Flower Symbolism
For anyone who stumbles upon this page, consider it a cheat sheet for your holiday flora gifts.  Hopefully it will be useful to at least one person.  This list has been compiled from several sources, and I would like to thank all of them generally here.  It is also most likely a continued work in progress, and I will add to it as I acquire new information.
Flowering Almond: Hope
Anemone: Expectation
Beech: Prosperity
Bell Flower: Gratitude
Birch: Meekness
Broom: Humility
Calla Lily: Magnificent beauty
Camellia: Excellence
Pink Carnation: Mother's love, Mothers' Day
Red Carnation: Fascination, my poor heart
Variegated/Striped Carnation: Refusal
White Canration: Ardent love
Red Chrysanthemum: I love you
Yellow Chrysanthemum: Slighted love
White Chrysanthemum: Truth
Corn: Riches
Cornflower: Delicacy
Cyclamen: Diffidence
Cypress: Despair
Daffodil: Regard
Dahlia: Instability
Daisy: Youth, innocence
Dandelion: Love's oracle
Fern: Fascination
Flytrap: Deceit
Fox-glove: Insincerity
Goldenrod: Precaution
Heliotrope: Devotion, faithfulness
Hibiscus: Delicate beauty
Holly: Foresight
Honeysuckle: Devoted affection
Hyacinth: Play, sport
Iris: Message
Ivy: Fidelity, Marital love
Johnny Jump-Ups: Thinking of you
Jonquil: Affection returned
Larkspur: lightness, levity
Laurel: Glory, ambition
Lilac: First love
Imperial Lily: Majesty
Lily of the Valley: Return of happiness
Lotus Blossom: Estranged love
Magnolia: Love of nature
Marigold: Jealousy
Mimosa: Sensitivity
Mint: Virtue
Moss: Maternal love
Myrtle: Love
Narcissus: Self love
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Olive: Peace
Pansy: Thinking of you
Peony: Bashfulness
Periwinkle: Friendship
Red Poppy: Consolation
Primrose: Youth
Ranunculus: Radiant charm
Rosemary: Remembrance
Sage: Esteem, domestic virtue
Stephanotis: Happiness in marriage
Stock: Lasting beauty
Sunflower: Adoration, haughtiness
Sweet Pea: Pleasure, Departure
Thyme: Activity
Tuberose: Dangerous pleasures
Tulip: Fame
Red Tulip: Declaration of love
Variegated Tulip: Beautiful eyes
Yellow Tulip: Hopeless love
Violet: Faithfulness, modesty
Yellow Violet: Love of the country
Water Lily: purity of heart
Zinnia: Thoughts of absent friends
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