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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 reciprocated
Amaranth – Fidelity
Amaranth, Globe – Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love
Amaryllis – Pride; Timidity; splendid beauty, Pastoral poetry
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 – Symbol of 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
Balm – Sympathy
Balsam – Ardent love
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
Bells of Ireland – Good luck
Bird of Paradise – Magnificence
Bittersweet – Truth
Black Bryont/Lady’s Seal – Be my support
Bluebell – Humility; constancy
Borage – Courage; bluntness
Bouquet of withered flowers – Rejected love
Broom – Humility; neatness
Buck Bean – Calm repose
Bulrush – Indiscretion; docility
Burnet – A merry heart
Buttercup – Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches
C
Cactus – Endurance; warmth; grandeur
Calendula – Joy
Calla lily – Magnificent beauty
Calycanthus/carolina allspice/sweet shrub – Benevolence
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
Canterbury bells/bell flower – Gratitude
Cardinal flower/scarlet lobelia – Distinction
Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart
Carnation (pink) – I’ll never forget you, women’s love
Carnation (purple) – Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable
Carnation (red) – My heart aches for you; admiration
Carnation (deep red) – Alas! For my poor heart
Carnation (purple) – Capriciousness
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
Catchfly (red) – Youthful love, I fall victim
Cattail – Peace; prosperity
Cattleya – Mature charms
Cedar – I live for thee; think of me
Celandine – Joys to come
Chamomile – Patience; attracts wealth, energy in action
Cherry Blossom (single) – Education
Chickweed – I cling to thee
Chicory – Frugality
Christmas Rose/Helleborus – Relieve my anxiety
Chrysanthemum (in general) – Cheerfulness; You’re a wonderful friend, abundance and wealth
Chrysanthemum (red) – I love
Chrysanthemum (white) – Truth
Chrysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love
Cinquefoil – Beloved child
Clematis – Artifice (ingenuity)
Cinnamon – My fortune is yours
Clover (four-leaf) – Good luck; be mine
Clover (white) – Think of me
Clover (red) – Industry
Colchicum (meadow saffron) – My best days fled
Columbine – Folly
Columbine (purple) – Resolved to win
Columbine (red) – Anxious
Compass Flower – Faith
Convolvus minor/bindweed – Uncertainty
Corchorus – Impatience of happiness
Coreopsis – Always cheerful
Corn – Riches
Cornflower – Delicacy; refinement
Coriander – Lust
Coronilla/Crown vetch – Success to you
Cowslip – Pensiveness; winning grace
Coxcomb – Foppery, unfading love
Crocus – Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy
Crown Imperial – Majesty; power
Cyclamen – Resignation and goodbye; diffidence
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Daffodil – Respect; regard; unrequited love; the sun shines when I’m with you
Daffodil (yellow) – Chivalry
Dahlia – Good taste; instability, forever thine
Daisy – Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity
Daisy (red) – Beauty unknown to possessor
Dandelion – Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle
Daphane cneorum/rose daphane – I desire to please
Daphne odora – Painting the lily, I would not have you otherwise
Dead Leaves – Sadness
Delphinium – Airy, big-hearted, fun
Dill – Lust
Diosma – Your simple elegance charms me
Dog Rose – Pleasure and pain
Dogwood – Durability
Dogwood (flowering) – Am i indifferent to you?
Dragon root/green dragon (arum draconium) – Ardor
Dracaena/Dragon’s Blood/Dragon Lily – Inner power
E
Edelweiss – Daring; noble courage
Eglantine – Poetry; I wound to heal
Elder – Zealousness
Elm – Dignity
Elder Flower – Zeal
Endine – Frugality
Epigaea, repens/Mayflower/trailing arbutus – Budding
Eremurus – Endurance
Eucalyptus – Protection
Eupatorium – Delay
Euphorbia – Persistence
Everlasting – Never ceasing memory
F
Fennel – Worthy of all praise; strength
Fern – Sincerity
Fern (Magic) – Fascination; confidence and shelter
Fern (Maidenhair) – Secret bond of love
Fern (royal) – Reverie
Feverfew – Protection
Fig – Argument
Fir – Time
Filbert – Reconciliation
Flax – Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness
Flora’s Bell – Without pretension
Flowering Reed – Confide in heaven
Forget-me-not – True love; memories; forget me not
Forsythia – Anticipation
Foxglove – Insincerity
Foxtail Grass – Sporting
Fraxinella/cultivated dittany/gas plant – Fire
Freesia – Innocence, trust
Fuchsia – Good taste
Fuchsia (scarlet) – Confiding love, taste
Fuller’s Teasel – Misanthropy
Furze – Love for all occasions
G
Gardenia – You’re lovely; secret love; refinement; joy
Garland of roses – Reward of virtue
Garlic – Courage; strength, get well, ward off evil & illness
Gentian (fringed) – Intrinsic worth, i look to heaven, autumn
Gentian (closed) – Sweet be thy dreams
Geranium – true friend, stupidity, folly
Geranium (apple) – present preference
Geranium (ivy) – your hand for next dance
Geranium (lemon) – unexpected meeting
Geranium (nutmeg) – i expect a meeting
Geranium (penciled) – ingenuity
Geranium (scarlet) – consolation, melancholy
Geranium (silver-leaf) – Recall
Geranium (Oak leafed) – Friendship
Geranium (Rose) – Preference
Geranium (Scented) – Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly
Gerbera – Innocence
Gillyflower – Bonds of affection
Ginger – Strength
Gladiolus – Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity
Globe Amaranth – Unfading love
Gloxinia – Love at first sight
Golden Rod – Precaution
Gooseberry – Anticipation
Goosefoot – Goodness
Gorse – Endearing affection
Grass – Submission; utility, homosexual love
Guelder Rose – winters; age
H
Harebell/Campanula – Humility, grief
Hawthorn – Hope
Hazel – Reconciliation
Heart’s easr/purple/Johnny jump up – You occupy my thoughts
Hepatica (Anemone nobilis) – Confidence
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
Henbane – For males to attract love from females
Hibiscus – Consumed by love, delicate beauty
Holly – Good will; defense; domestic happiness; foresight
Hollyhock – Female ambition; fecundity, fruitfulness
Hollyhock (white) – Female ambition
Honesty/lunaria/Dollar plant/Money plant – sincerity, Honesty; fascination
Honeyflower – Sweet, secret love, generous affection, sweetness of disposition
Honeysuckle – The bond of love, generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition
Honeysuckle (coral) – I love you
Hop – Injustice
Houstonia/bluet/Quaker ladies – Content
Hoya/Wax plant – Sculpture
Huckleberry – Faith, simple pleasures
Hyacinth (general) – Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo, games & sports
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
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Ice plant – Your looks freeze me
Indian Cress/Nasturtium – Resignation
Ipomaca – I attach myself to you
Iris – Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message
Iris (yellow) – Passion
Iris (German) – Flame
Ivy – Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
Ivy (sprig of white tendrils)- Anxious to please, affection
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Jasmine – Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance
Japonica – Sincerity, symbol of love
Jerusalem Oak – Your love is reciprocated
Jasmine (Indian) – Attachment
Jasmine (Spanish) – Sensuality
Jasmine (yellow) – Modesty, grace, elegance
Jasmine (white) – Amiability
Jonquil – Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy
Judas Tree – Unbelief; betrayal
Juniper – Protection; succour
Jonquil – Love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy
K
Kingcup – Desire for riches
Kennedia – Intellectual beauty
L
Laburnum – Forsaken; pensive beauty
Lady’s Slipper – Win me, capricious beauty
Lantana – Rigor
Larkspur (pink) – Fickleness; levity
Laurel (mountain) – Ambition; glory
Lauristinus – Cheerful in adversity
Lavender – Devotion, love
Lemon – Zest
Lemon Balm – Brings love
Lemon Blossom – Fidelity in love; I promise to be true
Lemon verbena – Attracts opposite sex
Lilac – First love
Lilac (purple) – First emotions of love
Lilac (white) – Youthful innocence
Lily (general) – Purity
Lily (calla) – Beauty
Lily (day) – Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother
Lily (eucharis) – Maidenly charms
Lily (orange) – Hatred
Lily (tiger) – Wealth; pride, prosperity
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; perfect purity, tears of the Virgin Mary
Liverwort – Confidence
Lobelia – Malevolence
Love-in-a-mist – Perplexity
Love-Lies-Bleeding/Amaranths – Hopeless, not heartless, desertion
Lotus – Estranged love, forgetful of the past
Lucerne – life
Lungwort – thou art my life
Lupin – Voraciousness; admiration, imagination
Lychnis/Campion/Maltese Cross – Religious enthusiasm
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Magnolia – Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty
Magnolia (Chinese) – Love of nature
Mallow – Delicate beauty, sweetness
Marigold – Comforts the heart; sacred affection, caress, sorrow
Marjoram (sweet) – Joy and happiness; blushes
Marvel of Peru/Four O’ Clock – Timidity
Meadow Saffron – My best days are gone
Meadowsweet – Uselessness
Mezereon – Desire to please
Michaelmas Daisy – Afterthought; farewell
Mignionette – Your qualities surpass your charms, health
Milk Vetch – Your presence softens my pain
Mimosa – Sensitivity, secret love
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
Motherwort – Secret love
Moonwort/Honesty – Forgetfulness
Mouse-Ear Chickweed – Simplicity
Mugwort/Wormwood – Tranquility, happiness
Mullein – Good nature
Myrrh – Gladness
Myrtle – Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage
Myrtle (wax) – Discipline; instruction
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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
Nuts – Stupidity
O
Oak leaves – Bravery
Oleander – Caution; beware
Olive Branch – Peace
Orange – Generosity
Orange Blossom – Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your loveliness
Orange (mock) – Deceit
Orchid – Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me, Thoughtfulness
Orchid (Cattleya) – Mature charm
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Palm leaves – Victory and success
Pansy – Thoughts (you occupy my thoughts); love, merriment
Parsley – Festivities
Passion flower – Faith, religious fervor
Pasque Flower – Unpretentious, You have no claims
Pear – Affection
Peach blossom – Longevity; I am your captive
Peony – Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation
Peppermint – Warmth of feelings, cordiality
Periwinkle (blue) – Early friendship
Periwinkle (white) – Pleasures of memory
Persicaria – Restoration
Petunia – Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing
Pheasant’s eye/Adonis – sorrowful memories
Phlox – Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams, our souls are united
Pimpernel/Poor man’s weather glass – Change
Pine – Hope; pity
Pink – Boldness, pure affection
Pink- Pink (mountain) – You are aspiring
Poinsettia – Be of good cheer
Polyanthus – Pride of riches
Pomegranate Flower – Elegance
Poppy (general) – Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance
Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance
Poppy (white) – Consolation; sleep
Poppy (yellow) – Wealth; success
Prickly Pear – Satire
Pride of China – Dissension
Primrose – I can’t live without you; early youth; young love
Primrose (evening) – Inconstancy
Primrose (red) – Unpatronized merit
Prince’s feather – Unfading love
Pussy willow – Motherhood
Q
Quaking Grass – Agitation
Queen Anne’s Lace – Fantasy
Quince – Temptation
R
Ragged Robin – Wit
Ranunculus – I am dazzled by your charms
Reeds – Music
Rhubarb – Advice
Rhododendron – Danger, beware, I am dangerous
Rocket – Rivalry
Rose (bridal) – Happiness
Rose (burgundy) – Unconscious beauty
Rose (coral) – desire
Rose (damask) – Freshness, Persian ambassador of love
Rose (dark crimson) – Mourning
Rose (dog) – Pleasure & pain
Rose (green) – I am from Mars
Rose (hibiscus) – Delicate, beauty
Rose (leaf) – You may hope
Rose (lavender) – Enchantment
Rose (black) – Death
Rose (orange) – Fascination
Rose (pink) – Perfect happiness, secret love, grace & sweetness, please believe me
Rose (dark pink) – Thankfulness
Rose (pale pink) – Grace, joy
Rose (peach) – Immortality, modesty
Rose (white) – Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence
Rose (red) – Love, I love you, respect, beauty
Rose (deep red) – Bashful, shame
Rose (tea) – I’ll remember – always
Rose (thornless) – Love at first sight, early attachment
Rose (white & red together) – Unity, flower emblem of England
Rose (white-dried) – Death is preferable to loss of virtue
Rose (yellow) – Joy, jealousy, friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion)
Roses (single full bloom) – I truly love you, simplicity.
Roses (garland or crown of) – beware of virtue, reward of merit, symbol of superior merit
Rose-of-Sharon – Consumed by love
Rose (red and white) – Together; unity
Rose (single, full bloom) – I love you; I still love you
Rosebud – Beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love
Rose bud (red) – Pure and lovely
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
Rush/Horse-tail – Docility
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Saffron – Beware of excess
Sage – Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue, great respect
Salvia (blue) – I think of you
Satin-Flower – Sincerity
Scabious – Unfortunate love
Sensitive Plant – Timidity
Shamrock – Lightheartedness
Sloe – Difficulty, Austerity
Smilax – Loveliness
Snapdragon – Strength, gracious lady; presumption
Snowball – Thoughts of Heaven
Snowdrop – Hope, Consolation
Solidago – Success
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
Starwort – Welcome to a Stranger
Stephanotis – Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me
Stock – Lasting beauty; promptness, you’ll always be beautiful to me
Stonecrop – Tranquility
Strawberry – Perfect goodness
Straw Flower – Agreement
Straw (Broken) – Broken agreement
Sytingia/Mock Orange/Lilac – Memory
Sunflower – Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid
Sunflower (Tall) – False riches, Pride
Sunflower ( Dwarf) – Adoration
Sweet Basil – Good luck
Sweet pea – Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time
Sweet-Sultan – Felicity, Happiness
Sweet William – Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry
Syringa – Memory
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Tamarisk – Crime
Teasel (Dipscaus) – Misanthropy
Thornapple – I dreamed of thee
Thrift (Armeria) – Sympathy
Thyme – Strength and courage; activity
Traveler’s Joy – Rest, Safety
Trumpet Flower/Angel’s Trumpet/Datura – Separation
Tuberose – Dangerous pleasure
Tulip(general) – Perfect lover, fame, flower emblem of Holland, Fame; charity;
Tulip(red) – Believe me; declaration of love
Tulip(variegated) – Beautiful eyes
Tulip(yellow) – There’s sunshine in your smile
Turnip – Charity
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Valerian – An accommodating disposition
Venus Flytrap – Caught at Last
Venus’ Looking Glass – Flattery
Verbena – Pray for me, Sensibility
Vernal Grass – Poor but happy
Veronica – Fidelity
Vervain – Enchantment
Vine – Intoxicating
Violet – Modesty; faithfulness, Virtue, Affection
Violet (blue) – Watchfulness; faithfulness; I’ll always be true
Violet (white) – Let’s take a chance on happiness
Virgin’s Bower/Clematis – Filial Love (Filial: referring to a son or daughter)
Viscaria – Will you dance with me?
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Wallflower/Gilly Flower – Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty
Water Lily – Purity of heart
Windflower – Sincerity, Symbol of Love
Wintergreens – Harmony
Wistaria – I cling to you, Welcome
Witch Hazel – A spell
Wolfbane/Aconite/Turk’s Cap/Friar’s Cap/Bear’s Foot – Misanthropy, Chivalry, Knight
Woodbine – Fraternal Love
Woodruff – Sweet humility
Wormwood/Artemisia – Absence, Do not be discouraged
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Xeranthemum – Cheerfulness under adversity
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Yarrow – Health; healing, Cure for heartache
Yew – Sorrow
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Zephyr Flower – Sincerity, Symbol of Love
Zinnia – Thoughts of friends
Zinnia (magenta) – Lasting affection
Zinnia (mixed) – Thinking (or in memory) of an absent friend
Zinnia (scarlet) – Constancy
Zinnia (white) – Goodness
Zinnia (yellow) – Daily remembrance |
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