Fascination, woman’s love. The birth flower for January.

* CARNATION, PINK: Emblem of Mother’s Day, “I will never forget you.“

* CARNATION, PURPLE: Antipathy and capriciousness.

* CARNATION, RED: Admiration, “My heart aches for you.“

* CARNATION, STRIPED: Refusal, “No, sorry, I cannot be with you.“

* CARNATION, WHITE: Pure love, sweet and lovely, innocence, woman’s good luck gift.

* CARNATION, YELLOW: Disdain and rejection, “You have disappoinred me.“

* CATTAIL: Peace, prosperity.

* CEDAR LEAF: “I live for thee.“

* CHINA ASTER: Jealousy and after–thought.

* CHRYSANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness and rest, “You are a wonderful friend.“
The birth flower for November.

* CHRYSANTHEMUM, RED: “I love you.“

* CHRYSANTHEMUM, WHITE: Truth.

* CHRYSANTHEMUM, YELLOW: Slighted love.

* CINNAMON: Love and beauty.

* CLEMATIS: Aerifice and ingenuity.

* CLOVE: Dignity and restraint.

* CLOVER: Fertility and domestic virtue.

* CLOVER, FOUR LEAFED: Symbol of good luck.

* CLOVER, FIVE LEAFED: Symbol of bad luck.

* COLUMBINE: Cuckoldry and deserted love.

* COREOPSIS: Always cheerful.

* CORNFLOWER: Delicacy.

* CRANE’S–BILL/WILD GERANIUM: Constancy and availability.

* CROCUS: Youthful gladness, attachment, cheerfulness.

* CROWN IMPERIAL: Majesty and power.

* CYCLAMEN: Resignation and goodbye.
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Bell214: * DAFFODIL: Emblem of annunciation/regard, unrequited love, “You’re the only one“, The sun is always shining when I’m with you“. The birth flower for March.

* DAHLIA: Good taste.

* DAISY: Gentleness, innocence, loyal love, purity, “I’ll never tell.“ The birth flower for April.

* DANDELION: Oracle of time and love, faithfulness, happiness.

* DAY LILY/HEMEROCALLIS: Emblem of the mother.

* DELPHINIUM: Airy.

* DOGWOOD: Durability.
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Bell214: * EDELWEISS: Daring and noble courage.

* EGLANTINE: Spring and poetry.

* ELDERBERRY BLOSSOM: Humility and kindness.

* EVERLASTING: Constancy.
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Bell214: * FENNEL: Strength.

* FERN: Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence, shelter.

* FIR: Time and evaluation.

* FLAX: Domestic symbol.

* FORGET–ME–NOT: Faithful love, true love, memories.

* FORSYNTHIA: Anticipation.

* FUCHSIA: Amiability.
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Bell214: * GARDENIA: “You’re lovely“, secret love (“I love you in secret“ ), joy, sweet love, good luck.

* GERANIUM: Friendship, comfort, gentility, preference. Associated with the fourth wedding anniversary.

* GILLYFLOWER: Bonds of affection.

* GLADIOLA: Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation, splendid beauty, “Give me a break, “I’m really sincere“, flower of the Gladiators, admiration, tells recipients that they pierce the heart like a sword.
Because the gladiolus has blade–shaped leaves, the name comes from the Latin word gladius which means sword. Also the birth flower for August.

* GLOXINIA: Love at first sight.

* GOLDENROD: Encouragement. Treasure and good fortune.
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Bell214: * HEATHER, PURPLE: Admiration, solitude, beauty.

* HEATHER, PINK: “Good luck.“

* HEATHER, WHITE: Protection (from danger), wishes will come true.

* HELIOTROPE: Devotion, eternal love.

* HEN–AND–CHICKENS: “Welcome home husband, however drunk you are.“

* HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.

* HOLLY: Foresight, defense, domestic happiness, enchantment.

* HOLLY BERRIES: Christmas joy.

* HOLLYHOCK: Ambition, fruitfulness. Associated with the thirteenth wedding anniversary.

* HONEYSUCKLE: Bonds of love, generous, devoted affection, sweetness of disposition.

* HOPS: Mirth.

* HOSTA: Devotion.

* HUCKLEBERRY: Simple pleasure.

* HYACINTH: Sport, play, games, rashness, flower dedicated to Apollo.

* HYACINTH, BLUE: Constancy.

* HYACINTH, PURPLE: Sorrow, “I am sorry“, “Please forgive me.“

* HYACINTH, RED OR PINK: Play.

* HYACINTH, WHITE: Loveliness, “I will pray for you.“

* HYACINTH, YELLOW: Jealousy.

* HYDRANGEA: “Thank you for understanding“, vanity, frigidity, heartlessness, heartless.
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Bell214: * IRIS: Wisdom, Fleur–de–lis, emblem of France, valued friendship, faith, hope, valour, passion, “My compliments“, “Your friendship means so much to me.“
Associated with the twenty–fifth wedding anniversary. The birth flower for February.

* IRIS, BLUE: Faith, hope.

* IRIS, PURPLE: Wisdom, compliments.

* IRIS, YELLOW: Passion.

* IRIS, WHITE: Purity.

* IVY: Fidelity, wedded love, friendship, affection, marriage.

* IXIA: Happiness.
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Bell214: * JACK–IN–THE–PULPIT: Associated with the seventh wedding anniversary.

* JACOB’S LADDER: Come down.

* JASMINE, RED: Folly and glee.

* JASMINE, SPANISH: Sensuality.

* JASMINE, WHITE or INDIAN: Amiability, cheerfulness, sensuality, attachment, “I attach myself to you.“

* JASMINE, YELLOW: Grace, elegance, timidity, modesty.

* JONQUIL: Sympathy, “Love me“, affection returned, desire, desire for affection returned.

* JUNIPER: Protection.
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Bell214: * LADY’S SLIPPER: Capricious beauty, “Win me.“

* LAMB’S–EARS: Support.

* LANTANA: Rigour.

* LARKSPUR: Fickleness, ardent attachment, levity, lightness, open heart. Also the birth flower for July.

* LARKSPUR, PINK: Fickleness.

* LARKSPUR, PURPLE: First love.

* LAUREL: Glory, success, renown.

* LAVENDER: Devotion, happiness, success, luck, constancy.

* LEATHERLEAF FERN: Fascination.

* LEMON BLOSSOMS: Faithful love.

* LILAC: Youthful, humility, confidence.

* LILAC, MAUVE: “Do you still love me?“

* LILAC, PINK: Youth and acceptance.

* LILAC, WHITE: “My first dream of love.“

* LILY: Majesty, wealth, pride, innocence, purity.

* LILY, CALLA: Majestic beauty.

* LILY, DAY: Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother.

* LILY, EUCHARIS: Maiden charms.

* LILY, ORANGE: Flame, “I burn for you.“

* LILY, TIGER: Wealth, pride.

* LILY, WHITE: Purity, modesty, virginity, majesty, “It’s heavenly to be with you.“
The white lily is linked to Juno, the queen of the gods in Roman mythology, by the story that while nursing her son Hercules, some excess milk fell from the sky creating the group of stars we call the Milky Way, and lilies were created from what milk fell to the earth.
The Easter lily is also known as the symbol of the Virgin Mary.

* LILY, YELLOW: “I’m walking on air“, false, gay.

* LILY OF THE VALLEY: Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness, tears of the Virgin Mary, “You’ve made my life complete“, humility, happiness, love’s good fortune.
The legend of the lily of the valley is that it sprang from Eve’s tears when she was kicked out of the Garden of Eden. It is also believed that this flower protects gardens from evil spirits. Also known as the birth flower of May.

* LIVE OAK: Liberty.

* LOTUS BLOSSOM: Mystery and truth, estranged love.

* LOVE–IN–THE–MIST/NIGELL: Delicacy and perplexity.
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Bell214: * MAGNOLIA: Dignity, love of nature, nobility, splendid beauty.

* MAPLE: Reserve.

* MARIGOLD (CALENDULA): Affection, cruelty, grief, jealousy. The marigold was called Mary’s Gold by early Christians who placed garlands of marigolds by statues of the Virgin Mary. The birth flower for October.

* MARIGOLD, POT: Grief, despair.

* MARJORAM: Blushes, comfort and consolation.

* MARVEL–OF–PERU: Flame of love.

* MIMOSA: Sensitivity.

* MINT: Virtue, warmth, protection.

* MISTLETOE: “Kiss me“, affection and love, to surmount difficulties. Sacred plant of India.

* MONKSHOOD: “Beware, a deadly foe is near“, danger.

* MORNING GLORY: Loves you, affection. Associated with the eleventh wedding anniversary.

* MOSS: Maternal love, charity.

* MULBERRY TREE: Wisdom.

* MUSHROOM: Suspicion.

* MYRRH: Gladness.

* MYRTLE: Love, myrth and joy. Hebrew emblem of marriage.
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Bell214: * NARCISSUS: Egotism, conceit, self love, self admiration, formality, “Stay as sweet as you are.“Also known as the birth flower for December.

* NASTURTIUM: Conquest, victory in battle, patriotism. Associated with the fortieth wedding anniversary.

* NIGHTSHADE: Truth.
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Bell214: * OAK LEAVES: Bravery.

* OAK TREE: Hospitality.

* OLEANDER: Caution, beauty and grace.

* OLIVE BRANCH: Peace.

* ORANGE BLOSSOM: Purity, innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness, fertility, pure loveliness, chastity, “Your purity equals your loveliness.“

* ORANGE, MOCK: Deceit.

* ORANGE TREE: Generosity.

* ORCHID: Rare beauty, magnificence, love, refinement, beautiful lady, mature charm, beauty, long life.
Chinese symbol for many children.Associated with twenty–eighth wedding anniversary.
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Bell214: * PALM LEAVES: Victory and success.

* PANSY: Thoughtful recollection. Receipient is being thought about, loyalty. The flower’s name comes from the French word pensée which means thought or remembrance. Because pansies often have three colors in one blossom, they have been symbolic of the Trinity. Associated with the first wedding anniversary. Engaged couples placed garlands of pansies around their portraits.

* PAPERWHITE: Aphrodisiac due to its intoxicating scent. It is also the national flower of Wales because it often blooms on March 1st which is St. David’s feast day, Wales’ patron saint.

* PARSLEY: Festivity, thanks, gratitude.

* PASSIONFLOWER: Faith and piety.

* PEACH BLOSSOM: Captive, unequalled qualities, longevity, generosity, bridal hope.

* PEAR BLOSSOM: Affection, health and hope.

* PEONY: Bashfulness, shame, happy life, happy marriage, good health, prosperity. Associated with the twelfth wedding anniversary.

* PEPPERMINT: Cordiality, warmth, warmth of feelings.

* PERIWINKLE, BLUE: Friendship.

* PERIWINKLE, WHITE: Pleasures of memory.

* PETUNIA: Resentment, anger, “Don’t despair“, “Your presence soothes me.“

* PHLOX: Unanimity, united hearts, united souls, “Sweet dreams.“

* PINE: Pity, hope, warm friendship, vigorous life, spiritual energy.

* PINE CONE: Conviviality, life.

* PINEAPPLE: Perfection.

* PINKS: Boldness.

* PLUM BLOSSOM: Fidelity, longevity.

* POINSETTIA: “Be of good cheer.“

* POMEGRANATE: Foolishness, elegance.

* POPLAR: Courage, time.

* POPPY: Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination, dreaminess. Associated with ninth wedding anniversary.

* POPPY, RED: Pleasure, consolation.

* POPPY, WHITE: Consolation, sleep, rest.

* POPPY, YELLOW: Wealth, success.

* PRIMROSE: Happiness, satisfaction, “I cannot live without you.“

* PRIMROSE, EVENING: Happy love.
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Bell214: * QUEEN ANNE’S LACE: Haven, fantasy.

* QUINCE: Temptation.
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Bell214: * RANUNCULUS: “You are radiant with charm“, radiant charm, attractive.

* RHODODENDRON: Danger, caution.

* RHUBARB: Advice.

* ROSE: Love, passion, perfection. The rose was named for the Latin word rosa which means red. It has been a symbol of love since ancient times. Associated with the fifthteenth wedding anniversary. It is also known as the birth flower of June.

* ROSE, BURGUNDY: Beauty within.

* ROSE, CAROLINA: “Love is dangerous.“

* ROSE, CHRISTMAS: Peace and tranquility.

* ROSE, CORAL/ORANGE: Desire, enthusiasm.

* ROSE, DARK CRIMSON: Mourning.

* ROSE, DARK PINK: “Thank you.“

* ROSE, LIGHT PINK: Admiration, grace, gladness, joy, perfect happiness, gratitude, admiration, gentility, “Please believe me.“.

* ROSE, HIBISCUS: Delicate beauty.

* ROSE, LAVENDER: Love at first sight, enchantment.

* ROSE, LEAF: You may hope.

* ROSE, MOSS: Confessions of love.

* ROSE, MUSK: Capricious beauty.

* ROSE, ORANGE: Fascination, display feeling of enthusiasm.

* ROSE, PALE: Friendship.

* ROSE, PEACH: Desire, gratitude, apprecation, admiration, sympathy, modesty, “Let’s get together.“

* ROSE, PINK: Happiness, appreciation, admiration, friendship, grace, sympathy, “Please believe me“, “You’re so lovely.“

* ROSE, PINK AND WHITE: “I love you still and always will.“

* ROSE, DEEP RED: Un–selfconscious beauty.

* ROSE, RED: Love, passion, desire, respect, courage, “I love you“, beauty, pure and lovely, prosperity.

* ROSE, RED AND YELLOW: “Congratulations.“

* ROSE, SINGLE, FULL BLOOM: I love you, I still love you, new love.

* ROSE, BUD, SMALL: Pure and lovely, beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love, confession of love.

* ROSE, THORNLESS: Love at first sight.

* ROSE, WHITE: Innocence, purity, secrecy, “I am worthy of you“, silence, friendship, truth, virtue, girlhood, humility spiritual love, but of the soul, reverence, charm, happy love, “You’re heavenly.“

* ROSE, WHITE ON RED: Unity/Flower emblem of England.

* ROSE, WHITE, DRIED: Death is preferable to loss of virtue.

* ROSE, YELLOW: Joy, friendship, true love, decrease of love, jealousy, try to care, freedom, slighted love, shows “I care“, gladness., “Remember me.“

* ROSE, YELLOW AND ORANGE: Passionate thoughts.

* ROSES, RED AND WHITE TOGETHER: Unity, flower emblem of England.

* ROSES, YELLOW AND RED TOGETHER: Happiness, congratulations.

* ROSES, YELLOW and ORANGE TOGETHER: Passionate thoughts.

* ROSEMARY: Remembrance, devotion, purity, rebirth, constancy, fidelity and loyalty.
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Bell214: * SAGE: Virtue.

* SALAL: Zest.

* SALVIA, BLUE: “I think of you.“

* SCABIOUS: Unfortunate love, widowhood.

* SHAMROCK: Light heartedness.

* SMILAX: Loveliness.

* SNAPDRAGON: Deception, dazzling, gracious lady, presumption.

* SNOWBALL: Bound.

* SNOWDROP: Hope and consolation.

* SORREL: Wit, affection.

* SPEARMINT: Warm sentiment.

* SPIDER FLOWER: “Elope with me.“

* STAR OF BETHLEHEM: Purity.

* STATICE: Sympathy, remembrance, success, lasting beauty.

* STEPHANOTIS: Happiness in marriage, desire to travel.

* STOCK: Lasting beauty, bonds of affection, promptness, happy life, “You will always be beautiful to me.“

* STRAW, BROKEN: Broken contract.

* STRAW, WHOLE: Union.

* STRAWBERRY: Esteem, love.

* SUNFLOWER: Follows the sun as it grows, adoration, haughtiness, devotion.
“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life." — Chris’s (Helen Mirren) comment in the movie, “Calendar Girls“ (2003).

* SWEET BASIL: Good wishes, “Good luck.“

* SWEET PEA: Lasting pleasure, good–bye, departure, blissful pleasure, “Thank you for a lovely time“, “I think of you.“
Supposedly this delicate flower was named by the poet John Keats. Associated with the thirtieth wedding anniversary.

* SWEET WILLIAM: Gallantry, smile, finesse and perfection.

* SYCAMORE: Curiosity.
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Bell214: * THISTLE: Retaliation, austerity.

* THRIFT: Sympathy.

* THYME: Activity, courage.

* TREE OF LIFE: Old age.

* TRUFFLE: Surprise.

* TRUMPET FLOWER: Fame.

* TUBEROSE: Dangerous pleasure.

* TULIP: Symbol of the perfect lover, frame. Flower emblem of Holland.

* TULIP, RED: “Believe me“, declaration of love, fame.

* TULIP, VARIEGATED: Beautiful eyes.

* TULIP, YELLOW: Hopeless love, “There’s sunshine in your smile.“
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Bell214: * VALERIAN: Accommodating disposition.

* VERONICA: Fidelity.

* VIOLET: Modesty, faithfulness, innocence, understated beauty, “You’re in my thoughts.“ Worn by the ancient Greeks to induce sleep and to calm tempers. Associated with the fifieth wedding anniversary. Also known as the birth flower of February.

* VIOLET, BLUE: Watchfulness, faithfulness, “I’ll always be true.“

* VIOLET, PURPLE: Thoughts of you, blue love.

* VIOLET, WHITE: “Let’s take a chance“, youthful innocence.

* VIOLET, YELLOW: Love of country.

* VISCARIA: “Will you dance with me?“
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Bell214: * WALLFLOWER: Friendship and adversity.

* WATER LILY: Purity of heart, eloquence and persuasion.

* WHEAT: Friendliness, riches.

* WILLOW, WEEPING: Mourning.

* WISTERIA: Youth, poetry, welcome.

* WITCH HAZEL: A spell.

* WOODBINE: Fraternal love.

* WORMWOOD: Absence.
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Bell214: * XERANTHEMUM: Cheerfulness under adverse conditions, eternity and immortality.
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Bell214: * YARROW: Healing, sorrow.

* YEW: Sorrow.
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Bell214: * ZEPHYR: Expectation.

* ZINNIA: Thoughts of absent friends, in memory of an absent friend.

* ZINNIA (MAGENTA): Lasting affection.

* ZINNIA (MIXED): Thinking (or In memory) of an absent friend.

* ZINNIA (PINK): Lasting affection.

* ZINNIA, SCARLET: Constancy.

* ZINNIA, WHITE: Goodness.

* ZINNIA, YELLOW: Daily remembrance.
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RUBY: wowwwwwwwwwwww...you made us learn alot
my favourite flowers are roses...i noticed has many great meanings to it
thanks for sharing it with us
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