| We don't really think about the meaning of | | | | * Alstroemeria meaning - Devotion; friendship |
| flowers today whenever we give them, we just | | | | * Alyssum meaning - Worth beyond beauty |
| pick out a pretty flower and we give it to | | | | * Ambrosia meaning - Love returned |
| someone but actually the real meaning behind | | | | * Aster meaning - Love; daintiness |
| flowers and their secret language has been lost. | | | | * Azalea meaning - Take care of yourself for me; |
| The Victorians used flowers as a discreet form of | | | | fragile passion; temperance; |
| communication. During the 18th century sending | | | | * Baby's Breath meaning - Everlasting love; |
| flower messages based on a Turkish secret | | | | happiness; pure in heart |
| language of flowers became popular. This was | | | | * Begonia meaning - Beware |
| known as sending a 'Persian Salaam' - a coded | | | | * Bluebell - constancy and everlasting love |
| bouquet to reveal your feelings of love or | | | | * Calendula meaning - Joy |
| attraction. The Victorians became very | | | | * Carnation meaning (in general) - Bonds of |
| knowledgeable in flower language and chose and | | | | affection; health and energy; |
| arranged their bouquets carefully. | | | | * Chysanthemum meaning (in general) - |
| Of course all flowers deal with love and | | | | Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend |
| appreciation in some way or another, but their | | | | * Daisy meaning - Innocence; loyal love; purity; |
| color or arrangement can mean different things. | | | | faith; cheer; simplicity |
| For example, back then red roses stood for love | | | | * Iris meaning - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; |
| as they do today, but yellow roses stood for | | | | my compliments; eloquence; |
| jealousy. If you sent yellow carnations to | | | | * Larkspur meaning (pink) - Fickleness; levity |
| someone, it meant you were rejecting them. | | | | * Lily meaning (general) - Purity |
| The study of the meaning of flowers is an actual | | | | * Orange Blossom meaning - Wisdom; purity; |
| science known as floriography, and it reveals an | | | | eternal love; |
| extra underlying meaning to sending or receiving | | | | * Orchid meaning - Love; beauty; refinement; you |
| flowers - subtle and secret messages can be | | | | flatter me |
| passed through the different type of flowers. | | | | * Queen Anne's Lace meaning - Fantasy |
| "How charmingly a young gentleman can speak to | | | | * Ranunculus meaning - You are radiant with |
| a young lady, and with what eloquent silence in | | | | charms |
| this delightful language." | | | | * Tulip(general) meaning - Fame; charity; |
| Many of these secret meanings behind flowers | | | | declaration of love |
| have been forgotten over the centuries, but if | | | | There's certainly more to the meaning behind |
| there's something you want to say to someone, | | | | flowers than you might realize. Get out a |
| nothing says it like flowers. | | | | dictionary of flowers and have fun exploring the |
| Here are some selected list of flowers and their | | | | multiple interpretations, ambiguous meanings and |
| particular symbolic meanings: | | | | historical contexts behind flowers and find out |
| * Aloe meaning - Grief | | | | what else lies behind their beautiful presence. |