The Meaning of Flowers

How do you feel? What do you want to say with flowers? Just pick out your feeling from our Meaning of Flowers Dictionary. We have defined flowers according to their traditional meanings, the subtle message they can represent so pick out the message you want to send or decode the spray you have received!

A Friend in Need - Adams’s Needle
Abandonment – Anemone
ADMIRATION – Light Pink Rose
ADMIRATION - Beauty and Solitude – Purple Heather
ADMIRATION - My heart aches for you!!! – Red Carnation
Affection – Ivy
Affection and Love – Mistletoe
Affection returned – Jonquil
Airy – Delphinium
Always cheerful – Coreopsis
Ambition and Liberality – Hollyhock
Amiability – Fuchsia
Amiability and Cheerfulness – White Jasmine
Anger and Resentment – Petunia
Anticipation – Forsynthia
Antipathy – Purple Carnation
Artifice and Ingenuity – Clematis
Attachment – Crocus
Austerity – Blackthorn/Sloe
Availability – Crane's-bill/Wild Geranium

Be of Good Cheer – Poinsettia
Beautiful eyes – Variegated Tulip
Beauty – Orchid
Beauty and Grace – Oleander
Beauty and Longevity – Plum Blossom
Believe me - Declaration of Love – Red Tulip
Beware! I am fanciful! – Begonia
Blissful pleasure – Sweet Pea
Bonds of Affection – Pink Gillyflower
Bonds of Affection - You will always be beautiful to me!!! – Stock
Boredom – Burdock
Bravery – Cactus
Bridal Hope – Peach Blossom
Busybody – Bindweed

Capricious Beauty – Musk Rose or Lady's Slipper Rose
Capriciousness – Purple Carnation
Charm – Crocus
Cheerfulness – Crocus
Cheerfulness – White Jasmine
Childishness – Buttercup
Christmas - Mistletoe
Closing of the deal – Peach Rose
Comfort and Consolation – Marjoram
Compassion - Allspice
Confidence – Fern
Congratulations – Red and Yellow Roses
CONSTANCY – Canterbury Bell
CONSTANCY – Lavender
CONSTANCY – Everlasting
CONSTANCY and Availability – Crane's-bill/Wild Geranium
CONSTANCY - Fidelity and Loyalty – Rosemary
Coquette – Bindweed
Coquetry – Day Lily
Courage and Activity – Thyme
Cruelty – Marigold
Cuckoldry and Deserted Love – Columbine

Dangerous Pleasures – Tuberose
Daring & Noble Courage – Edelweiss
Deceit – Orange Mock
Declaration of Love – Red Tulip
DELICACY – Blue Bell
DELICACY – Cornflower
DELICACY and Perplexity - Love-In-The-Mist/Nigell
Delicate Beauty – Hibiscus
Departure – Sweet Pea
Desire – Coral/Orange Rose
Devotion and Eternal Love – Heliotrope
Difficulty – Blackthorn/Sloe
Dignity and Restraint – Clove
Dignity and Splendid Beauty – Magnolia
Disdain and Rejection – Yellow Carnation
Distinction – Cardinal Flower
"Do You Still Love Me" – Mauve Lilac
Durability – Dogwood

Early Friendship – Periwinkle, Blue
Egotism – Narcissus
Elope with me – Spider Flower
Eloquence and Persuasion – Water Lily
Emblem of the Mother – Day Lily/Hemerocallis
Emblem of Annunciation/Regard, Unrequited love – Daffodil
Endurance – Cactus
Enthusiasm, Desire – Coral/Orange Rose
Ephemeral Passion – Azalea
ETERNAL LOVE – Heliotrope
ETERNAL LOVE – Orange Blossom
Eternity and Immortality – Xeranthemum
Excellence – Camellia

Faith and Piety – Passionflower
Faith, Wisdom, Valor, and Your Friendship means so much to me – Iris
Faithful Love, Memories – Forget-me-not
Faithfulness – Dandelion
Fantasy - Queen Anne's Lace
Fascination – Carnation
Fascination – Fern
Fertility and Domestic Virtue – Clover
FIDELITY - Amaranth
FIDELITY – Ivy
FIDELITY and Loyalty – Rosemary
Flame of Love – Marvel-Of-Peru
Folly and Glee – Jasmine, Red
Formality – Narcissus
Forsaken - Anemone
Fragile – Azalea
Friendship – Ivy
Friendship – Oak-Leaf Geranium
Foresight – Holly
FRIENDSHIP – Ivy
FRIENDSHIP – Pale Rose
FRIENDSHIP – Yellow Roses
FRIENDSHIP and Adversity – Wallflower
Frigidity – Hydrangea
Fruitfulness – Almond

Gallantry, Finesse and Perfection - Sweet William
Games and Sports – Hyacinth
Gay Life – Peony
Generosity and Bridal Hope – Peach Blossom
Gentleness – Daisy
Gladness – Crocus
Gladness – Yellow Roses
Goodbye – Cyclamen
GOOD LUCK – Pink Heather
GOOD LUCK – Sweet Basil
Good Taste – Dahlia
Grief – Marigold

HAPPINESS – Baby's Breath
HAPPINESS – Dandelion
HAPPINESS in Marriage – Stephanotis
Happy Love – Bridal Rose
Happy Marriage – Peony
Hatred and Disdain – Orange Lily
Healing – Peony
Healing – Yarrow
Health and Hope – Pear Blossom
Homage and Devotion – Sunflower
Hope - Almond Blossom
Hope and Consolation – Snowdrop
Humble Perseverance – Convolvulus
HUMILITY – Blue Bell
HUMILITY – Crocus
HUMILITY and Kindness – Elderberry Blossom

I am really sincere – Gladiolus
I am sorry – Purple Hyacinth
I live for thee – Cedar Leaf
I LOVE YOU – Red Chrysanthemum
I LOVE YOU in secret – Gardenia
I LOVE YOU still and always will – Pink & White Roses
I Think of You – Blue Salvia
I will never forget you – Pink Carnation
I will pray for you – White Hyacinth
Imagination, Dreaminess, Eternal sleep – Poppy
Importunity – Burdock
Inconstancy – Evening Primrose
Independence and Injustice – Chestnut
Indifference – Candytuft
Infidelity, Joy, Gladness, Friendship, Jealousy, Welcome Back – Yellow Roses
Ingenuity – Chamomile
Initiative – Chamomile
INNOCENCE – Daisy
INNOCENCE – Orange Blossom
INNOCENCE – White Carnation
INNOCENCE – White Rose
Integrity – Aloe

JEALOUSY – Marigold
JEALOUSY – Yellow Hyacinth
JEALOUSY – Yellow Roses
JEALOUSY - After-thought – China Aster
Joy – Yellow Roses

Kindness and Humility – Elderberry Blossom

Languor – Asphodel
Lasting Affection – Pink Zinnia
Lasting Beauty – Statice
Let's get together – Peach Rose
Liberality – Hollyhock
Life – Peony
LOVE - Beauty – Orchid
LOVE - Courage – Red Rose
LOVE – Daintiness – Aster
LOVE - Declaration of Love – Red Tulip
LOVE - Desire – Red Rose
LOVE - Gentility – Pink Rose
LOVE - Grace – Pink Rose
LOVE – I Only Love Thee - Arbutus
LOVE - Innocence – White Carnation
LOVE - Job well done – Red Rose
LOVE - Loyal Love – Daisy
LOVE - Magnificence – Orchid
LOVE - Mirth and Joy – Myrtle
LOVE - Platonic or Concealed love - Acacia
LOVE - Pure Love – White Carnation
LOVE - Refinement – Orchid
LOVE - Rejected Love – Bouquet of Withered Flowers
LOVE - Respect – Red Rose
LOVE - Separation and Torment - Absinth/Wormwood
LOVE - Symbol of Love - Aster
LOVE - Sweet Love – White Carnation
LOVE - Timid Love - Apricot Blossom
LOVE - Unrequited – Daffodil
LOVE - Your Love is Reciprocated - Ambrosia
LOVE - You're so Lovely – Pink Rose
LOVE and Beauty – Cinnamon
LOVE at first sight – Gloxinia
LOVE Is Dangerous – Carolina Rose
LOVE, Desire, Respect, Courage, Job well done – Red Rose
Lovely – Smilax
Loveliness – White Hyacinth
Loyal Love – Daisy
Loyalty – Rosemary

Magic – Fern
Magnificence – Orchid
Majestic Beauty – Calla Lily
Majesty and Power – Crown Imperial
Majesty and Purity – White Lily
Maternal Love and Care – Coltsfoot
Misanthropy and Poisonous Words - Aconite/Monkshood
Mystery and Truth – Lotus
Modesty and Simplicity – Violet
Mother's Day – Pink Carnation
My First Dream of Love – White Lilac

REJECTION - No; Sorry, I cannot be with you – Striped Carnation

Open Heart – Larkspur
Oracle of Time and Love – Dandelion

Passionate Thoughts – Yellow & Orange Roses
Pastoral Poetry – Amaryllis
Patriotism – Nasturtium
Peace and Tranquility – Christmas Rose
Perfect Happiness – Pink Rose
Perfection - Sweet William
Persuasion – Water Lily
Please believe me – Pink Rose
Please forgive me – Purple Hyacinth
Pleasures of Memory – White Periwinkle
Power and Majesty – Crown Imperial
Preference – Geranium, Rose
PRIDE - Amaryllis
PRIDE – Orange Lily
Protection from Danger – White Heather
Presumption, Deception, Gracious lady – Snapdragon
Pure Love – White Carnation
Purity and Humility, Sweetness – Lily-Of-The-Valley
Purity and Majesty – White Lily

Recollection of Life's Pleasure – Adonis
Refinement – Orchid
Refusal – Anemone
Regret - Asphodel
Rejected Love – Bouquet of Withered Flowers
REJECTION - No; Sorry, I cannot be with you – Striped Carnation
Remember me – Yellow Roses
Resentment – Petunia
Resignation & Goodbye – Cyclamen
Reverence – Crocus
Reward of Merit – Bay Wreath

Sacred Affection – Marigold
Secrecy – Crocus
Sensitivity – Mimosa
Shelter – Fern
Silence – Crocus
Silliness or Foppery – Cockscomb/Celosia
Sincerity – Fern
Slighted Love – Yellow Chrysanthemum
Sorrow – Purple Hyacinth
Splendid Beauty – Magnolia
Splendor – Cardinal Flower
Spring & Poetry – Eglantine
Steadfastness – Camellia
Strength – Fennel
Strength of Character – Gladiolus
Success and Renown – Laurel
Sweetness of Disposition – Honeysuckle
Symbol of Bad Luck – Five Leaf Clover
Symbol of Dignity - Artemesia
Symbol of Good Luck – Four Leaf Clover
Symbol of Perpetual Concord - Apple
Sweet Dreams – Phlox
Sweet Love – White Carnation
Sympathy – Thrift
Symbol of the Perfect Lover – Tulip

Texas – Yellow Roses
Thank you – Dark Pink Rose
Thank you for understanding – Hydrangea
Thanks for a lovely time – Sweet Pea
Thoughtful Recollection – Pansy
Thoughts of Absent Friends – Zinnia
Time & Evaluation – Fir
Timidity and Modesty – Yellow Jasmine
Treasure and Good Fortune – Goldenrod
True Friendship - Abor Vitae
TRUTH – Bittersweet
TRUTH – White Chrysanthemum

Unchangeable – Globe Amaranth
Unity/Flower Emblem of England – White on Red Roses
Unrequited love – Daffodil

Vanity, Thank you for understanding, Frigidity – Hydrangea
Violent Sympathy and Desire, Love me, Affection returned – Jonquil
Virginity – Almond
Virginity – White Lily

Warmth of Feelings – Peppermint
Warmth of Sentiment – Spearmint
Warning – Canterbury Bell
Watchfulness - Almond Blossom
WEALTH – Orange Lily
WEALTH and Pride – Tiger Lily
WEALTH and Success – Yellow Poppy
Wedded Love – Ivy
Welcome Back – Yellow Roses
Will you dance with me? – Viscaria
Wisdom – Aloe
Worth beyond beauty - Alyssum (Sweet)

You are a wonderful friend – Chrysanthemum
You will always be beautiful to me!!! – Stock
Young Love, I cannot live without you – Primrose
Your Friendship means so much to me – Iris
Your Purity Equals Your Loveliness, Innocence, Eternal Love – Orange Blossom
You're a flame in my heart – Red Camellia
You're adorable – White Camellia
You're Heavenly – Crocus
You're so Lovely – Pink Rose
Youth and Acceptance – Pink Lilac
Youth and Poetry – Wisteria
Youthful Gladness, Attachment, Cheerfulness – Crocus
Youthfulness – Crocus