The Language Of Flowers

A
• Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; hope • Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice • Achillea millefolia - War • Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy • Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality • Agapanthus - Love letters • Agnus castus - Coldness; indifference • Allspice - Compassion • Almond Blossom - Hope; lover's charm • Aloe - Grief • Alstroemeria - Devotion; friendship • Alyssum - Worth beyond beauty • Ambrosia - Love returned • Amaranth - Fidelity • Amaranth, Globe - Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love • Amaryllis - Pride; Timidity; splendid beauty • Anemone - Unfading love; truth; sincerity; anticipation; forsaken; fading hope • Angelica - Inspiration • Aniseed - Restoration of youth • Apple blossom - Preference; good fortune • Arbor Vitae - True friendship • Arbutus - Thee only do I love • Artemisia - Dignity • Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave • Aster - Love; daintiness • Azalea - Take care of yourself for me; fragile passion; temperance; Chinese symbol of womanhood
B
• Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love • Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart • Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred • Bay Leaf - Strength; I change but in death • Bear's Breeches - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice • Begonia - Beware • Betony - Surprise • Bells Of Ireland - Good luck • Bilberry - Treachery • Bird Of Paradise - Magnificence • Bittersweet - Truth • Bluebell - Humility; constancy • Borage - Courage; bluntness • Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love • Broom - Humility; neatness • Bulrush - Indiscretion; docility • Burnet - A merry heart • Buttercup - Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches
C
• Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur • Calendula - Joy • Calla - Magnificent beauty • Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness • Camellia (Pink) - Longing for you • Camellia (Red) - You're a flame in my heart • Camellia (White) - You're adorable • Camomile - Energy in adversity • Candytuft - Indifference • Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart • Carnation (pink) - I'll never forget you • Carnation (purple) - Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable • Carnation (red) - My heart aches for you; admiration • Carnation (solid colour) -Yes • Carnation (striped)- No; refusal; sorry I can't be with you; wish I could be with you • Carnation (white) -Sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love; woman's good luck gift • Carnation (yellow) - You have disappointed me; Rejection; disdain • Cattail - Peace; prosperity • Cedar - I live for thee; think of me • Celandine - Joys to come • Chamomile - Patience ; attracts wealth • Chysanthemum (in general) - Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend • Chysanthemum (red) - I love • Chysanthemum (white) - Truth • Chysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love • Cinnamon - My fortune is yours • Clover (four-leaf) - Good luck; be mine • Columbine - Folly • Coreopsis - Always cheerful • Corn - Riches • Cornflower - Delicacy; refinement • Coriander - Lust • Cowslip - Pensiveness; winning grace • Coxcomb - Foppery • Crocus - Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy • Crown Imperial - Majesty; power • Cyclamen - Resignation and goodbye; diffidence
D
• Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit • Dahlia - Good taste; instability • Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity • Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle • Daphne odora - Painting the lily • Delphinium - Airy • Dogwood - Durability
E
• Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage • Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal • Elder - Zealousness • Elm - Dignity • Eucalyptus - Protection • Eupatorium - Delay
F
• Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength • Fern - Sincerity • Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter • Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love • Feverfew - Protection • Fig - Argument • Fir - Time • Flax - Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness • Forget-me-not - True love; memories; forget me not • Forsythia - Anticipation • Foxglove - Insincerity • Fuchsia - Good taste • Fuller's Teasel - Misanthropy
G
• Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy • Garland of roses - Reward of virtue • Garlic - Courage; strength • Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship • Geranium (Rose) - Preference • Geranium (Scented) - Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly • Gillyflower - Bonds of affection • Gladiolus - Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity • Gloxinia - Love at first sight • Golden Rod - Precaution • Grass - Submission; utility • Guelder Rose - Winter; age
H
• Harebell - Submission; grief • Hawthorn - Hope • Hazel - Reconciliation • Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude • Heather (pink) - Good luck • Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true; good luck • Helenium - Tears • Heliotrope - Devotion; eternal love; faithfulness • Hemlock - You will be my death • Hibiscus - Delicate beauty • Holly - Good will; defence; domestic happiness; foresight • Hollyhock - Female ambition; fecundity • Honesty - Honesty; fascination • Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition • Hop - Injustice • Hyacinth (general) - Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo • Hyacinth (blue) - Constancy • Hyacinth ( purple) - I'm sorry; please forgive me; sorrow • Hyacinth (red or pink) - Play • Hyacinth (white) - Loveliness; I'll pray for you • Hyacinth (yellow) - Jealousy • Hydrangea - Thank you for understanding; frigidity; heartlessness; vanity • Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits; cleanliness
I
• Ice plant - Your looks freeze me • Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message • Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
J
• Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance • Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy • Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal • Juniper - Protection; succour
K
• Kingcup - Desire for riches
L
• Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty • Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity • Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory • Lavender - Devotion, distrust • Lemon - Zest • Lemon Balm - Brings love • Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex • Lilac - First love • Lily (general) - Purity • Lily (calla) - Beauty • Lily (day) - Coquetry • Lily (eucharis) - Maidenly charms • Lily (orange) - Hatred • Lily (tiger) - Wealth; pride • Lily (white) - Virginity; purity; majesty; it's heavenly to be with you • Lily (yellow) - I'm walking on air; false and gay • Lily of the valley - sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perferct purity • Lobelia - Malevolence • Love-in-a-mist - Perplexity • Love-lies-bleeding - Hopeless; not heartless • Lupin - Voraciousness; admiration
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• Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty • Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection • Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes • Meadowsweet - Uselessness • Michaelmas Daisy - Afterthought; farewell • Mignionette - Your qualities surpass your charms • Mimosa - Sensitivity • Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling; virtue • Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; I surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India, magic plant of the Druids • Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry • Morning Glory - Affectation • Moss - Maternal love; charity • Myrrh - Gladness • Myrtle - Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage • Myrtle (wax) - Discipline; instruction
N
• Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are; you love yourself too well; self-esteem • Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism • Nightshade - Truth
O
• Oak leaves - Bravery • Oleander - Caution; beware • Orange - Generosity • Orange Blossom - Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your loveliness • Orange (mock) - Deceit • Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me • Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm
P
• Palm leaves - Victory and success • Pansy - Thoughts; love • Parsley - Festivities • Pasque Flower - You have no claims • Peach blossom - Longevity; I am your captive • Peony - Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation • Peppermint - Warmth of feelings • Periwinkle (blue) - Early friendship • Periwinkle (white) - Pleasures of memory • Persicaria - Restoration • Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing • Phlox - Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams • Pine - Hope; pity • Pink - Boldness • Poinsettia - Be of good cheer • Polyanthus - Pride of riches • Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance • Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance • Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep • Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success • Prickly Pear - Satire • Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth; young love • Primrose (evening) - Inconstancy
Q
• Quaking Grass - Agitation • Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy • Quince - Temptation
R
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms • Rocket - Rivalry • Rose (red) - Love ; I love you • Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence • Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me • Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care • Rose (black) - Death • Rose (red and white) - Together; unity • Rose (thornless) - Love at first sight • Rose (single, full bloom) - I love you; I still love you • Rose bud - Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love • Rose bud (red) - Pure and lovely • Rose bud (white) - Girlhood • Rosebud (moss) - Confessions of love • Roses (bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude • Roses (garland or crown of) - Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown ; symbol of superior merit • Roses (musk cluster) - Charming • Rose (tea) - I'll always remember • Rose (cabbage) - Ambassador of love • Rose (Christmas) - Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety • Rose (damask) - Brilliant complexion • Rose (dark crimson) - Mourning • Rose (hibiscus) - Delicate beauty • Rose leaf - You may hope • Rosemary - Remembrance; commitment; fidelity • Rudbeckia - Justice • Rue - Disdain
S
• Saffron - Beware of excess • Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue • Salvia (blue) - I think of you • Scabious - Unfortunate love • Shamrock - Lightheartedness • Smilax - Loveliness • Snapdragon - No; deception; gracious lady; presumption • Snowdrop - Hope • Spearmint - Warmth of sentiment • Spiderflower - Elope with me • Spindle Tree - Your charms are engraved on my heart • Statice - Lasting beauty • Star of Bethlehem - Atonement; purity • Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me • Stock - Lasting beauty; promptness • Strawberry - Perfect goodness • Sunflower - Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid • Sweet Basil - Good luck • Sweet pea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time • Sweet William - Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry • Syringa - Memory
T
• Tamarisk - Crime • Thrift - Sympathy • Thyme - Strength and courage; activity • Tuberose - Dangerous pleasure • Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love; • Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love • Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes • Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love
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V
• Valerian - An accommodating disposition • Vernal Grass - Poor but happy • Veronica - Fidelity • Violet - Modesty; faithfulness • Violet (blue) - Watchfulness; faithfulness; I'll always be true • Violet (white) - Let's take a chance on happiness • Viscaria - Will you dance with me?
W
• Wallflower - Fidelity in adversity • Water Lily - Purity of heart • Wistaria - I cling to you • Woodruff - Sweet humility • Wormwood - Absence
X
• Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity
Y
• Yarrow - Health; healing • Yew - Sorrow
Z
• Zinnia - Thoughts of friends • Zinnia (magenta) - Lasting affection • Zinnia (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend • Zinnia (scarlet) - Constancy • Zinnia (white) - Goodness • Zinnia (yellow) - Daily remembrance