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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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Go to my Rose Symbolism Page! | ||||||||||||
Name: Rose Elena Email: rosebudchik@hotmail.com |
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