VOCABULARY OF FLOWERS

A

  • abelia, glossy ........................................ sleekness
  • acanthus ................................................ the arts, the fine arts, artifice
  • acacia .................................................... friendship
  • acacia, pink ........................................... elegance
  • acacia, rose ............................................ platonic love, friendship, elegance
  • acacia, white .......................................... chaste love, elegance
  • acacia, yellow ........................................ secret love, concealed love
  • acalia ..................................................... temperance
  • achillea millefolia .................................. war
  • aconite, crowfoot ................................... lustre
  • aconite / wolfsbane ................................ misanthropy
  • adonis, flos ............................................ painful recollections
  • african marigold .................................... vain and vulgar
  • agapanthus / lily of the Nile .................. love letters
  • ageratum, hardy .................................... delay
  • agnus castus / chaste tree ...................... indifference, coldness
  • agrimony ............................................... thankfulness, gratitude
  • allium / flowering onion ........................ unity, humility, patience
  • almond ................................................... hope, lover's charm, heedlessness
  • almond, flowering ................................. hope
  • almond tree ............................................ a blunder, "you came too late"
  • aloe ........................................................ affliction, religious superstition
  • althaea frutex / common hibiscus .......... persuasion, consumed by love
  • althaea, variegated ................................. charming variety
  • alyssum, sweet ....................................... worth beyond beauty
  • amaranth ................................................ immortality
  • amaranth, globe ..................................... immortality, unchangeable
  • amaryllis ................................................ splendid beauty, pride, haughtiness,
                     timidity, beautiful but timid
  • american starwort .................................. welcome, welcome to a stranger
  • american cowslip ................................... "you are my divinity"
  • anemone ................................................ truth, sincerity, abandonment,
                     expectation, fading hope
  • anemone, field ....................................... sickness
  • anemone, garden .................................... faith, belief, forsaken
  • anemone, Japanese ................................. refusal, abandonment
  • angelica .................................................. inspiration
  • angrec ..................................................... royalty
  • anthurium / flamingo flower .................. the heart, little boy flower
  • apocynum ............................................... deceit, falsehood
  • apple ....................................................... preference, fame speaks him great
                     and good, perpetual concord, temptation
  • apple blossom ........................................ preference
  • apple, thorn ............................................ deceitful charms
  • arborvitae ............................................... unchanging friendship, tree of life
  • artemisia, Silver King ............................ power, dignity, silver moonlight,
                     sentimental recollections, unceasing
                     remembrance
  • arum ....................................................... ardor, ferocity and deceit
  • asclepias / swallow wort ........................ cure for the heartache
  • ash, mountain ......................................... prudence
  • ash tree ................................................... grandeur
  • aspen tree ............................................... lamentation
  • asphodel ................................................. "my regrets follow you to the grave"
  • aster ........................................................ variety, affterthought, beauty in
                     retirement, sentimental recollections
  • aster, double ............................................ "i share your sentiments"
  • aster, Monte Cristo ................................. enthuisiasm
  • aster, single ............................................. "i will think of it"
  • astilbe ..................................................... "i'll still be waiting", worldly pleasures
  • auricula / primula ................................... pride of newly acquired fortune,
                     painting
  • auricula, scarlet ...................................... avarice, pride
  • austrian rose ........................................... beauty, "thou art all that is lovely"
  • austurtium .............................................. splendor
  • azaica ..................................................... temperance
  • +azalea ................................................... love, romance, first love, moderation


    • B

  • baby's breath .......................................... pure heart, festivity, gaiety
  • bachelor's button / cornflower ................ hope in love, felicity, healing properties,
                     delicacy
  • balloon flower / platycodon ................... return of a friend is desired
  • balm, lemon ........................................... social intercourse, sharpens wit and
                     understanding, healing, love, fun, relief,
                     rejuvination, sympathy
  • balsam / impatiens ................................. impatience, ardent love, felicity
  • bamboo .................................................. loyalty, steadfastness, uprightness,
                     strength through pliancy
  • basil ....................................................... best wishes, hatred
  • bayberry / wax myrtle ........................... goodluck, instruction
  • bay leaf .................................................. "i change but in dying"
  • bay wreath .............................................. glory
  • bedstraw ................................................. Jesus' manger herb
  • bee balm / Monarda ............................... compassion, sweet virtues, "your
                     whims are quite unbearable"
  • begonia ................................................... highly popular, long beautiful,
                     unrequited love, "beware, i am fanciful"
  • begonia, strawberry / saxifrage .............. cleverness
  • bellflower / campanula ........................... gratitude, constancy, aspiring,
                     return of a friend is desired
  • bells of Ireland ....................................... whimsy
  • box .......................................................... constancy
  • broome .................................................... humility
  • buttercup ................................................. riches


    • C

  • calla, aethiopica ....................................... magnificent beauty
  • calycanthus .............................................. benevolence