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Flowers have
meaning ...
All through
history, lovers have given flowers to each other as a token of
their longing, devotion, and love. Researching the meanings
that people have given to specific flowers, has revealed that
many flowers have many meanings. So, in reality, the meaning of
a flower that you give as a gift is dependent on how special a
flower is to the recipient, friend, mother, girlfriend, or your spouse ...
and whatever you want that flower to represent. Just be sure
that you communicate the correct message to your loved one…
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The meaning of flowers, herbs
Traditional anniversary flowers
Birthday flowers
“I simply love
beautiful things” says Simon Rademan, South African
fashion designer and stylist, “…and flowers are a magical gift
from God!” Designing for, and styling a bride is heavenly
bliss, but a bride without a bouquet simply looks odd. More
than a 100 years ago, members of a bridal party would walk down
the isle with a bunch of herbs and spices (to keep the evil
spirits away)! Today, I am glad to say, it is with flowers, and
flowers have a language of their own. The Victorians made an
art of it…
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flowers
Victorian women carryied small bouquets,
called tussie-mussies, with messages encoded in “the language of
the flowers”. Strands of ivy would signify fidelity and
friendship, gardenias conveyed a secret love, forsythia...
anticipation. Shakespeare used them to enhance the story, as in
Hamlet, when poor Ophelia laments: “There's rosemary,
that's for remembrance; and there is pansies, that's for
thoughts.”
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The Meaning of Flowers, herbs
The following
dictionary defines flowers according to their traditional
meanings. Check here when you wish to send a subtle message
through a bouquet - or to decode the spray you've received!
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ACACIA:
Concealed love, chaste love.
AGAPANTHUS:
Love letters, love.
ALIUM:
Strength.
ALSTROMERIA:
Wealth, prosperity, fortune.
AMARYLLIS:
Pride.
AMBROSIA:
Love is reciprocated.
ANEMONE:
Forsaken, expectation.
ANTHURIUM:
Lover.
APPLE
BLOSSUMS:
Good fortune.
ARBUTUS:
Thee only do I love.
ASPARAGUS FERN:
Fascination.
ASTER: Variety, elegance, daintiness. This purple
wildflower was once burned by the ancients because they believed
the resulting smoke would drive away evil. It was named for the
Latin word for "star." Also known as the birthflower for
September.
ASTILBE:
I'll still be waiting.
AZALEA:
Love, romance, first love, fragile passion, temperance. It
is also the Chinese symbol of womanhood.
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BABY'S BREATH:
Innocence.
BACHELOR BUTTON:
Single blessedness.
BALSAM:
Ardent love.
BEGONIA:
Beware.
BELLS
OF IRELAND:
Good luck.
BIRD
OF PARADISE:
Magnificence.
BITTERSWEET:
Truth.
BLUEBELL:
Humility, constancy.
BOUVARDIA:
Enthusiasm.
BROOM:
Humility.
BUTTERCUP:
Childishness.
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CACTUS:
Endurance.
CALENDULA:
Grief, jealousy. Also the birthflower for October.
CALLA
LILY:
Magnificent beauty. Associated with the sixth wedding
anniversary.
CAMELLIA:
Gratitude.
CAMELLIA, PINK:
Longing for you.
CAMELLIA, RED:
You're a flame in my heart.
CAMELLIA, WHITE:
You're adorable.
CARNATION:
Fascination, distinction, divine love, woman, yes. Also
the birthflower for January.
CARNATION, PINK:
A woman's love, I'll never forget you, mother's love.
CARNATION, PURPLE:
Capriciousness.
CARNATION, RED:
Alas for my poor heart, admiration, my heart aches for you,
fascination.
CARNATION, STRIPED:
Refusal, No, sorry I can't be with you.
CARNATION, WHITE:
Innocence, faithfulness, sweet and lovely, pure love,
ardent love, good luck. These lovely flowers have lasting
qualities, and are often handed out on Mother's Day to symbolize
the purity and strength of motherhood. They were handed out at
the first Mother's Day service in 1908.
CARNATION, YELLOW:
Disdain, rejection, you have disappointed me.
CATTAIL:
Peace, prosperity.
CHRYSANTHEMUM:
Cheerfulness, optimism, rest, truth. Considered to be a
noble flower in Asian culture, mums are used as an object of
meditation per a suggestion by Confucius. Also the birthflower
for November.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, RED:
I love.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, WHITE:
Truth, loyal love.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, YELLOW:
Slighted love.
CLEMATIS:
Clever, intellectual. Associated with the eighth wedding
anniversary.
CORNFLOWER:
Delicacy.
COSMOS:
Modesty. Associated with the 2nd wedding anniversary.
CROCUS:
Cheerfulness, abuse not.
CYCLAMEN:
Resignation, good-bye.
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DAFFODIL:
Regard, rebirth, new beginnings, unrequited love, you're
the only one, chivalry. Associated with the tenth wedding
anniversary. Also the birthflower for March.
DAFFODIL, SINGLE:
Misfortune.
DAFFODIL, SEVERAL:
Joy, happiness.
DAHLIA:
Instability. Associated with the fourteenth wedding
anniversary.
DAISY:
Innocence, loyal love, I'll never tell, purity. Associated
with the fifth wedding anniversary.
DANDELION:
Faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle.
DAY
LILY:
Coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother. Associated with the
twentieth wedding anniversary.
DELPHINIUM:
Big-hearted, fun.
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EBONY:
Blackness.
EREMURUS:
Endurance.
EUPHORBIA:
Persistence.
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FERN:
Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence, shelter.
FIR:
Time.
FLAX:
Domestic symbol.
FLYTRAP:
Deceit.
FORGET-ME-NOT:
True love, hope, remembrance, memories.
FORSYTHIA:
Anticipation.
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER:
Good luck, be mine.
FOXGLOVE:
Insincerity.
FREESIA:
Innocence, thoughtfulness.
FUSCHIA:
Taste. Associated with the third wedding anniversary.
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GARDENIA:
You're lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck.
GERANIUM:
Stupidity, folly, comfort, gentility. Associated with the
fourth wedding anniversary.
GINGER:
Strength.
GLADIOLUS:
Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation, splendid
beauty, give me a break, I'm really sincere, flower of the
Gladiators, admiration, tells recipients that they pierce the
heart like a sword. Because the gladiolus has blade-shaped
leaves, the name comes from the Latin word gladius which means
sword. Also the birthflower for August.
GLOXINA:
Love at first sight.
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HEATHER, LAVENDER:
Admiration, solitude, beauty.
HEATHER, WHITE:
Protection, wishes will come true.
HIBISCUS:
Delicate beauty.
HOLLY:
Foresight, defense, domestic happiness, enchantment.
HOLLYHOCK:
Ambition, fruitfulness. Associated with the thirteenth
wedding anniversary.
HONEYSUCKLE:
Bonds of love.
HUCKLEBERRY:
Simple pleasure.
HYACINTH:
Sport, play, games, rashness, flower dedicated to Apollo.
HYACINTH, BLUE:
Constancy.
HYACINTH, PURPLE:
I am sorry, sorrow, please forgive me.
HYACINTH, RED OR PINK:
Play.
HYACINTH, WHITE:
Loveliness, I'll pray for you.
HYACINTH, YELLOW:
Jealousy.
HYDRANGEA:
Thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness,
heartless.
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IRIS: Wisdom, Fleur-de-lis, emblem of France, your
friendship means so much to me, faith, hope, valor, my
compliments. Associated with the twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary.
IRIS,
BLUE:
Faith, hope.
IRIS,
PURPLE:
Wisdom, compliments.
IRIS,
YELLOW:
Passion.
IRIS,
WHITE:
Purity.
IVY:
Fidelity, wedded love, friendship, affection, marriage.
IXIA:
Happiness.
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JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT:
Associated with the seventh wedding anniversary.
JASMINE, WHITE or INDIAN:
Amiability , I attach myself to you, sensuality,
attachment.
JASMINE, SPANISH:
Sensuality.
JASMINE, YELLOW:
Grace, elegance.
JONQUIL:
Sympathy , love me, affection returned, desire.
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LADY SLIPPER:
Capricious beauty.
LARKSPUR:
Fickleness, ardent attachment, levity, lightness. Also the
birthflower for July.
LARKSPUR, PINK:
Fickleness.
LARKSPUR, PURPLE:
First love.
LAVENDER:
Devotion.
LEATHERLEAF FERN:
Fascination.
LILAC:
Youthful, humility, confidence.
LILY:
Majesty, wealth, pride, innocence, purity.
LILY,
WHITE:
Purity, modesty, virginity, majesty, it's heavenly to be
with you. The white lily is linked to Juno, the queen of the
gods in Roman mythology, by the story that while nursing her son
Hercules, some excess milk fell from the sky creating the group
of stars we call the Milky Way, and lilies were created from
what milk fell to the earth. The Easter lily is also known as
the symbol of the Virgin Mary.
LILY,
ORANGE:
flame, I burn for you.
LILY,
YELLOW:
I'm walking on air, false, gay.
LILY
OF THE VALLEY:
Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness, tears of the
Virgin Mary, you've made my life complete, humility, happiness.
The legend of the lily of the valley is that it sprang from
Eve's tears when she was kicked out of the Garden of Eden. It is
also believed that this flower protects gardens from evil
spirits. Also known as the flower of May.
LOTUS
BLOSSUM:
Estranged love.
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MAGNOLIA:
Dignity, love of nature, nobility.
MARIGOLD:
Affection, cruelty, grief, jealousy. The marigold was
called Mary's Gold by early Christians who placed garlands of
marigolds by statues of the Virgin Mary.
MARIGOLD, POT:
Grief, despair.
MIMOSA:
Sensitivity.
MINT:
Virtue.
MISTLETOE:
Kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties, sacred plant
of India.
MONKSHOOD:
Beware, a deadly foe is near, danger.
MORNING GLORY:
Loves you. Associated with the eleventh wedding
anniversary.
MOSS:
Maternal love, charity.
MYRTLE:
Love, Hebrew emblem of marriage.
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NARCISSUS:
Egotism, conceit, self love, self admiration, formality,
stay as sweet as you are. Also known as the birthflower for
December.
NASTURTIUM:
Conquest, victory in battle. Associated with the fortieth
wedding anniversary.
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OAK LEAVES:
Bravery.
OLEANDER:
Caution.
OLIVE
BRANCH:
Peace.
ORANGE BLOSSUM:
Purity, innocence, eternal love, marriage and
fruitfulness, fertility.
ORANGE,
MOCK: Deceit.
ORCHID:
Rare beauty, love, refinement, beautiful lady, Chinese
symbol for many children, mature charm, beauty, long life.
Associated with twenty-eighth wedding anniversary.
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PALM LEAVES:
Victory, success.
PANSIES:
Receipient is being thought about. The flower's name comes
from the French word pensée which means thought or remembrance.
Associated with the first wedding anniversary.
PAPERWHITE:
Aphrodisiac due to its intoxicating scent. It is also the
national flower of Wales because it often blooms on March 1st
which is St. David's feast day, Wales' patron saint.
PEONY:
Bashfulness, shame, happy life, happy marriage, good
health, prosperity. Associated with the twelfth wedding
anniversary.
PEPPERMINT:
Cordiality.
PERIWINKLE:
Friendship.
PETUNIA:
Resentment, anger, your presence soothes me.
PHLOX:
Unanimity.
POPPY:
Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination. Associated with
ninth wedding anniversary.
POPPY, RED:
Pleasure, consolation.
POPPY, WHITE:
Consolation, sleep, rest.
POPPY, YELLOW:
Wealth, success.
PRIMROSE:
I can't live without you.
PRIMROSE, EVENING:
Happy love.
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QUEEN ANNE'S LACE:
Haven.
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RANUNCULUS:
You are radiant with charm, radiant charm.
RHODODENDRON:
Danger, caution.
ROSE:
Love, passion, perfection. The rose was named for the
Latin word rosa which means red. It has been a symbol of love
since ancient times. Associated with the fifthteenth wedding
anniversary. It is also known as the birthflower of June.
ROSE, BURGUNDY:
Beauty within.
ROSE,
CORAL:
Desire.
ROSE,
DARK CRIMSON:
Mourning.
ROSE,
HIBISCUS:
Delicate beauty.
ROSE,
LAVENDER:
Love at first sight, enchantment.
ROSE,
LEAF:
You may hope.
ROSE,
MOSS:
Confessions of love.
ROSE,
ORANGE:
Fascination, display feeling of enthusiasm.
ROSE,
PEACH:
Desire, gratitude, apprecation, admiration, sympathy,
modesty.
ROSE,
PINK:
Happiness, appreciation, admiration, friendship, sympathy.
ROSE,
DARK PINK:
Thankfulness.
ROSE,
LIGHT PINK:
Grace, gladness, joy, perfect happiness, please believe
me, gratitude, admiration, gentility.
ROSE,
RED:
Love, passion, respect, courage, I love you, beauty, pure
and lovely, prosperity.
ROSE,
DEEP RED:
Un-selfconscious beauty.
ROSE,
SINGLE, FULL BLOOM:
I love you, I still love you, new love.
ROSE,
BUD, SMALL:
Pure and lovely, beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love.
ROSE,
THORNLESS:
Love at first sight.
ROSE,
WHITE:
Innocence, purity, secrecy, I am worthy of you, silence,
friendship, truth, virtue, girlhood, humility spiritual love,
but of the soul, reverence, charm, happy love.
ROSE,
WHITE, DRIED:
Death is preferable to loss of virtue.
ROSE,
YELLOW:
Joy, friendship, true love, decrease of love, jealousy,
try to care, freedom, slighted love, shows "I care", joy,
gladness.
ROSES, BOUQUET, MATURE:
Gratitude.
ROSES, RED & WHITE TOGETHER:
Unity, flower emblem of England.
ROSES, YELLOW & RED TOGETHER:
Happiness, congratulations.
ROSES, YELLOW & ORANGE TOGETHER:
Passionate thoughts.
ROSEMARY:
Remembrance, purity, rebirth.
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SAGE:
Virtue.
SALAL:
Zest.
SCABIOUS:
Unfortunate love.
SMILAX:
Loveliness.
SNAPDRAGON:
Deception, gracious lady, presumption.
SPEARMINT:
Warm sentiment.
SPIDER FLOWER:
Elope with me.
STAR
OF BETHLEHEM: Purity.
STATICE:
Sympathy, remembrance, success.
STEPHANOTIS:
Happiness in marriage, desire to travel.
STOCK:
Lasting beauty, bonds of affection, promptness, you'll
always be beautiful to me.
SUNFLOWER:
Follows the sun as it grows, adoration, haughtiness.
"I
don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets
life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason
behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because
it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head
tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish
for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these
flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And
such a lesson in life." - Chris's (Helen Mirren) comment in the
movie,
"Calendar Girls."
SWEET
PEA:
Lasting pleasure, good-bye, departure, blissful pleasure,
thank you for a lovely time, I think of you. Supposedly this
delicate flower was named by the poet John Keats. Associated
with the thirtieth wedding anniversary. Also known as the
birthflower of April.
SWEET
WILLIAM:
Gallantry, smile, finesse.
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THYME:
Activity.
TUBEROSE:
Dangerous pleasure.
TULIP:
Perfect lover, frame, flower emblem of Holland.
TULIP, RED:
Believe me, declaration of love, fame.
TULIP, VARIEGATED:
Beautiful eyes.
TULIP, YELLOW:
Hopeless love, there's sunshine in your smile.
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VIOLET:
Modesty, faithfulness, innocence, understated beauty. Worn
by the ancient Greeks to induce sleep and to calm tempers.
Associated with the fifieth wedding anniversary. Also known as
the birthflower of February.
VIOLET, BLUE:
Watchfulness, faithfulness, I'll always be true.
VIOLET, PURPLE:
Thoughts of you, blue love.
VIOLET, WHITE:
Let's take a chance, youthful innocence.
VIOLET, YELLOW:
Love of country.
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WATER LILY:
Purity of heart.
WEEPING WILLOW:
Mourning.
WHEAT:
Friendliness.
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YARROW:
Healing, sorrow.
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ZINNIA:
Thoughts of absent friends, in memory of an absent friend.
ZINNIA, SCARLET:
Constancy.
ZINNIA, WHITE:
Goodness.
ZINNIA, YELLOW:
Daily remembrance.
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1st - 50th Anniversaries
Some
couples like to give traditional anniversary flowers on their
wedding anniversary or use the traditional flower in the
decorations of an anniversary celebration.
Here is a listing of the flowers often associated
with the 1st through 50th wedding anniversaries.
1st
Wedding Anniversary
- Pansy
2nd
Wedding Anniversary
- Cosmos
3rd
Wedding Anniversary
- Fuchsia
4th
Wedding Anniversary
- Geranium
5th
Wedding Anniversary
- Daisy
6th
Wedding Anniversary
- Calla Lily
7th
Wedding Anniversary
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
8th
Wedding Anniversary
- Clematis
9th
Wedding Anniversary
- Poppy
10th
Wedding Anniversary
- Daffodil
11th
Wedding Anniversary
- Morning Glory
12th
Wedding Anniversary
- Peony
13th
Wedding Anniversary
- Hollyhock
14th
Wedding Anniversary
- Dahlia
15th
Wedding Anniversary
- Rose
20th
Wedding Anniversary
- Day Lily
25th
Wedding Anniversary
- Iris
28th
Wedding Anniversary
- Orchid
30th
Wedding Anniversary
- Sweet Pea
40th
Wedding Anniversary
- Nasturtium
50th
Wedding Anniversary
- Violet
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