Different Flower Meanings
Flowers have a language of their own. There is something magical about flowers, whatever color or whatever scent, it brightens up the surroundings and they can send positive vibes to human beings.
Flower meanings were key elements in choosing flowers, and this has been a tradition many years ago. This helps you to find the perfect flowers to give someone – for love, sympathy or for peace. Yes, you can just pick a flower because you like it, but knowing flower meanings will also help you say or express what you truly feel.
- Acacia – friendship, secret love, beauty in retirement, chaste love.
- Aster – love, daintiness, or to wish things had turned out differently.
- Azalea – temperance, passion, take care of yourself for me, tenderness.
- Baby's breath – purity of heart.
- Bachelor Button – celibacy, single, blessedness, hope in love, delicacy. According to a myth, a man would wear this flower to signify his love for the woman. If the love is unrequited, this flower would fade quickly.
- Bird of Paradise – freedom, good perspective, faithfulness (when given from a woman to a man.)
- Cactus – endurance, my heart burns with love, maternal love.
- Calendula – grief, sorrow, despair.
- Calla Lily – magnificent beauty.
- Cattail – peace, prosperity.
- Chamomile – energy in action.
- Cherry Blossom – education – In China, it symbolizes feminine beauty, while in Japan, the transience of life because of their short blooming times. The falling cherry blossoms are metaphors for fallen warriors who died bravely in battle.
- Chrysanthemum – abundance, wealth, healthy life.
- Cyclamen – resignation, goodbye.
- Daffodil – unrequited love, chivalry, respect, and the sun shines when I'm with you.
- Daisy – innocence, patience, simplicity.
- Dandelion – love me, affection returned, desire, love's oracle.
- Edelweiss – daring, courage, noble purity.
- Forget-Me-Not – true love, memories – It was believed that wearers of this flower would not be forgotten by their loved ones.
- Gardenia – you are lovely, secret love.
- Globe Amaranth – unfading love.
- Hibiscus – delicate beauty.
- Holly – defense, domestic happiness, forecast. The medieval monks called this flower the 'Holy Tree' and believed it can shoo evil spirits and protect their homes from lightening. The pointed leave represents the crown of thorns and the red berries his drops of blood.
- Honeysuckle – bond of love, I love you.
- Hyacinth – games, sports, rashness, playful joy. In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was accidentally killed by Apollo. And right after his death, the hyacinth flower sprouted from his blood. This flower can also be associated with rebirth.
- Impatiens – motherly love.
- Iris – faith, wisdom, friendship, hope, valor, and promise in love – In folklore, Iris is the name of a rainbow goddess.
- Jasmine – attachment, sensuality, modesty, grace, elegance.
- Lilac – beauty, pride, youth, innocence.
- Lotus – estranged love, forgetfulness of the past.
- Magnolia – nobility, perseverance, love of nature.
- Narcissus – self-esteem, stay sweet, vanity – In Greek mythology, Narcissus is obsessed with his own reflection as he kneeled and gazed into the pool, he fell and drowned. And the Narcissus plant first sprang from where he died.
- Orchids – love, beauty, many children, elegance.
- Pansy – you occupy my thoughts.
- Petunia – your presence soothes me.
- Poinsettia/Christmas Flower – purity – According to legend, before Christmas, a poor child picked out a weed from the side of the road as a present for Christ. When he reached the church, the weed blossomed into a plant with red and green flowers.
- Rose – love, remembrance, passion.
- Snapdragon – graciousness, strength.
- Sunflower – adoration.
- Sweet Pea – bliss, departure, good-bye, adieu, thank you for a lovely time.
- Tulip – fame, perfect love.
- Verbena – pray for me, sensibility.
- Violet – virtue, affection, love, let's take a chance on happiness.
- Wisteria – welcome, playful spontaneity.
- Zinnia – thought of absent friends, lasting affection, goodness.
