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Flower Meanings Meaningful


Age-old Custom of Conveying Message Still Favoured Today

Flower meanings have been documented since the early 1700s in Turkey and later in the 1800s in Britain. In researching flower meanings, I have learned that we have generally misunderstood that there is one set of meanings that everyone knew. Or that the "language of flowers" was a secret communication, according to literary calligrapher, Susan Loy. Her site offers an in-depth literature review of the history of meanings applied to flowers.

Still, 150 years later we all find meanings in the stuff of life. A gesture means something when we feel angry or insecure, and totally another thing when we feel empowered and receptive. A laugh, a grimace, silence, hesitancy, zealousness, the sticky stuff of life only has meaning from the perception we put into it. In a Curriculum for Living education at Vancouver's Landmark Education we look at ourselves sufficiently to see we are all meaning-making machines. Flower meanings are just a part of that, and the meanings we put into creating our lives are the reasons you may want to buy flowers.


Meanings we put into creating our lives are the reasons we want to buy flowers.

The messages sent with flowers can be a myriad of meanings from empathy to sympathy and from amazement to congratulations to simply, I extend beauty into your life. If the list doesn't quite define the person you wanted to send flowers to sufficiently, then this bloom mood meter will sort flowers according to your outlook on life or that of the person you're reaching out to.

At this flower meter site see if you're who you thought. I was comparative to a sunflower for certain characteristics and when I changed just one aspect then the tulip was my floral counterpart!!So it may depend on the day of the week or if you're in a self-critical mode, or whatever, similar to newspaper horoscopes. But fun.

Enjoy the list, and be amused that the recipient would have to create a meaning from the intent of several possibilities.

  • 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 symbol 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
  • -General Perfection


    Watch out for the withered flower bouquets!



  • Pink
  • -Longing for you
  • Red
  • -You're a flame in my heart
  • White
  • -You're Adorable
  • Candytuft
  • -Indifference
  • Carnation
  • -General Fascination, Capriciousness
  • Solid Color
  • -Yes
  • Pink
  • -I'll never forget you
  • Purple
  • -Capriciousness
  • Red
  • - My heart aches for you, Admiration
  • Striped
  • -Sorry I can't be with you, No, Refusal, Wish I could be with you
  • White
  • -Innocence, Sweet and lovely, Pure love, woman's good luck gift
  • Yellow
  • -Rejection, You have disappointed me


  • 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
  • The BC floral emblem is the Dogwood. We are the Dogwood people: love undiminished by adversity.


  • 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:Day Lily
  • - Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother
  • Eucharis
  • Maiden charms
  • Orange
  • - Hatred
  • Tiger
  • - Wealth, Pride
  • White
  • - Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It's heavenly to be with you
  • 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
  • Bashfulness
  • Petunia
  • -Resentment, Anger, Your Presence Sooths Me
  • Phlox
  • -Our souls are united
  • Pine
  • - Hope , Pity
  • Poppy
  • -General Eternal sleep, Oblivion, Imagination
  • Red
  • -Pleasure
  • 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).
  • Yellow
  • -Wealth, Success

    Get the power in that little nasturtium!

  • Primrose
  • -I can't live without you
  • Primrose (Evening)
  • - Inconstancy
  • Queen Anne's Lace
  • -Haven
  • Quince
  • -Temptation
  • Ranunculus
  • -You are radiant with charm
  • Rose: Bridal
  • -Happy Love
  • Christmas
  • -Tranquilize my anxiety, Anxiety
  • Damask
  • -Persian Ambassador of Love
  • Dark Crimson
  • -Mourning
  • Hibiscus
  • -Delicate Beauty
  • Leaf
  • -You may hope
  • White
  • -Innocence, Secrecy, Purity, I am worthy of you, You're heavenly,Silence
  • White and Red Mixed
  • -Unity, Flower Emblem of England
  • White (Withered)
  • -Transient Impression, Fleeting Beauty, You made no impression
  • White (Dried)
  • Death is preferable to loss of virtue
  • Lavender
  • -Enchantment
  • Peach
  • -Desire

    No wonder purple roses are a favoured gift at Valentine's!


  • Rosebud
  • -General Beauty and Youth, A heart innocent of love
  • Red
  • -Pure and lovely
  • White
  • -Girlhood
  • Moss
  • -Confessions of Love

    Here's one. And since I don't make any flower sales when you take my ideas from here, just remember our name! A bag of moss with the proposal!

  • Rose
  • - Gratitude
  • Roses (Single)
  • - I love you, I still love you
  • Roses (Garland or Crown of)
  • - Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, (crown) Symbol of Superior Merit



  • Rosemary
  • -Remembrance
  • 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
  • -Perfect lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland
  • Red
  • -Believe me, Declaration of Love
  • Variegated
  • -Beautiful eyes
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