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• Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; hope
• Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice
• Achillea millefolia - War
• Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy
• Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality
• Agapanthus - Love letters
• Agnus castus - Coldness; indifference
• Allspice - Compassion
• Almond Blossom - Hope; lover's charm
• Aloe - Grief
• Alstroemeria - Devotion; friendship
• Alyssum - Worth beyond beauty
• Ambrosia - Love returned
• Amaranth - Fidelity
• Amaranth, Globe - Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love
• Amaryllis - Pride; Timidity; splendid beauty
• Anemone - Unfading love; truth; sincerity; anticipation; forsaken; fading hope
• Angelica - Inspiration
• Aniseed - Restoration of youth
• Apple blossom - Preference; good fortune
• Arbor Vitae - True friendship
• Arbutus - Thee only do I love
• Artemisia - Dignity
• Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave
• Aster - Love; daintiness
• Azalea - Take care of yourself for me; fragile passion; temperance; Chinese symbol of womanhood
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B |
• Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love
• Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart
• Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred
• Bay Leaf - Strength; I change but in death
• Bear's Breeches - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice
• Begonia - Beware
• Betony - Surprise
• Bells Of Ireland - Good luck
• Bilberry - Treachery
• Bird Of Paradise - Magnificence
• Bittersweet - Truth
• Bluebell - Humility; constancy
• Borage - Courage; bluntness
• Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love
• Broom - Humility; neatness
• Bulrush - Indiscretion; docility
• Burnet - A merry heart
• Buttercup - Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches
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C |
• Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur
• Calendula - Joy
• Calla - Magnificent beauty
• Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness
• Camellia (Pink) - Longing for you
• Camellia (Red) - You're a flame in my heart
• Camellia (White) - You're adorable
• Camomile - Energy in adversity
• Candytuft - Indifference
• Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart
• Carnation (pink) - I'll never forget you
• Carnation (purple) - Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable
• Carnation (red) - My heart aches for you; admiration
• Carnation (solid colour) -Yes
• Carnation (striped)- No; refusal; sorry I can't be with you; wish I could be with you
• Carnation (white) -Sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love; woman's good luck gift
• Carnation (yellow) - You have disappointed me; Rejection; disdain
• Cattail - Peace; prosperity
• Cedar - I live for thee; think of me
• Celandine - Joys to come
• Chamomile - Patience ; attracts wealth
• Chysanthemum (in general) - Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend
• Chysanthemum (red) - I love
• Chysanthemum (white) - Truth
• Chysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love
• Cinnamon - My fortune is yours
• Clover (four-leaf) - Good luck; be mine
• Columbine - Folly
• Coreopsis - Always cheerful
• Corn - Riches
• Cornflower - Delicacy; refinement
• Coriander - Lust
• Cowslip - Pensiveness; winning grace
• Coxcomb - Foppery
• Crocus - Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy
• Crown Imperial - Majesty; power
• Cyclamen - Resignation and goodbye; diffidence
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D |
• Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit
• Dahlia - Good taste; instability
• Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity
• Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle
• Daphne odora - Painting the lily
• Delphinium - Airy
• Dogwood - Durability
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E |
• Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage
• Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal
• Elder - Zealousness
• Elm - Dignity
• Eucalyptus - Protection
• Eupatorium - Delay
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F |
• Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength
• Fern - Sincerity
• Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter
• Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love
• Feverfew - Protection
• Fig - Argument
• Fir - Time
• Flax - Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness
• Forget-me-not - True love; memories; forget me not
• Forsythia - Anticipation
• Foxglove - Insincerity
• Fuchsia - Good taste
• Fuller's Teasel - Misanthropy
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• Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy
• Garland of roses - Reward of virtue
• Garlic - Courage; strength
• Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship
• Geranium (Rose) - Preference
• Geranium (Scented) - Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly
• Gillyflower - Bonds of affection
• Gladiolus - Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity
• Gloxinia - Love at first sight
• Golden Rod - Precaution
• Grass - Submission; utility
• Guelder Rose - Winter; age
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• Harebell - Submission; grief
• Hawthorn - Hope
• Hazel - Reconciliation
• Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude
• Heather (pink) - Good luck
• Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true; good luck
• Helenium - Tears
• Heliotrope - Devotion; eternal love; faithfulness
• Hemlock - You will be my death
• Hibiscus - Delicate beauty
• Holly - Good will; defence; domestic happiness; foresight
• Hollyhock - Female ambition; fecundity
• Honesty - Honesty; fascination
• Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition
• Hop - Injustice
• Hyacinth (general) - Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo
• Hyacinth (blue) - Constancy
• Hyacinth ( purple) - I'm sorry; please forgive me; sorrow
• Hyacinth (red or pink) - Play
• Hyacinth (white) - Loveliness; I'll pray for you
• Hyacinth (yellow) - Jealousy
• Hydrangea - Thank you for understanding; frigidity; heartlessness; vanity
• Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits; cleanliness
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I |
• Ice plant - Your looks freeze me
• Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message
• Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
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J |
• Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance
• Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy
• Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal
• Juniper - Protection; succour
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K |
• Kingcup - Desire for riches
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L |
• Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty
• Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity
• Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory
• Lavender - Devotion, distrust
• Lemon - Zest
• Lemon Balm - Brings love
• Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex
• Lilac - First love
• Lily (general) - Purity
• Lily (calla) - Beauty
• Lily (day) - Coquetry
• Lily (eucharis) - Maidenly charms
• Lily (orange) - Hatred
• Lily (tiger) - Wealth; pride
• Lily (white) - Virginity; purity; majesty; it's heavenly to be with you
• Lily (yellow) - I'm walking on air; false and gay
• Lily of the valley - sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perferct purity
• Lobelia - Malevolence
• Love-in-a-mist - Perplexity
• Love-lies-bleeding - Hopeless; not heartless
• Lupin - Voraciousness; admiration
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• Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty
• Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection
• Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes
• Meadowsweet - Uselessness
• Michaelmas Daisy - Afterthought; farewell
• Mignionette - Your qualities surpass your charms
• Mimosa - Sensitivity
• Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling; virtue
• Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; I surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India, magic plant of the Druids
• Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry
• Morning Glory - Affectation
• Moss - Maternal love; charity
• Myrrh - Gladness
• Myrtle - Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage
• Myrtle (wax) - Discipline; instruction
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• Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are; you love yourself too well; self-esteem
• Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism
• Nightshade - Truth
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O |
• Oak leaves - Bravery
• Oleander - Caution; beware
• Orange - Generosity
• Orange Blossom - Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your loveliness
• Orange (mock) - Deceit
• Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me
• Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm
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• Palm leaves - Victory and success
• Pansy - Thoughts; love
• Parsley - Festivities
• Pasque Flower - You have no claims
• Peach blossom - Longevity; I am your captive
• Peony - Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation
• Peppermint - Warmth of feelings
• Periwinkle (blue) - Early friendship
• Periwinkle (white) - Pleasures of memory
• Persicaria - Restoration
• Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing
• Phlox - Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams
• Pine - Hope; pity
• Pink - Boldness
• Poinsettia - Be of good cheer
• Polyanthus - Pride of riches
• Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance
• Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance
• Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep
• Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success
• Prickly Pear - Satire
• Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth; young love
• Primrose (evening) - Inconstancy
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Q |
• Quaking Grass - Agitation
• Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy
• Quince - Temptation
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R |
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms
• Rocket - Rivalry
• Rose (red) - Love ; I love you
• Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence
• Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me
• Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care
• Rose (black) - Death
• Rose (red and white) - Together; unity
• Rose (thornless) - Love at first sight
• Rose (single, full bloom) - I love you; I still love you
• Rose bud - Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love
• Rose bud (red) - Pure and lovely
• Rose bud (white) - Girlhood
• Rosebud (moss) - Confessions of love
• Roses (bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude
• Roses (garland or crown of) - Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown ; symbol of superior merit
• Roses (musk cluster) - Charming
• Rose (tea) - I'll always remember
• Rose (cabbage) - Ambassador of love
• Rose (Christmas) - Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety
• Rose (damask) - Brilliant complexion
• Rose (dark crimson) - Mourning
• Rose (hibiscus) - Delicate beauty
• Rose leaf - You may hope
• Rosemary - Remembrance; commitment; fidelity
• Rudbeckia - Justice
• Rue - Disdain
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• Saffron - Beware of excess
• Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue
• Salvia (blue) - I think of you
• Scabious - Unfortunate love
• Shamrock - Lightheartedness
• Smilax - Loveliness
• Snapdragon - No; deception; gracious lady; presumption
• Snowdrop - Hope
• Spearmint - Warmth of sentiment
• Spiderflower - Elope with me
• Spindle Tree - Your charms are engraved on my heart
• Statice - Lasting beauty
• Star of Bethlehem - Atonement; purity
• Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me
• Stock - Lasting beauty; promptness
• Strawberry - Perfect goodness
• Sunflower - Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid
• Sweet Basil - Good luck
• Sweet pea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time
• Sweet William - Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry
• Syringa - Memory
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T |
• Tamarisk - Crime
• Thrift - Sympathy
• Thyme - Strength and courage; activity
• Tuberose - Dangerous pleasure
• Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love;
• Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love
• Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes
• Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love
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• Valerian - An accommodating disposition
• Vernal Grass - Poor but happy
• Veronica - Fidelity
• Violet - Modesty; faithfulness
• Violet (blue) - Watchfulness; faithfulness; I'll always be true
• Violet (white) - Let's take a chance on happiness
• Viscaria - Will you dance with me?
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W |
• Wallflower - Fidelity in adversity
• Water Lily - Purity of heart
• Wisteria - I cling to you
• Woodruff - Sweet humility
• Wormwood - Absence
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X |
• Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity
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Y |
• Yarrow - Health; healing
• Yew - Sorrow
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Z |
• Zinnia - Thoughts of friends
• Zinnia (magenta) - Lasting affection
• Zinnia (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend
• Zinnia (scarlet) - Constancy
• Zinnia (white) - Goodness
• Zinnia (yellow) - Daily remembrance |