Floriography ( language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.
(^ From google)
All in all, flowers are cool, and they are now your new excuse to get in contact with friends/relationships and send them a cool gift as well!
I’m not all to great at it, but here’s a list that I totally didn’t copy from a randome website of the meaning behind certain plants and flowers:
Alyssum: Worth beyond beauty
Anemone: Unfading love
Apple Blossom: Good fortune
Artemisia: Dignity
Baby’s Breath: Everlasting love
Calla Lily: Magnificent beauty
Camellia: Perfected loveliness
Carnation: Pride and beauty, fascination
Carnation (striped): Refusal
Carnation (yellow): Disappointment
Cyclamen: It’s over, goodbye
Daffodil: Unrequited love
Daisy: Innocence
Forget-me-not: Memories
Foxglove: Insincerity
Gardenia: Secret love
Gladioli: Sincerity
Heather (pink): Good luck
Jasmine: Cheerful and graceful
Lilac: First sign of love
Lily: Purity of heart
Lily (white): Purity and sweetness
Lily (orange): Hatred
Lily of the Valley: Return of happiness
Marigold: Cruelty or jealousy
Mums (white): Truth
Mums (yellow): Slighted
Orange Blossom: Marriage and fruitfulness
Orchid: Beauty
Peony: Shame or happy marriage
Queen Anne’s Lace: Fantasy
Red Rose: Passionate love
Rudbeckia: Justice
Sweet Pea: Goodbye
Violet: Modesty
Yellow Daylilies: Coquetry
Zinnia (burgundy): Lasting affection
Zinnia (mixed): Thoughts of absent friends
- Do you have any points about the language of flowers to add?
- Would you ever put this much thought into a bouquet?
