Aster   
Elegance and Daintiness. Talisman of Love.   
It is said that this kind of flowers began to grow from the tears of Asterea, the Greek goddess of the starry sky (also known as Virgo in Rome), who cried because she saw no star when she looked down upon the earth.   

Balloon Flower    
Unchanging Love. Honesty and Obedience. Warning.    
The Japanese call these the Turkish balloon flowers, not because they come from Turkey, but rather because they think the flowers look like the dwelling place of the Turks... That sounds a bit imaginative. However, since the petals curve out as in defense, the flower is thought of as a young lady that cannot be offended.  

Christmas Rose (Hellebore)  
Madness and Delirium.  
In Greek mythology, Melampus the great seers used this plant as a herb to cure the madness of King Proetus' daughters and other Greek women, who lost their hair and roamed wildly through mountains and desert of Tiryns, thinking themselves to be cows. Melampus and his brother Bias gained a fortune (two thirds of King Proetus' kingdom) as a result, becoming the husbands of the princesses.  
  

Daisy   
Gentleness and Innocence. Purity in Thought and Loyal Love.   
Though there are many names and short stories about daisy, one popular thing people like to do with this kind of common flower is plucking off the petals one by one and chant "he loves me" with the first and "he loves me not" with the next, and so on. The last petal left would tell whether one was loved or not.   

Hyacinth     
Sincerity. Games and Sport. Rashness and Woe.     
A well-known Greek myth tells of a handsome Spartan youth called Hyacinthus, loved by the god Apollo, was accidentally killed when the two were casting discus together. Broken hearted, Apollo created the hyacinth flower out of the blood of his friend that bore on its petal the Greek syllables of lament ai ai, meaning "woe."    
Iris    
Faith, Wisdom and Valor. Hope, Light and Power. Eloquence, Message and Promise. Emblem of the Warrior and Flower of May in Japan (see Japanese Flower Calendar for more information).    
Since Iris is the Greek goddess of messenger of love, her sacred flower is considered the symbol of communication and message. Greek men would often plant iris on the graves of their beloved women as attribute to the goddess Iris, whose duty it was to take the souls of women to the Eysian fields.    
Lily    
Sincerity and Majesty. Purity and Virginity. Symbol of Motherhood. Peace.    
According to the Roman myth, when Juno, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage, was nursing her son Hercules, excess milk fell from the sky. Part of it stayed in the heavens, creating the Milky Way, and part of it fell to earth, creating the lilies. In Rome, lilies were known as Rosa junonis, or Juno's rose.   
Narcissus    
Egotism and Conceit. Symbol of Good Fortune. Emblem of Winter. Mirth and Joyousness. Emblem of Formality.    
Extreme egotism finds its way to Greek mythology through a person named Narcissus, a ravishly beautiful youth who spurned all his suitors of both sexes, including the tragic Echo. However, he was fated to come by a spring on the heights of Mount Helicon one day, and when he saw his reflection in the water, he fell in love with it and would not want to leave it. As a result, he wasted away there, and became the flower Narcissus which always bow down its head to its image in the water at its feet.    

Peony    
Plant of Healing. Happy Life and Prosperity. Flower of June in Japan (see Japanese Flower Calendar for more information).    
It is believed that Peony is named for Paeon (also known as Paean), who seemed to be a deity of healing as he had healed Hades and Ares of wounds. The flower myth concerning about him says that Paeon was a student of Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing. He was once instructed by Leto (Apollo's mother and goddess of fertility) to obtain a magical root growing on Mount Olympus that would soothe the pain of women in childbirth. Asclepius became jealous and threatened to kill his pupil. Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by changing him into the peony flower. However, peony seeds were used on pregnant women in ancient times.  

Sunflower   
Homage and Devotion. "My eyes see only you!"   
Clytie was a nymph who loved Helius (the god of the Sun), but he scorned her in favour of another girl called Leucothoe. In a fit of jealousy Clytie told the affair to Leucothoe's father, King Orchamus of Persia, who then buried his daughter alive as a punishment. Helius hated Clytie even more, and poor Clytie wasted away and became the sunflower, whose head turns to follow the course of the sun across the sky each day.  

Tulip    
Perfect Lover. "A declaration of love!" Flower of Spring. Imagination and Dreaminess.    
It is said in a Persian legend that a young man, Farhad, was in love with a beautiful woman, Sharin. One day, Farhad received news that his lover was dead. In his grief, he jumped off a high cliff, and where his body landed, there the tulips first began to grow. The saddest part was that the message was sent by a jealous rival, and Sharin was actually still alive.   

Venus-looking-glass (Bellflower)     
Gratitude    
It is said that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty or Rome, had lost her magic mirror that anyone who looked in it would see nothing but beauty. A poor shepherd boy found it, but would not give it back because he had become entranced with his own image. Venus therefore sent Cupid down to get it back, and in his haste, Cupid struck the shepherd's hand. The mirror shattered, and everywhere a piece of it landed, a Venus-looking-glass flower began to grow.    

Yarrow   
Dispute and Quarrels   
Also known as the Achillea, it is named after the hero Achilles of Homer's Iliad, who was said to have given this plant to his soldiers to help stanch the flow of blood from their wounds during the Trojan War. Modern tests on the plan have found that it does indeed contain chemicals that help blood to clot. It is also called "devil's plaything" because people in the past believed that placing yarrow under the pillow will cause one to dream of matters of love.