The Symbolic Meaning of Flowers
By Kathleen Karlsen, MA
Last Modified and verified 8-10-2008
The practice of embuing flowers with symbolic meaning crosses all cultural boundaries. This practice began as early as recorded history and continues to spark the imagination of mankind today. Below is an alphabetical list of the symbolic meaning of flowers. This list of flower names is our most extensive flower meaning list with entrees for over 150 of the world's best-loved flowers.
Although the legendary associations and religious meanings of flower symbolism have existed for centuries, the use of the language of flowers to represent emotions was developed to a high degree during Victorian times.
 Due to the strict protocol of the times, emotions, wishes and thoughts were not openly expressed between men and women. Instead, an elaborate language based on flower symbolism was developed. Gifts of either single flowers or bouquets conveyed clear messages to the recipient.
During the Victorian era, flowers adorned nearly everything--hair, clothing, jewelry, home decor, china plates, stationary, wallpaper, furniture and more. Even the scents of flowers had their own meanings in the language of flowers. For example, a scented handkerchief might be given in place of actual flowers.
With increasing complexity of flower symbolism and the language of flowers, handbooks were written to guide the understanding of flower meanings. The first book written on flower symbolism in modern times was Le Language des Fleurs by Madame Charlotte de la Tour in 1819. The most popular book on flower symbolism, which remains a prominent resource today, is Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers (1884).
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Quick Reference: Symbolic Meaning of Flowers
To find a quick reference for your favorite flower, discover its symbolic meaning or search for a flower that will express exactly what you want to say in the language of flowers, see the following alphabetical lists:
Acacia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of acacia flowers is friendship, secret love, beauty in retirement and chaste love. Yellow acacia flowers symbolize secret love.
Almond (Flowering)
The symbolic meaning of the flowering almond tree is hope.
Alyssum
The symbolic meaning of alyssum is beauty.
Amaranth Flowers
The symbolic meaning of amaranth flowers is immortality and unfading love.
Amaryllis Flowers
The symbolic meaning of amaryllis is pride, timidity and splendid beauty.
Anemone Flowers
The symbolic meaning of anemone flowers is anticipation, expectation, forsaken and frailty.
Apple Blossoms
The symbolic meaning of apple blossoms is good health, temptation, admiration, love, youth, beauty and happiness. See more about apple blossoms.
Arbor Vitae
The symbolic meaning of arbor vitae is unchanging friendship.
Arbutus
The symbolic meaning of arbutus is thee only do I love.
Aster Flowers
The symbolic meaning of aster flowers is charming, patience, daintiness, afterthought, love of variety, elegance, memories and love. Aster comes from the Greek word meaning star.
Azalea Flowers
The symbolic meaning of azalea flowers is temperance, fragile passion, womanhood (China) and take care of yourself for me.
Baby's Breath Flowers
The symbolic meaning of baby's breath flowers is purity of heart, innocence, the breath of the Holy Spirit.
Bachelor Button Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bachelor button flowers is celibacy, single, blessedness, hope in love, delicacy.
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Baby's Breath Flowers
The symbolic meaning of baby's breath flowers is purity of heart, innocence, the breath of the Holy Spirit.
Bachelor Button Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bachelor button flowers is celibacy, single, blessedness, hope in love, delicacy.
Bamboo
The symbolic meaning of bamboo is longevity, flexibility, prosperity, strength and grace. In China, the straight stem symbolizes the path towards enlightenment with the segments indicating steps along the way. See our artwork and gifts featuring bamboo.
Begonia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of begonia flowers is fanciful nature, beware and dark thoughts.
Bell Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bell flowers is gratitude.
Bells of Ireland
The symbolic meaning of Bells of Ireland is good luck and whimsy. These flowers actually originated in western Asia and are part of the mint family.
Bird of Paradise Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bird of paradise flowers is freedom, good perspective, faithfulness (when given from a woman to a man).
Bittersweet Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bittersweet flowers is truth.
Bluebell Flowers
The symbolic meaning of bluebells is humility, constancy and gratitude. Read more about bluebells.
Broom Flower
The symbolic meaning of the broom flower is humility and neatness.
Buttercup Flowers
The symbolic meaning of buttercups is humility, neatness, childishness and wealth.
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Cactus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of cactus flowers is endurance, warmth, my heart burns with love and maternal love.
Calendula Flowers
The symbolic meaning of calendula flowers is grief, despair and sorrow.
Calla Lily Flowers
The symbolic meaning calla lily flowers is magnificent beauty and pride.
Campion Flowers
The symbolic meaning of campions (red) is youthful love and I fall victim. Campions are also known as catchfly and lynchis.
Camellia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of camelia flowers is admiration, perfection, good luck gift for a man, gratitutde, nobility of reasoning. The colors have specific symbolic meanings including innate worth, adoration, perfection and loveliness (white); longing, longing for a man (pink); and you're a flame in my heart or excellence (red). See our artwork and gifts featuring camellia.
Candytuft Flowers
The symbolic meaning of candytuft flowers is indifference.
Canterbury Bells
The symbolic meaning of canterbury bells is gratitude.
Cardinal Flower
The symbolic meaning of cardinal flowers is distinction.
Carnation Flowers
The symbolic meaning of carnation flowers is fascination, impulsiveness, capriciousness, joy and devoted love. White carnations mean "I am still available" or disdain and refusal. Red carnations mean "my heart aches for you" or "for my poor heart". The symbolic meaning of pink carnations is I'll never forget you. A symbol of betrothal or engagement. In China, carnation flowers are a symbol of marriage.
Cattails
The symbolic meaning of cattails is peace and prosperity.
Chamomile Flowers
The symbolic meaning of chamomile flowers is energy in action.
Cherry Blossoms
The symbolic meaning of cherry blossoms in the west is education. In China, the cherry blossom is also a symbol of feminine beauty and represents the feminine principle and love. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transience of life because of their short blooming times.
Christmas Rose
The symbolic meaning of the Christmas Rose is that it is purported to have flowered on Christmas Day, and is therefore associated with the infant Jesus. The Christmas Rose of Mary Gardens bears pure white or pink flowers and are sometimes known as the Lenten Rose. Read more about Mary Gardens.
Chrysanthemum Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the chrysanthemum is abundance, wealth, cheerfulness, loyalty, innocence, optimism, truth (white), hope, rest, wonderful friendship, I love you (red), slighted love (yellow). In Italy, chrysanthemums are symbolic of death. The name chrysanthemum comes from the Greek chrysos (gold) abd anthos (flower). The national symbol of Japan, representing long life.
Cinquefoil Flowers
The symbolic meaning of cinquefoil flowers is beloved child.
Clematis
The symbolic meaning of clematis flowers is ingenuity.
Clover Flowers
The symbolic meaning of clover is good luck, be mine, industry (red) and think of me (white).
Columbine Flowers
The symbolic meaning of columbine flowers is resolved to win.
Compass Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the compass flower is faith.
Corchorus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of corchorus flowers is impatience of happiness.
Coreopsios Flowers
The symbolic meaning of coreopsis is always cheerful.
Cornflowers
The symbolic meaning of cornflowers is delicacy.
Coronilla Flowers
The symbolic meaning of coronilla flowers is success to you.
Coxcomb Flowers
The symbolic meaning of coxcomb flowers is unfading love.
Cowslip Flowers
The symbolic meaning of cowslip flowers is youthful beauty.
Crocus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of crocus flowers is cheerfulness, youthful gladness and abuse not.
Crown Imperial Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the crown imperial flower is majesty.
Cyclamen Flowers
The symbolic meaning of cyclamen is diffidence, resignation and goodbye. See our notecards and gifts featuring cyclamen.
Cypress Flowers
The symbolic meaning of cypress flowers is mourning.
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Daffodil Flowers
The symbolic meaning of daffodil flowers is regard, unrequited love, chivalry, sunshine, respect and the sun shines when I'm with you.
Dahlia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of dahlia flowers is elegance and forever thine. The dahlia is the national flower of Mexico, its birthplace. Dahlia can also mean instability.
Daisy Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the daisy is purity, innocence, loyal love, fidelity, beauty, share your feelings, patience and simplicity. Daisies were used in Mary Gardens. Learn more about Mary Gardens.
Dandelion Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the dandelion is love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, faithfulness, happiness, coquetry and love's oracle. The dandelion is also a symbol of the sun and was used by Flemish and German painters to symbolize the suffering of Christ, grief and bitterness.
Daphene Flowers
The symbolic meaning of daphene flowers is I desire to please.
Day Lily Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the day lily is forgetting worries. As an omen for expectant mothers who wish for baby boys, the flower means "Suited for A Boy." The Chinese also venerate the day lily as a symbol of filial devotion to one's mother. See our artwork and gifts featuring day lily flowers.
Deadly Nightshade Flowers
The symbolic meaning of deadly nightshade flowers is falsehood.
Delphinium Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the delphinium is big-hearted, fun, lightness, levity, swiftness and ardent attachment.
Diosma Flowers
The symbolic meaning of diosma flowers is "Your simple elegance charms me."
Dragon Lily Flowers
The symbolic meaning of dragon lily flowers is inner power.
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Elder Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the elder flower is zeal.
Endine Flowers
The symbolic meaning of endine flowers is frugality.
Everlastings
The symbolic meaning of everlastings is unfading love.
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Fennel
The symbolic meaning of fennel is worthy of praise.
Fern
The symbolic meaning of ferns is magic, fascination, confidence, shelter, discretion, reverie and a secret bond of love.
Flora's Bell Flowers
The symbolic meaning of Flora's Bell flowers is without pretension.
Forget-Me-Not Flowers
The symbolic meaning of forget-me-not flowers is true love and memories. In 15th century Germany, it was supposed that the wearers of the flower would not be forgotten by their lovers.
Forsythia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of forsythia flowers is anticipation.
Foxglove Flowers
The symbolic meaning of foxglove flowers is stateliness and youth. Foxglove flowers have both positive and negative symbolic meanings. The scientific name is digitalis, a reference to the presence of powerful chemicals that can heal heart conditions if taken correctly but can kill if taken in large amounts. Thus, foxglove flowers are symbolic of both healing and harm. Read more about foxgloves.
Freesia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of freesia flowers is innocence and trust.
Fuchsia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of fuchsia flowers is confiding love and taste scarlet).
Furze Flowers
The symbolic meaning of furze flowers is love for all occasions.
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Gardenia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of gardenia flowers is you're lovely, secret love, purity, joy and refinement.
Gentian Flowers
The symbolic meaning of gentian flowers is virgin pride.
Geranium Flowers
The symbolic meaning of geranium flowers is a true friend, gentility, stupidity, melancholy, folly and meeting.
Gerbera Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the gerbera flower is innocence.
Gladiolus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of gladiolus flowers is preparedness, strength, splendid beauty and love at first sight. The gladiolus is named for the shape of its leaves, "gladius" or sword. The gladiolus is said to have symbolized the Roman gladiators.
Globe Amaranth Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the globe amaranth is unfading love.
Gloxinia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of gloxinia flowers is love at first sight.
Goldenrod Flowers
The symbolic meaning of goldenrod flowers is be cautious and encouragement.
Gooseberry
The symbolic meaning of Gooseberry is anticipation.
Goosefoot Flowers
The symbolic meaning of Goosefoot flowers is goodness.
Gorse Flowers
The symbolic meaning of Gorse flowers is endearing affection.
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Heather Flowers
The symbolic meaning of heather is loneliness. The symbolic meaning of white heather is wishes will come true and and good fortune.
Heliotrope Flowers
The symbolic meaning of heliotrope flowers is devotion.
Hepatica Flowers
The symbolic meaning of hepatica flowers is anger.
Hibiscus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of hibiscus flowers is delicate beauty.
Hollyhock Flowers
The symbolic meaning of hollyhock flowers is ambition.
Holly Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the holly is defense, domestic happiness and forecast. Medieval monks called the holly the Holy Tree and believed holly would keep away evil spirits and protects their homes from lightening. In Christianity, the pointed leaves represented the crown of thorns worn by Jesus, and the red berries symbolized drops of his blood.
Honeysuckle Flowers
The symbolic meaning of honeysuckle is bond of love, rustic beauty, friendship and I love you.
Hyacinth Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the hyacinth is games, sports, rashness, and playful joy; constancy (blue); I'm sorry, please forgive me, sorrow (purple); unobtrusive lonliness, I'll pray for you (white); and jealousy (yellow). Hyacinths are named after Hyacinth, a figure in Greek mythology. Hyacinths are sometimes associated with rebirth.
Hydrangea Flowers
The symbolic meaning of hydrangea flowers is thank you for your understanding, frigidity and heartlessness.
Hyssop Flowers
The symbolic meaning of hyssop flowers is cleanliness.
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Impatiens Flowers
The symbolic meaning of impatiens flowers is motherly love. In the medieval Mary gardens devoted to the Virgin Mary, impatiens plants were called "Our Lady's earrings." Read more about impatiens.
Iris Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the iris is faith, wisdom, cherished friendship, hope, valor, my compliments, promise in love, wisdom. Irises were used in Mary Gardens. The blade-shaped foliage denotes the sorrows which 'pierced her heart.' See our artwork and gifts featuring iris flowers.
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Jasmine Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the jasmine flower is amiability, attachment, sensuality, modesty, grace and elegance.
Jonquil Flowers
The symbolic meaning of jonquil flowers is love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, desire for a return of affection.
Juniper
The symbolic meaning of juniper is protection.
Lady's Slipper Flowers
The symbolic meaning of lady's slipper is win me and wear me.
Lady's Mantle Flowers
The symbolic meaning of Lady's Mantle is a cloak for for the Blessed Virgin. Lady's mantle was grown in Mary Gardens. The name alchemilla ("little magical one") derives from the dew which collects on the lady's mantle. Dew is often associated with magic.
Lantana Flowers
The symbolic nature of lantana flowers is rigour.
Larkspur Flowers
The symbolic meaning of larkspur flowers is lightness, levity, ardent attachment and fickleness (pink).
Lavender Flowers
The symbolic meaning of lavender flowers is best wishes, purity, silence and good luck.
Lemon Blossoms
The symbolic meaning of lemon blossoms is fidelity.
Lilac Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the lilac is the first emotions of love, beauty, pride, fastidiousness, youthful innocence and youth. A pale purple color is generally known as lilac.
Lily Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the lily is chastity, virtue, fleur-de-lis, Holy Trinity, faith, wisdom, chivalry, royalty; beauty (calla), mother (China), hatred (orange), wealth, pride (tiger); sweetness, virginity, purity, majesty, it's heavenly to be with you (white); gaiety, gratitude, I'm walking on air (yellow). Llilies are associated with the annunciation of the birth of Jesus by the angel Gabriel. Lilies were also used in Mary Gardens. In both Christian and pagan traditions, lilies symbolize fertility.
Lily-of-the-Valley Flowers
The symbolic meaning of lily-of-the-valley is sweetness, purity, return of happiness, you have made my life complete and humility.
Lobelia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of lobelia is distinction (scarlet).
Lotus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the lotus is estranged love and forgetfulness of the past. The lotus is the national flower of India.
Love in Mist Flowers
The symbolic meaning of love in mist flowers is perplexity.
Lunaria Flower
The symbolic meaning of lunaria flowers is is prosperity and honesty.
Lupine Flowers
The symbolic meaning of lupines is imagination. Read more about lupines. See gifts featuring lupines.
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Magnolia Flowers
The symbolic meaning magnolia flowers is nobility, perseverance and love of nature. Magnolia is the official state state flower of both Mississippi and Louisiana.
Marigold Flowers
The symbolic meaning of marigolds is indicated in the name: Mary's Gold. Marigold flowers were "golden gifts" offered to the Virgin Mary by the poor who could not afford to give actual gold. Marigolds were also used in Mary Gardens. Marigolds are symbolic of happiness, passion and creativity. Marigolds are also known as the "Herb of the Sun." Read more about marigolds.
Monkshood Flowers
The symbolic meaning of monkshood flowers is danger is near, beware a deadly foe is near and chivalry.
Morning Glory Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the morning glory is affection. As the name implies, morning glory flowers, which are funnel-shaped, open in the morning. The flower typically lasts for a single morning and dies in the afternoon. New flowers bloom each day. See our artwork and gifts featuring morning glory flower.
Myrtle
The symbolic meaning of mytle is beauty's crown and wedded love.
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Narcissus Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the narcissus is normality, stay sweet, self-esteem and vanity. The name narcissus is derived from that of the youth of Greek mythology called Narcissus, who became so obsessed with his own reflection as he kneeled and gazed into a pool of water that he fell into the water and drowned.
Nasturtium Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the nasturtium is victory in battle, patriotism and conquest. Nasturtium literally means "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker".
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Oleander Flowers
The symbolic meaning oleander flowers is beware.
Orange Blossom Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the orange blossom is innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness. The orange blossom, which is the state flower of Florida, is traditionally associated with good fortune, and was popular in bridal bouquets and head wreaths for weddings.
Orchid Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the orchid is love, beauty, refinement, many children, fertility, thoughtfulness and mature charm. See our artwork and gifts featuring orchids.
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Pansy Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the pansy is merriment, memories, loving thoughts, souvenirs and you occupy my thoughts. The pansy is also called the heartsease or Johnny Jump Up. The name pansy is derived from the French word pensée meaning "thought", and was so named because the flower resembles a human face. In August the pansy is thought to nod forward as if deep in thought.
Passion Flowers
The symbolic meaning of passion flowers is faith.
Peach Blossoms
The symbolic meaning of peach blossoms is "I am your captive."
Peony Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the peony is happy marriage, good life, bashfulness, ambition, determination and compassion.
Periwinkle Flowers
The symbolic meaning of periwinkle flowers is early friendship or the pleasures of memory.
Petunia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the petunia is resentment, anger and your presence soothes me.
Phlox
The symbolic meaning of phlox is sweet dreams and a proposal of marriage.
Poinsettia Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the poinsettia has an ancient history. The ancient Aztecs considered the poinsettia to be a symbol of purity. Today, poinsettias are the most easily recognized flower symbolic of Christmas. See our artwork and gifts featuring poinsettia.
Poppy Flowers
The symbolic meaning of poppies is beauty, pleasure, magic, consolation (red), sleep (white), fertility, eternal life, wealth and sucdess (yellow). The Egyptians included poppies at funerals and in burial tombs. Poppies denote sleep, rest and repose. In modern times, poppies have been associated with Flanders fields as an emblem of those who died in World War I. See our artwork and gifts featuring poppies.
Primrose Flowers
The symbolic meaning of primrose flowers is youth, evening and insconstancy.
Pussy Willow Flowers
The symbolic meaning of pussy willows is motherhood.
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Ranunculus
The symbolic meaning of ranuculus is "You are radiant with charms."
Rhododendron Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the rhododendron is beware, I am dangerous and caution. Rhododendron means "rose tree." Some spices are toxic to animals and may have a hallucinogenic and laxative effect on humans, thus the symbolism related to warning and danger. See our original art featuring rhododendrons.
Roses
The symbolic meaning of roses is love, remembrance, passion (red); purity (white); happiness (pink); infidelity (yellow); unconscious beauty, I love you. Roses are emblems of England and New York City. See our artwork and gifts featuring roses.
Saffron
The symbolic meaning of Saffron is my best days fled.
Snapdragon Flowers
The symbolic meaning of snapdragons is graciousness, presumption, and strength. The snapdragon is important as a model organism in botanical research. Its genome has been studied in detail.
Snowball Flower
The symbolic meaning of the snowball flower is winter.
Snowdrop Flowers
The symbolic meaning of snowdrop flowers is a friend in need and hope.
Sorrel
The symbolic meaning of sorrel is affection.
Spider Flower
The symbolic meaning of the spider flower is elope with me.
Star of Bethlehem Flower
The symbolic meaning of Star of Bethlehem Flowers is purity.
Stephanotis Flower
The symbolic meaning of stephanotis flowers is happiness in marriage and desire to travel.
Straw Flower
The symbolic meaning of straw flowers is agreement.
Sunflowers
The symbolic meaning of sunflowers is adoration. Sunflowers turn their heads to the sun, which is the origin of their common name. Sunflowers belong to the genus helianthus, a reference to Helios, the sun god. Sunflowers are native to the Americas and are the state flower of Kansas. See our artwork and gifts featuring sunflowers.
Sweet Pea Flowers
The symbolic meaning of sweet peas is bliss, delicate pleasure, good-bye, departure, adieu and thank you for a lovely time. Sweet peas were are often considered the floral emblem for Edwardian England. Sweet peas are the flowers most closely connected to the month of April. Read more about sweet peas.
Sweet William Flowers
The symbolic meaning of sweet William flowers is gallantry.
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Trumpet Flower
The symbolic meaning of the trumpet flower is fame.
Tulip Flowers
The symbolic meaning of tulips is fame and perfect love. The symbolic meanings also change with the color of the tulips. Red tulips mean "believe me" and are a declaration of love. Variegated tulips mean "you have beautiful eyes." Yellow tulips mean "there's sunshine in your smile." And cream colored tulips mean "I will love you forever." Tulips are the foremost national symbol of Holland, rivaling wooden shoes and windmills! See our artwork and gifts featuring tulips.
Verbena Flowers
The symbolic meaning of the verbena flower is pray for me and sensibility. Verbena has longstanding use in herbalism and folk medicine, usually as a tea. Verbena is grown as a honey plant to supply bees with nectar.
Veronica Flowers
The symbolic meaning of Veronica flowers is fidelity.
Violet Flowers
The symbolic meaning of violets is modesty, virtue, affection, watchfulness, faithfulness (blue violets), love and let's take a chance on happiness.
Viscaria Flowers
The symbolic meaning of viscaria flowers is will you dance with me.
Water Lily
The symbolic meaning of water lilies is purity of heart.
Wisteria Flowers
The symbolic meaning of wisteria flowers is welcome and playful spontaneity. See our artwork and gifts featuring wisteria flowers.
Zinnia Flowers
The symbolic meanings of zinnias are thoughts of absent friends, lasting affection, constancy, goodness and daily remembrance. Zinnias are the state flower of Indiana.
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Illustrated Flower Symbolism Guide
For a flower symbolism guide that includes photos of each flower for identification, please see our Illustrated Flower Symbolism Guide.
Garden Flower Symbolism and Flower Facts
By Kathleen Karlsen, MA
Read about the flower symbolism and fascinating facts about popular garden flowers including bluebells, foxglove, impatiens, lupines, marigolds, poppies, tulips, sunflowers and sweet peas. Your garden flowers will take on a whole new level of meaning!
Flower Symbolism and Mary Gardens
By Kathleen Karlsen, MA
In the late Middle Ages, depictions of the Virgin Mary in an idealized garden were common in Flemish and German paintings. Some churches began creating actual gardens devoted to Mother Mary for worshippers to visit for meditation and prayer. Learn more about flower symbolism and Mary Gardens.
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Books
Jone, Julia. Country Diary of Garden Lore. NY: Summit Books, 1968.
Lehner, Ernst. Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees. NY: Tudor Publishing C., 1960.
Greenaway, Kate. Language of Flowers. 1884.
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