Flower | Meaning | Abatina | Fickleness | Acacia | general | Friendship; chaste love | pink | Elegance | yellow | Secret Love | rose or white | Elegance; platonic love | Acanthus | Art, artifice | Adder's tongue | Deceit | Adonis' flower | Painful recollection, sorrowful remembrances | Agrimonia | Thankfulness, gratitude | Ailanthus | Lofty aspirations | Allium | Patience, good fortune, prosperity, unity | Almond | hope; indiscretion and thoughtlessness | Aloe | Grief, affliction, religious superstition | Aloysia | Forgiveness | Alyssum | Worth beyond beauty | Amaranth | general | Immortality | Amaranth (Cockscomb) | Foppery, affectation | Amaranth (Globe) | Immortal love, unchangeable | Prince's feather | Immortality, unfading | Amaryllis | Pride, timidity, splendid beauty; hope and achievement. | Ambrosia | Love is reciprocated | American Cowslip | You are my divinity, divine beauty | Anemone | Forsaken; sickness, brevity, withered hopes; anticipation | Angelica | Inspiration | Angrec | Royalty | Anthurium | Hospitality, happiness, abundance | Apple blossom | Preference, better things to come, good fortune | Apricot | Temptation | Arborvitae | Everlasting friendship, "live for me"; "thine till death" | Arbutus | Simplicity; you are the only one I love | Arnica | "Let me heal thy grief" | Arum | Ardour | Ash | Grandeur | Aspen | Excess of sensibility; lamentation | Asphodel | Death, the underworld; "my regrets follow you to the grave"; remembered beyond the tomb | Aster | Symbol of love, daintiness, talisman of love, trusting; cheerfulness in old age | Astragalus | Your presence softens my pain | Azalea | Take care, temperance, fragile, gratitude, passion, Chinese symbols of womanhood | Baby's breath | Innocence, purity of heart | Bachelor's button / Cornflower | Celibacy; hope; single blessedness; delicacy | Balm | Sympathy | Balm of Gilead | Cure, relief; sympathetic feeling | Balsam | Impatience, touch me not; ardent love | Barberry | Sourness of temper, petulance | Basil | Hate; (archaic) poverty | Bay | Glory, (in a wreath) reward of merit; "I change but in death" | Bayberry | "I respect thy tears" | Beech | Prosperity | Begonia | Beware; a fanciful nature; deformity | Bellflower | Unwavering love, a constant heart | Bells of Ireland | Good luck | Bilberry | Treachery | Birch | Elegance; Meekness | Bird's-foot trefoil | Revenge | Bird of paradise flower | Liberty, magnificence, good perspective, joyfulness; faithfulness | Bittersweet nightshade | Truth | Black-eyed Susan | Justice | Blackthorn | Fate, protection, hope against adversity, good fortune; difficulty | Bladdernut | Frivolous amusement; a trifling character | Bluebell | Loyalty, constancy, humility & gratitude | Bog-rosemary | Bound by fate; "Will you help me?" | Boxwood | Firmness and stoicism, constancy | Borage | Bluntness, abruptness | Bouncing bet | Intrusion | Bouvardia | Enthusiasm | Broom | Humility and neatness | Browallia | "Can you bear poverty?" | Brugmansia | Vivacity, vibrancy, health, danger | Bulrush | Docility; indiscretion; indecision | Burdock | Importunity, touch me not | Bumblebee Orchid | Industry | Buttercup | Sarcasm, ingratitude; childishness; riches, memories of childhood | Cabbage | Profit | Calla Lily | Magnificence and beauty; feminine beauty; modesty | Camellia | Constancy and steadfastness; perfect loveliness, unpretending excellence | Canterbury Bells | Gratitude, acknowledgement; constancy | Carnation | general | Fascination; distinction; ardent love; contempt; woman's love | red | Deep romantic love, passion; "alas poor heart," admiration | green | Secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde, love between two men | white | Sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love, faithfulness | pink | A woman's love, a mother's love; I'll never forget you | yellow | Rejection, disdain, disappointment; pride and beauty | purple | Capriciousness, whimsical, changeable, unreliability | mauve | Dreams of fantasy | striped | Refusal, no, "sorry I can't be with you" | solid color | Yes, affirmative | Catchfly | general | Pretended love, a snare; "I am thy prisoner" | Sticky Catchfly | Invitation to dance | red | Youthful love | white | Betrayed | Cedar of Lebanon | Incorruptible | Celandine | Joys to come; deceptive hopes | Chamomile | Energy in adversity; mercy | Champignon | Suspicion | Cherry blossom | | A good education | white | Deception | in Japan | Transience of life, Mono no aware, Wabi-sabi, gentleness, kindness | in China | Feminine beauty | Chestnut | Do me justice; deceptive appearances | Chicory | Frugality | China aster | Love of variety, fidelity, "I will think of thee/it"; afterthough | Chrysanthemum | general | fidelity, optimism, joy and long life; "you're a wonderful friend," rest, cheerfulness | red | Love | yellow | Slighted love | white | Truth, loyal love | Cinquefoil | Beloved daughter/child; maternal affection | Clianthus | Glorious beauty | Clovenlip Toadflax | Please notice my love/feelings for you | Clove | Dignity | Clover | red | Industry | white | Think of me | Coltsfoot | Justice shall be done | Columbine | Folly; deceived lovers, ingratitude, faithlessness, as in Shakespeare's Hamlet | Coreopsis | Always cheerful, love at first sight | Coriander | Hidden merit | Corncockle | Gentility; worth above beauty | Coronilla | "Success crown your wishes" | Cowslip | Youthful beauty and winning grace, rejected love (in Switzerland), "glory of spring," heartsickness and the death of young maidens; rusticity, healing, pensiveness | Creeping Willow | Love forsaken | Cranberry | Cure for heartache; hardiness | Cress | Resolution; stability, power | Crocus | | Love, abuse not, Lupercalia; impatience, youthful joy, hope, and friendship in adversity | Spring | Cheerfulness | Saffron | Love of variety, fidelity; mirth; beware of excess | Crown Imperial | Power and majesty, especially imperial power; pride of birth | Currant | "Thy frown will kill me"; "you please all" | Cuscuta | Meanness | Cypress | Death, mourning, despair, sorrow | Daffodil | Unrequited love, evanescent happiness and deceitful hopes; regard, respect; self-love; chivalry | Dahlia | Elegance and dignity; abundance; instability | Black Dahlia | Betrayal and dishonesty[citation needed] | Daisy | general | loyal love, gentleness, innocence; womanly truth, purity, fidelity, and patient endurance; or, dissembling as in Shakespeare's Hamlet | Easter | Candor and innocence | garden | "I share your sentiments" | red | Beauty unknown to possessor | orange | Joy and sunshine | yellow | Happiness and joy | blue | Long-term loyalty and trust | purple | Thoughtfulness | wild | "I will think of it" | Dame's violet | Watchfulness | Dandelion | Overcoming hardship; faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle; rustic oracle; youthful recollections; coquetry | Daphne | Sweets to the sweet | Daylily | Coquetry | Delphinium | Flight of fancy | Dill | Passion; lust | Diphylleia | I will show my true self to you, clarity, honesty | Dittany of Crete | Childbirth | Dodder of thyme | Baseness | Dogbane | Deceit, falsehood | Dogwood | Durability; honesty, true nobility | Edelweiss | Chivalrous devotion, high courage; daring, noble purity | Elderflower | Compassion; humility; zeal | Elm | Dignity | Enchanter's Nightshade | Spells, witchcraft, sorcery | Eyebright | Joy, mental clarity, psychic powers; "your eyes are bewitching" | Evening primrose | Inconstancy, silent love | Fennel | Merit, strength, worthy of all praise; cuckoldry, as in Shakespeare's Hamlet, | Fern | Magic, fascination, sincerity; Confidence | Feverfew | Beneficence | Fig | Argument; longevity, prolificness | Flax | Domestic industry, fate, "I feel your kindness" | Forget-me-not | True love, don't forget me; faithful love, affectionate remembrance, chivalry, light, truth | Foxglove | Insecurity; stateliness, youth; insincerity; delirium | Freesia | Innocence, trust, friendship | Fuller's Teasel | Misanthropy | Fungus | Resilience, loneliness, solitude, disgust | Fuchsia | Grace; taste | Gardenia | Secret love, joy, good luck; purity, sweet love, you're lovely | Geranium | General | Gentility, determination; (archaic) folly; confidence; deceit, preference | Ivy | Bridal favor | Lemon | Unexpected meeting | Oak-leaved | True friendship | Pencilled-leaf | Ingenuity | Rose-scented | Preference | Scarlet | Stupidity; consolation | Silver-leaved | Recall | Wild | Steadfast piety | Gladiolus | Strength of character, honor, conviction, generosity; ready armed | Goldenrod | Encouragement; be cautious | Gorse | Love in all seasons, endearing affection | Guelder rose (or snowball) | Winter, age; thoughts of heaven | Hawthorn | Hope | Hazel | Peace, reconciliation | Heath | Solitude | Heather | purple | Solitude, beauty, admiration | white | Protection, wishes will come true | Helenium | Tears | Hellebore | Calumny | Heliotrope | Emblem of faithfully devoted love | Hepatica | Confidence | Hibiscus | Delicate beauty | Himalayan blue poppy | Potential, possibilities, psychic skills | Holly | Foresight | Hollyhock | Ambition; fruitfulness | Honeysuckle | Devoted and generous affection; bonds of love | Horse chestnut | Luxury | Houseleek | Domestic economy, vivacity | Hyacinth | blue | Constancy | purple | Grief and sorrow; Please forgive me | red or pink | Playfulness, sport | white | Unobtrusive loveliness | yellow | Jealousy | Hydrangea | general | In a negative sense frigidity, heartlessness; Thank you for understanding; boastfulness | pink | Heartfelt emotion or gratitude | purple | A desire to deeply understand someone | blue | Frigidity and apology | white | Boasting, bragging, purity, grace and abundance | Hyssop | Purification | Ice plant | Formality | Iris | general | Eloquence, good news, light; faith, valor, wisdom, friendship; a message | blue | Faith, hope | purple | Wisdom, compliments | yellow | Passion | white | Purity | Ipomoea | Attachment | Ivy | Dependence, endurance; faithfulness, wedded love, affection; friendship | Jacob's Ladder | Rupture | Jasmine | | Unconditional and eternal love, monetary wealth. (in the Philippines and Hinduism); emblem of brides | white | Amiability | yellow | Grace and elegance | Jonquil | Desire, returned affection, love me | Juniper | Asylum, protection | Kennedia | Mental beauty | Kerria (棣棠 Dì táng) | (China) Royalty, Nobility of heart | Larkspur | Levity, lightness, fickleness, haughtiness; an open heart | | Flower | Meaning | Laurel | Glory and honor | Laurestine | "I die if neglected"; a token | Lamprocapnos | Rejected love, passionate love, unconditional love, compassion | Lavender | Love, devotion, loyalty; distrust; confession | Lemon blossom | Fidelity in love; discretion, zest | Lilac | purple | First emotions of love | white | Youthful innocence, humility | Lily | general | Affection for loved ones; majesty | white | Purity, sweetness | pink | Love, femininity and admiration | scarlet | Lofty aspirations | orange | Desire, passion; hatred; wealth | Lily of the valley | Sweetness, humility, purity,; returning happiness | Lime blossom | Conjugal love | Lionsheart | Bravery | Lobelia | Malevolence | Lophospermum | Ecstacy | Lotus | Purity, chastity and eloquence; rebirth; estranged love | Love-in-a-mist | You puzzle me, perplexity | Love lies bleeding | Hopelessness, not heartless | Lupine | Voraciousness | Magnolia | Perseverance, love of nature, nobility | Mallow | Consumed by love; beneficence; sweet disposition | Marigold | Pain and grief, jealousy; cruelty | Marjoram | Blushes | Mayflower | Welcome | Meadow saffron | "My best days are past" | Meadowsweet | Beauty, happiness, peace, protection; uselessness | Mezereon | Coquetry, desire to please | Mignonette | Worth; "Your qualities surpass your charms", health and moral beauty | Milkwort | Hermitage | Mint | | Virtue | Peppermint or spearmint | Warmth of feeling | Moonflower | Dreaming of love | Moonwort | Forgetfulness | Morning glory | Repose; affection | Mudwort | Tranquility | Mulberry | black | I will not survive you | white | Wisdom | Mullein | Good-nature | Myrtle | Joy, triumph, fertility in marriage (in ancient Rome); peace and well-being (in Judaism); (coupled with laurel) glory, honor, a bloodless victory (in ancient Greece); love, home, duty; love in absence | Narcissus | self-love, egotism, formality | Nasturtium | Patriotism, conquest, victory in battle; heroism | Nemophila | Prosperity | Nettle (stinging) | Life and death, protection as in Shakespeare's Hamlet; Cruelty; slander | Nightshade | | Silence, falsehood; dark thoughts, scepticism | Bittersweet | truth | Deadly | death | Oak leaf | Strength; Hospitality; bravery; honor | Oats | Music; country life | Oleander | Beware | Olive | Peace | Orange blossom | Innocence, purity, eternal love, marriage; chastity | Orchid | general | Refined beauty | white egret orchid | My thoughts will follow you into your dreams | red | Fire, romance, desire, and passion | orange | Pride, enthusiasm, and boldness | yellow | New beginnings, friendship, and joy | green | Love, charm, beauty, fertility, refinement, and thoughtfulness | blue | Rarity, uniqueness, beauty, and spirituality | purple | Respect, royalty and admiration | pink | Grace, gentleness, innocence, happiness, playfulness, and fertility | white | Purity, faith, humility, safety, elegance, innocence, and beauty | Ox-eye daisy | Patience | Pansy/Heart's-ease | Thoughtfulness, merriment, remembrance, you occupy my thoughts; "Think of me" | Peach blossom | Long-life, generosity, bridal hope, charm; "I am your captive" | Pear blossom | Lasting friendship; affection; comfort | Peony | Bashfulness, happy marriage, prosperity; shame | Prosperity, honor (in China) | Masculinity, bravery (in Japan) | Periwinkle | Early and sincere friendship, tender recollections | Peruvian Lily | Wealth, fortune, prosperity, friendship | Phlox | Harmony, unanimity, "our souls are united" | Pine | general | Philosophy | Pitch pine | Time and faith | Plum blossom | Beauty and longevity; "Keep your promises"; fidelity | Plumeria | Perfection, springtime, new beginnings | Poinsettia | Brilliance | Primrose | Eternal love; Childhood; I can't live without you | Protea | Courage, transformation, daring, resourcefulness, diversity | Poppy | general | Sleep, consolation, death; Oblivion, imagination; evanescent pleasures, fantastic extravagance | red | Pleasure; sacrifice, remembrance; the blood of fallen soldiers | white | Dreams, modern, peace; "my bane, my antidote"; consolation; time | yellow | Wealth, success | Queen Anne's Lace | Haven, sanctuary; complexity, delicateness | Queen of the Night | Enjoy small moments because they do not last; transient beauty | Ragged-robin | Wit | Rainflower | Rebirth, new beginnings, great expectations | Ranunculus | "You are radiant with charms"; ingratitude | Rhododendron | Danger, beware, I am dangerous | Rose | general | Love; silence, privacy, conversations held in confidence | red | True love; bashful love | black | Death, hatred, despair, sorrow, mystery, danger, obsession | blue | Mystery, attaining the impossible, love at first sight | burgundy | Unconscious beauty | pink | Grace | dark pink | Gratitude | light pink | Desire, passion, joy of life, youth, energy; grace | coral or orange | Desire, fascination | lavender or violet | Love at first sight; enchantment | yellow | Friendship, joy, gladness; apology, intense emotion, undying love; extreme betrayal, a broken heart, infidelity, jealousy | white | I am worthy of you; secrecy | dried white rose | Sorrow; death is preferable to loss of virtue; transient impressions | red and white together | Unity | red and yellow together | Joy, happiness and excitement | thornless | Love at first sight | dead | sweet memories | bud (red) | Beauty, purity, love, youth | bud (white) | Girlhood; a heart unacquanted with love | bud (moss) | Confession of love | Austrian | "Thou art all that is lovely," loveliness | bridal | Happy love | Carolina | Love is dangerous | China | Beauty always new | Damask | Brilliant complexion; blushing beauty | dog | Pleasure and pain | Hundred-leaved (also called cabbage rose or moss rose) | Grace; Pride; ambassador of love; superior merit | Maiden's blush | "If you love me you will find out" | Multiflora | Grace | Musk | Capricious beauty, (in a cluster) charming | Rosemary | Remembrance; "Your presence revives me" | Rue | Regret, sorrow, repentance; grace, clear vision; disdain | Sage | Health, wisdom, respect; domestic virtue; esteem | Sainfoin | Agitation | Scabius | Unfortunate attachment, I have lost all, widowhood | Schinus | Religious enthusiam | Sensitive plant | Sensitivity, modesty; timidity; sensibility | Shamrock | Good luck; the Trinity (in Christianity), the three departments of nature, sea, earth, and heaven (among Irish druids), protection from snakes; light heartedness | Snapdragon | Presumption, deception, a gracious lady | Snowdrop | Consolation or hope; Youthful love and simplicity (in Germany), hope and friendship in adversity (in France), purity, humility, and innocence (in England); friend in need | Speedwell | Travel, kindness, protection; (female) loyalty | Spider lily | red | abandonment, loss, separation, death and the cycle of rebirth. It's commonly referred to as the Flower of Death | white | Positive nature, new beginnings, good health and rebirth | yellow | Happiness, light, wisdom, gratitude, strength, everlasting friendship | pink | Feminine love, beauty and passion | Spiderwort | "Esteem not love"; transient happiness | Spindle tree | Your image is engraved on my heart | St John's Wort | Superstition; animosity | Star of Bethlehem | Atonement, reconciliation; purity; guidance | Straw | United, union; (broken) a broken agreement | Statice | Remembrance, sympathy, success | Stock | | Lasting beauty, "you'll always be beautiful to me," a happy life, bonds of affection | Ten-week stock | Promptness | Stonecrop | Tranquility | Sunflower | Loft thoughts; adoration and pride; false riches | Sweetbrier | Simplicity (American), a wound to heal (European); poetry; home | Sweetpea | Delicate pleasures; departure | Sweet sultan | Felicity, happiness; felicity | Sweet William | Finesse, gallantry | Tansy | I declare war on you; resistance | Thistle | Nobility, endurance, warning; surliness; austerity | Thorn-apple | Disguise, deceitful charms; "I dreamed of thee" | Thrift | Sympathy | Thyme | Activity | Tuberose | Dangerous pleasures; voluptuousness; a sweet voice | Tulip-tree | Fame | Tulip | general | Consuming love (in Turkey and India), inconstancy (in Turkey); love and passion | red | Declaration of love | pink | Caring, Good wishes, Friendship, Joyful Occasions, Confidence | purple | Nobility/Royalty, Rebirth, Spring | white | Forgiveness, Remembrance, Sincerity; "I am worthy of you" | yellow | Cheerful thoughts, Sunshine, Hope, Desperate love, "There's sunshine in your smile"; hopeless love | blue | Respect, Tranquility, Trust | orange | Understanding, Appreciation, Truest love | black | Power, Strength, Supreme elegance | variegated | Beautiful eyes, a declaration of love | Valerian | Readiness, an accommodating disposition | Venus' Looking Glass | Flattery | Vervain | Enchantment; sensibility, sensitivity | Violet | blue | Faithfulness, watchfulness, I'll always be true | purple | Daydreaming, love between two women, lesbian love | yellow | Rural happiness | white | Modesty, innocence, candor; let's take a chance | sweet | Modesty | Virgin's bower | Filial affection; mental beauty, artifice | Volkameria | May you be happy | Wallflower | Changless affection and fidelity in misfortune | Walnut | Intellect, stratagem | Water lily | Purity of heart; eloquence | Willow | Creeping | Love foresaken | French | Bravery and humanity | Weeping | Mourning | Willowherb | Pretension | Winged seeds (any kind) | Messengers | Winterberry | Protection, luck | Wisteria | Welcoming | Witch-hazel | A magic spell | Woad | Design | Wheat | Wealth and prosperity | Wolfsbane | Misanthropy, chivalry; knight-errantry | Wood sorrel | Joy, maternal tenderness | Wormwood | Absence, bitter sorrow, do not be discouraged | Xanthium | Rudeness, pertinacity | Xeranthemum | Cheerfulness under adversity | Yarrow | Healing; war | Yew | Sorrow | Ylang-Ylang | Never-ending love | Zinnia | Thinking of you; remembering absent friends, sentimentality | |