While there is no uniformity of agreement concerning the
symbolism of flowers, the following is a list of flowers and
plants to which poetry, tradition, or usage has attached
particular meanings.
- Amaranth - Immortality
- Anemone - Anticipation, Frailty
- Apple Blossom - Admiration
- Aspen Leaf - Fear
- Asphodel - Death, Memorial sorrow
- Bay - The poet's crown
- Begonia - Dark thoughts.
- Blue violet - Faithfulness
- Buttercup - Wealth
- Calla - Magnificent beauty, pride
- Camelia, White - Innate worth
- Candytuft - Indifference
- Cardinal Flower - Distinction
- Chrysanthemum - Cheerfulness and optimism.
- Cornflower - Delicacy
- Cowslip - Youthful Beauty
- Crocus - Good cheer
- Cyclamen - Diffidence
- Cypress - Mourning
- Daffodil - Unrequited love
- Daisy - Fidelity and innocence; simplicity
- Dandelion - multiple meanings: grief and bitterness; symbol
of the sun; symbol of coquetry; used by Flemish and German
painters to symbolize the suffering of Christ.
- Everlastings - Unfading love
- Fern - Sincerity
- Fir Tree - Time
- Forget-me-not - True love; Friendship and fidelity as well as
remembrance.
- Four-leafed Clover - Good luck
- Foxglove - Insincerity
- Gentian - Virgin pride
- Geranium - Gentility
- Goldenrod - Encouragement
- Heather - Loneliness
- Heather, White - Good fortune
- Heliotrope - Devotion
- Hepatica - Anger
- Hollyhock - Ambition
- Honeysuckle - Friendship
- Hyacinth - Sorrow
- Ivy - Truthfulness, Wedded love
- Larkspur - Lightness, laughter
- Laurel - Fame
- Lavender - Purity; Silence
- Lilac - Fastidiousness
- Lily, White - Purity
- Lotus - Forgetfulness, estranged love
- Lunaria - Prosperity, honesty
- Marigolds - Happiness
- Marjoram and Lily of the valley - Love; purity;happiness
- Morning Glory - Symbol of the transience of man's
life.
- Myrtle - Beauty's crown, wedded love
- Narcissus - Vanity
- Oak Leaf - Patriotism, Hospitality
- Olive Branch - Peace
- Orange Blossom - Marriage
- Oxalis - Pangs of regret
- Palm Leaf - Victory
- Pansy - Symbol of the loved one, memories, loving thoughts
and souvenirs.
- Phlox - Symbol of sweet dreams and implies a proposal of
marriage.
- Pink Carnation - I'll never forget you.
- Poppy, White - Oblivion
- Primrose - Youth
- Red Carnation - I'm carrying a torch for you.
- Rose - Love
- Rosebuds - Pure and lovely
- Rosemary - Rememberance
- Sage - Domestic bliss
- Shamrock - Loyalty
- Snowdrop - Friend in Need
- Sting Nettle - Slander
- Sweet William - Gallantry
- Thyme - Courage, energy
- Tulip - in Persia the tulip is the symbol of love
- Violet - Modesty
- Water Lily - Purity of heart
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