Now that you know flowers say a lot more than you think, here are some popular garden and bouquet flowers and their meanings, to get you thinking:
Alstroemeria: Devotion and friendship
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 & Graceful
Lilac: First sign of love
Lily: Purity of Heart
Lily (white): Purity & 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 Rose
Rudbeckia: Justice
Sweet Pea: Good by
Violet: Modesty
Yellow Daylilies: Coquetry
Zinnia (burgundy): Lasting Affection
Zinnia (mixed): Thoughts of absent friends
