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About Flowers - Symbolic Meanings for Flowers

• Acacia - Friendship, Concealed love, Beauty in retirement, Chaste love
• Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality
• Agapanthus - Love Letters
• Allium - Unity, Humility, Patience
• Alstroemeria - Wealth, Prosperity, Fortune
• Amaryllis - Pride
• Ambrosia - Your love is reciprocated
• Anemone - Forsaken
• Arbutus - Thee only do I love
• Aster - Afterthought
• Astilbe - I'll still be waiting
• Azalea - Love, Romance, First love, Take care of yourself for me, Temperance, Chinese sysmbol of womanhood, Fragile passion
• Bachelor's Button - Felicity, delicacy, Single blessedness
• Basil - Best wishes
• Bells of Ireland - Good luck
• Begonia - Beware
• Bittersweet - Truth
• Bluebell - Humility
• Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love
• Bouvardia - Enthusiasm
• Cactus - Endurance
• Caladium - Great joy and delight
• Calla - Magnificent Beauty
• Camellia
1. General - Perfection
2. Pink - Longing for you
3. Red - You're a flame in my heart
4. White - You're adorable
Candytuft - Indifference
• Carnation
1. General - Fascination, Women love
2. Solid Color - Yes
3. Pink - I'll never forget you
4. Purple - Capriciousness
5. Red - My heart aches for you, Admiration
6. Striped - Sorry I can't be with you, No, Refusal, Wish I could be with you
7. White - Innocence, Sweet and lovely, Pure love, woman's good luck gift
8. Yellow - Rejection, You have disappointed me
• Chrysanthemum
1. General - Cheerfulness, You're a wonderful friend, Rest
2. Red - I Love
3. White - Truth
4. Yellow - Slighted love
• Clover - Good luck
• Coral Bells - Challenge
• Coreopsis - Always cheerful
• Cosmos - Modesty
• Crocus - Youthful gladness, Cheerfulness
• Cyclamen - Resignation, Goodbye
• Daffodil - You're the only one, Regard, Unrequited love
• Dahlia - Instability
• Daisy - Innocence, Loyal love, I'll never tell, Purity
• Dandelion - Faithfulness, Happiness
• Dead leaves - Sadness
• Dogwood - Love undiminished by adversity
• Fern - Fascination, Sincerity, Magic, Confidence, Shelter
• Fern (Maiden Hair) - Secret bond of love
• Fir - Time
• Flax - Domestic symbol
• Forget-Me-Not - True love, Memories
• Forsythia - Good nature, Innocence, Anticipation
• Freesia - Innocence
• Galax - Encouragement
• Gardenia - You're lovely, Secret love
• Garlic - Courage, Strength
• Geranium - Stupidity, Folly
• Geranium, Ivy - Bridal favor
• Gladiolus - Strength of character, Give me a break, Really sincere, Flower of the gladitors
• Gloxinia - Love at first sight
• Grass - Submission
• Heather
1. Lavender - Admiration, Solitude
2. White - Protection, Wishes will come true
3. Holly - Foresight, Defense, Domestic happiness
• Hyacinth
1. General - Games, Sports, Rashness, Flower dedicated to Apollo
2. Blue - Constancy
3. Purple - Please forgive me, Sorrow
4. Red or Pink - Play
5. White - Loveliness, I'll pray for you
6. Yellow - Jealousy
• Hydrangea - Thank-you for understanding, Frigidity, Heartlessness
• Iris - Emblem of France, Wisdom and Valor, My compliments Your friendship means so much to me
• Ivy - Fidelity, Wedded love, Friendship, Affection
• Ivy (Sprig of white tendrils) - Anxious to please, Affection
• Jonquil (daffodil) - Sympathy, Love me, Affection returned, Desire
• Kalanchoe - Popularity
• Larkspur - Levity
• Larkspur (Pink) - Fickleness
• Lavender - Devotion
• Lilac - Humility
• Lily
1. Day Lily - Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother
2. Eucharis - Maiden charms
3. Orange - Hatred
4. Tiger - Wealth, Pride
5. White - Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It's heavenly to be with you
6. Yellow - I'm walking on air!, False and gay
• Lily of the Valley - Sweetness, Tears of the Virgin Mary, Humility, You've made my life complete, Return to happiness
• Magnolia - Love of nature, Nobility
• Marigold - Cruelty, Grief, Jealousy
• Marjoram - Blushes, Mirth
• Mint - Virtue
• Missletoe - Magic plant of the Druids, Kiss me, Affection, To surmount difficulties, Sacred plant of India
• Monkshood - Chivalry, Beware, A deadly foe is near
• Moss - Maternal love, Charity
• Myrtle - Home, Love, Hebrew emblem of marriage
• Narcissus - Egotism, Formality, Stay as sweet as you are
• Nasturtium - Patriotism, Conquest, Victory in battle
• Nuts - Stupidity
• Orange Blossom - Purity, Innocence, Eternal love, Marriage, Fuitfulness
• Orange (Mock) - Deceit
• Orleander - Caution
• Orchid - Love, Beauty, Refinement, Beautiful lady, Chinese symbol for many children
• Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm
• Palm leaves - Victory, Success
• Pansy - Thoughts
• Parsley - Festivity
• Peach Blossom - I am your captive
• Peony - Bashfulness
• Petunia - Resentment, Anger, Your Presence Sooths Me
• Phlox - Our souls are united
• Pine - Hope , Pity
• Poppy
1. General - Eternal sleep, Oblivion, Imagination
2. Red - Pleasure
3. White - Consolation (Poppy is the floral sign of consolation probably because it was created by Ceres while in search of her daughter, Prosperpine, to assuage her grief).
4. Yellow - Wealth, Success
• Primrose - I can't live without you
• Primrose (Evening) - Inconstancy
• Queen Anne's Lace - Haven
• Quince - Temptation
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charm
• Rose
1. Bridal - Happy Love
2. Christmas - Tranquilize my anxiety, Anxiety
3. Damask - Persian Ambassador of Love
4. Dark Crimson - Mourning
5. Hibiscus - Delicate Beauty
6. Leaf - You may hope
7. Red - Love, Respect, I love you
8. Tea - I'll remember Always
9. Thornless - Love at First Sight
10. White - Innocence, Secrecy, Purity, I am worthy of you, You're heavenly, Silence
11. White and Red Mixed - Unity, Flower Emblem of England
12. White (Withered) - Transient Impression, Fleeting Beauty, You made no impression
13. White (Dried) - Death is preferable to loss of virtue
14. Pink - Grace, Perfect Happiness, Thankfulness, Please believe me
15. Lavender - Enchantment
16. Peach - Desire
• Rosebud
1. General - Beauty and Youth, A heart innocent of love
2. Red - Pure and lovely
3. White - Girlhood
4. Moss - Confessions of Love
• Roses (Bouquet of Mature Blooms) - Gratitude
• Roses (Single Full Bloom) - I love you, I still love you
• Roses (Garland or Crown of) - Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, (crown) Symbol of Superior Merit
• Roses (Musk Cluster) - Charming
• Rosemary - Rememberance
• Sage - Domestic virtue
• Smilax - Loveliness
• Snapdragon - Deception, Gracious Lady
• Spider Flower - Elope with Me
• Spirea - Victory, Conceit
• Star of Bethlehem - Purity
• Statice - Sympathy, remembrance
• Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage, Desire to travel
• Stock - Lasting beauty, Bonds of affection, Promptness, You'll always be beautiful to me
• Sunflower - Adoration
• Sweet Basil - Good wishes
• Sweet Pea - Delicate pleasures, Good-bye, Departure, Blissful pleasure, Thank you for a lovely time
• Thyme - Activity
• Tulip
1. General - Perfect lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland
2. Red - Believe me, Declaration of Love
3. Variegated - Beautiful eyes
4. Yellow - Hopeless love, There is sunshine in your smile
• Violet
1. Blue - Watchfulness, Faithfulness, I'll always be true
2. White - Let's take a chance
• Viscaria - Will you dance with me?
• Water lily - Purity of heart
• Weeping Willow - Mourning
• Wheat - Friendliness
• Yarrow - Healing
• Zinnia
1. General - Thoughts of absent friends
2. Magenta - Lasting affection
3. Mixed - Thinking (or in Memory) of an absent friend
4. Scarlet - Constancy
5. White - Goodness
6. Yellow - Daily Rememberance