Flower Language Database
Meaning: secrecy
- White or yellow acacia blossom - secret love
- Coriander - hidden merit
- Fern foliage - magic, enchantment, shelter
- Fungus - resilience, loneliness, solitude, disgust
- Gardenia - secret love
- Queen Anne's lace - haven, sanctuary
- White rose - silence, secrecy
- Black rose - mystery
- Heather - solitude
Meaning: life
- Bamboo - longevity
- Maple foliage - longevity
- Acanthus - immortality, rebirth
- Alyssum - immortal love
- Amaranth - immortal love, immortality
- Cherry blossom - transience of life
- Dahlia - elegance and dignity
- Lotus - rebirth
- Stinging nettle - life and death
- Yellow orchid - new beginnings
- Peach blossom - long life
- Plum blossom - longevity
- Plumeria - perfection, new beginnings
- Queen of the night - enjoy small moments because they do not last
- Yellow rose - undying love
- Rosemary foliage - your presence revives me
- White spider lily - new beginnings, health, rebirth
- Stock - a happy life
- Sunflower - longevity
- Dogwood - durability
Meaning: strength, hope
- Bamboo - strength
- Amaryllis - determination, hope, achievement, shyness
- Borage - courage
- Angel's trumpets - vivacity, vibrancy, health
- Clove blossom - dignity
- Crocus - hope
- Dandelion - overcoming hardship
- Edelweiss - high courage
- Fennel - merit, strength
- Fern foliage - courage
- Gladiolus - strength of character, honor, conviction
- Blue iris - hope, faith
- Laurel - glory and honor
- Scarlet lily - lofty aspiration
- Nasturtium - patriotism, conquest
- Sugarbush - courage, daring, resourcefulness, diversity
- Snapdragon - graciousness, strength
- Snowdrop - hope
- Yellow spider lily - strength
- Thistle - endurance
- Thyme foliage - courage
- Pink tulip - confidence
- Yellow tulip - hope
- Black tulip - power, strength
- Gloxinia - a proud spirit
Meaning: beauty
- Bamboo - grace
- Rose acacia blossom - elegance
- Amaryllis - beauty
- Aster - daintiness
- Bird of paradise flower - magnificence
- Calla lily - magnificence and beauty
- White carnation - sweet and lovely
- Cowslip - youthful beauty, winning grace
- Red daisy - beauty unknown to possessor
- Purple heather - solitary beauty, admiration
- Hibiscus - rare and delicate beauty
- White hyacinth - loveliness
- Meadowsweet - beauty
- Green orchid - charm, beauty, refinement
- Blue orchid - rarity, uniqueness, beauty
- Pink orchid - grace
- White orchid - beauty, elegance
- Plum blossom - beauty
- Queen Anne's lace - delicate complexity
- Pink spider lily - passion
- Stock - lasting beauty
- Black tulip - supreme elegance
- Widow's tears - rare worth
- French honeysuckle - rustic beauty
- Pomegranate flower - mature elegance
- Pink rosebud - grace, beauty
- Burgundy rose - unconscious beauty
- Austrian rose - thou art all that is lovely
- China rose - beauty is always new
- Damask rose - brilliant complexion, freshness
- Musk rose - capricious beauty
Meaning: general love
- Maple foliage - love
- Amaryllis - love
- Ragweed - reciprocated love
- American cowslip - you are my divinity
- Apple blossom - preference
- Arbutus - you are the only one I love
- Aster - love
- Milkvetch - your presence softens my pain
- Bellflower - unwavering love
- Red chrysanthemum - love
- White chrysanthemum - truth, loyal love
- Clovenlip toadflax - please notice my love for you
- Coreopsis - love at first sight
- Crocus - love
- Daffodil - return my affection, unrequited love
- Daisy - loyal love
- Larkspur - ardent attachment
- Forget-me-not - true love, faithful love
- Gardenia - sweet love
- Rose-scented gardenia - preference
- Gorse - love in all seasons
- Heliotrope - emblem of faithfully devoted love
- Honeysuckle - devoted affection, bonds of love
- Indian jasmine - unconditional and eternal love, attachment
- Jonquil - return my affection
- Bleeding heart - passionate love, unconditional love, compassion
- Lavender - love
- Purple lilac - first love
- Pink lily - love, admiration
- Mallow - consumed by love
- Moonflower - dreaming of love
- Morning glory - love in vain, affection
- Baby blue eyes - you are my one and only
- Green orchid - love
- Peach blossom - charm
- Primrose - eternal love
- Rainflower - reciprocated love
- Red rose - true love
- Cabbage rose - ambassador of love
- Blue or lavender thornless rose - love at first sight
- Snowdrop - youthful love
- Stock - bonds of affection
- Red tulip - undying perfect love
- Orange tulip - truest love
- Ylang ylang - never-ending love
- Red camellia - love
- Yellow or white camellia - longing, waiting
- Kamchatka fritillary - love
- Mossy saxifrage - affection
- Rose campion - only deserve my love
Meaning: romantic love
- Red carnation - deep romantic love
- Red orchid - romance
- Peach blossom - bridal hope
Meaning: friendship, platonic love
- Cedar foliage - everlasting friendship
- Crocus - friendship in adversity
- Oak-leaved geranium - true friendship
- Ivy foliage - dependence, endurance, faithfulness, friendship
- Yellow orchid - friendship
- Pear blossom - lasting friendship
- Yellow rose - friendship
- Snowdrop - friendship in adversity
- Yellow spider lily - everlasting friendship
- Pink tulip - friendship
Meaning: passion, sensual love
- Azalea - passion
- Jewelweed - ardent love
- Red carnation - passion
- Coriander - lust
- Dill - passion
- Yellow iris - passion
- Orange lily - passion, desire
- Lime blossom - fornication
- Red orchid - desire, passion
- Red poppy - pleasure
- Light pink or coral rose - desire, passion
- Pink spider lily - passion
- Red tulip - passion
- Cactus flower - sex
- Spanish jasmine - sensuality
- Dog rose - pleasure and pain
Meaning: innocence, purity
- Arum lily - faith, purity
- Baby's breath - innocence, purity of heart
- Cornflower - celibacy
- Scotch broom - humility and neatness
- Bulrush - docility
- White carnation - innocence, pure love, faithfulness
- Chestnut blossom - chastity
- Daffodil - new beginnings
- Easter daisy - innocence, faith, simplicity, purity
- Freesia - innocence, thoughtfulness
- White hydrangea - purity, grace
- White iris - purity
- White lilac - youthful innocence
- White lily - purity
- Lily of the valley - sweetness, humility, purity
- Lotus - purity, chastity
- Baby blue eyes - innocence
- Pink orchid - gentleness, innocence
- White orchid - purity, faith, humility, innocence
- White rosebud - purity, humility
- Sensitive plant - sensitivity, modesty
- Snowdrop - purity, humility, innocence
- Star of Bethlehem - purity
- White violet - modesty, innocence, candor
Meaning: prosperity
- Maple foliage - abundance
- Allium - good fortune, prosperity
- Anthurium - hospitality, abundance
- Cornflower - good luck, wealth
- Basil foliage - success
- Bells of Ireland - luck
- Sloe foliage - fate, protection, hope against adversity, good fortune
- Bumblebee orchid - industry
- Red clover - industry
- Gardenia - good luck
- Hawthorn blossom - hope, fertility
- Hollyhock - ambition
- White hydrangea - abundance
- Jasmine - monetary wealth
- Oak foliage - strength, hospitality
- Orange blossom - good fortune, good luck in marriage
- Green and pink orchid - fertility
- Peach blossom - generosity
- Peony - prosperity, honor
- Yellow poppy - wealth, success
- Statice - success
- Wheat - wealth and prosperity
- Tiger lily - wealth
- Polyanthus primrose - pride of riches
Meaning: lies
- Red heath - fickleness
- Impatiens - impatience
- Green willow - false love
- Begonia - fanciful nature
- Purple carnation - capriciousness, whimsical, changeable, unreliability
- Crocus - impatience
- Daffodil - uncertainty, deceitful hopes
- Black dahlia - betrayal and dishonesty
- Foxglove - insecurity
- White hydrangea - boasting
- Larkspur - levity, lightness, fickleness, haughtiness
- Lavender - distrust
- Nightshade - silence, falsehood
- Snapdragon - deception, presumption
- Thorn-apple - disguise, deceitful charms
- Freesia - childishness, immaturity
- Bugloss - falsehood
- Dogbane - falsehood, figment, doubt
- Mock orange - counterfeit
Meaning: thanks
- Agrimony - thankfulness, gratitude
- Azalea - take care, gratitude
- Bluebell - gratitude
- Pink hydrangea - heartfelt gratitude
- Mayflower - welcome
- Dark pink rose - gratitude
- Yellow spider lily - gratitude
- Sweetpea - gratitude
- Wisteria - welcoming
Meaning: sorrow, remembrance
- Aloe - grief
- Anemone - forsaken, sickness, withered hope
- Aspen foliage - fear, lamentation
- Asphodel - death, the underworld, regret to the grave
- Hollyhock - remember me, epiphany, remembrance, nostalgia
- Balm - sympathy
- Pink carnation - will never forget you
- Cowslip - heartsickness and the death of young maidens
- Cypress foliage - death, mourning, despair, sorrow
- Forget-me-not - do not forget me, affectionate remembrance
- Blue hyacinth - grief, sorrow, please forgive me
- Blue hydrangea - frigidity, apology
- Love lies bleeding - hopelessness
- Marigold - pain and grief
- Pansy - thoughtfulness, remembrance, you occupy my thoughts
- Red poppy - consolation, death, blood, sacrifice, remembrance
- Rainflower - I will never forget you
- Dried white rose - sorrow
- Black rose - despair, sorrow
- Rosemary foliage - remembrance
- Rue - regret, sorrow, repentance
- Snowdrop - consolation
- Red spider lily - abandonment, loss, separation, death
- Statice - remembrance, sympathy
- Sweetpea - tenderness, farewell
- White tulip - remembrance
- Wormwood foliage - absence, bitter sorrow
- Zinnia - thinking of you; remembering absent friends, sentimentality
- Tartarian aster - remembrance
Meaning: promise
- Almond blossom - promise
- Aster - trust
- Bluebell - loyalty, constancy
- Camellia - constancy and steadfastness
- Campanula - gratitude
- China aster - fidelity
- White clover - I promise
- Blue daisy - long term loyalty and trust
- Edelweiss - chivalrous devotion
- Wild geranium - steadfast piety
- Blue hyacinth - constancy
- Lavender - devotion
- Magnolia - perseverance
- Oxeye daisy - patience
- Plum blossom - keep your promises
- Rainflower - I must atone for my sins
- Speedwell - loyalty, protection
- Star of Bethlehem - atonement, reconciliation
- Sunflower - loyalty
- Blue tulip - respect, trust
- Blue violet - faithfulness
- Wallflower - unchanging affection and fidelity in misfortune
- White anemone - sincerity
- Ragweed - piety
- Morning glory - willful promises
- Passionflower - belief, religious superstition, susceptibility
Meaning: justice
- Black eyed susan - justice
- Chestnut blossom - do me justice
- Coltsfoot - justice shall be done
- Daffodil - chivalry, respect
- Skeleton flower - I will show my true self to you, clarity, honesty
- Forget-me-not - chivalry
- Stinging nettle - protection
Meaning: joy
- Anthurium - happiness
- Bird of paradise flower - joyfulness
- Bouvardia - enthusiasm
- Celandine - joys to come
- Chamomile - energy in adversity
- Coreopsis - always cheerful
- Crocus - youthful joy
- Daffodil - evanescent happiness
- Orange daisy - joy, sunshine
- Larkspur - levity, fun, joy
- Eyebright - joy, mental clarity
- Gardenia - joy
- Goldenrod - encouragement
- Red, pink hyacinth - playfulness
- Lavender - happiness
- Lily of the valley - returning happiness
- Meadowsweet - happiness, peace
- Mullein - good nature
- Myrtle - joy, triumph
- Baby blue eyes - happiness
- Olive foliage - peace
- Orange orchid - pride, enthusiasm, boldness
- Yellow orchid - joy
- Pink orchid - happiness, playfulness
- White poppy - peace, joy
- Light pink rosebud - youth, joy, energy
- Yellow spider lily - happiness
- Yellow tulip - cheerfulness, sunshine in your smile
- Red poppy - fun loving
Meaning: femininity
- Azalea - womanhood
- Pink carnation - a woman's love, a mother's love
- Cherry blossom - feminine beauty
- Cinquefoil - beloved daughter
- Daisy - womanly truth
- Pink spider lily - feminine love
- Purple violet - love between women
Meaning: masculinity
- Green carnation - love between men
- Peony - masculine bravery
Meaning: negative
- Basil foliage - hate
- Begonia - beware
- Bird's-foot trefoil - revenge
- Angel's trumpets - danger
- Buttercup - sarcasm, ingratitude
- Yellow carnation - rejection, disdain, disappointment
- Yellow chrysanthemum - slighted love
- Columbine - the emblem of deceived lovers, ingratitude, faithlessness, folly
- Cowslip - rejected love
- Creeping willow - love forsaken
- Scarlet gardenia - stupidity
- Yellow hyacinth - jealousy
- Laurestine - I die if neglected
- Bleeding heart - rejected love
- Orange lily - hatred
- Lobelia- malevolence
- Mulberry - I will not survive you
- Mint - suspicion
- Narcissus - unrequited love, selfishness
- Stinging nettle - cruelty
- Rhododendron - danger, beware
- Black rose - danger, obsession, hatred
- Yellow rose - apology, betrayal, heartbreak, infidelity, jealousy
- Mourningbride - unfortunate attachment
- Tansy - I declare war on you
- Thistle - warning, surliness
- Yellow tulip - desperate love
- Wolfsbane - misanthropy
- Carolina rose - love is dangerous
- Christmas rose - please relieve my anxiety
Meaning: kindness
- Cherry blossom - gentleness, kindness
- Elderflower - compassion
- Phlox - harmony
- Speedwell - kindness
- Pink tulip - caring, good wishes
- White tulip - forgiveness, sincerity
- Valerian - an accommodating disposition
- Azalea - patience, modesty
- Daffodil - respect
Meaning: mind, art, dreams
- Acanthus - art
- Mauve carnation - dreams of fantasy
- Maple foliage - balance
- Purple daisy - thoughtfulness
- Silver-leaved geranium - recall
- Pencilled-leaf geranium - ingenuity
- Himalayan blue poppy - potential, possibilities
- Purple hydrangea - desire to understand
- Blue iris - wisdom, compliments
- Lotus - eloquence
- Oats - music
- White egret orchid - my thoughts will follow you into your dreams
- Green orchid - thoughtfulness
- Pitch pine blossom - philosophy
- Sage foliage - health, wisdom, respect
- Sunflower - pure and lofty thoughts, adoration
- Blue tulip - tranquility
- Orange tulip - understanding, appreciation
- Purple violet - daydreaming
- Yarrow - healing, inspiration
- White chrysanthemum - truth
- Eglantine rose - poetry
- Lupine - voracious imagination
Meaning: royalty
- Comet orchid - royalty
- Kerria - royalty
- Purple orchid - respect, royalty and admiration
- Thistle - nobility
- Purple tulip - nobility, royalty
- Yellow chrysanthemum - imperiality
Meaning: miscellany
- Azalea - fragility
- Boxwood - firmness and stoicism
- Hyssop - cleanliness, sacrifice
- Lemon blossom - discretion
- Mignonette - worth, your qualities surpass your charms
- Primrose - childhood
- Spindle tree foliage - your image is engraved on my heart
- Straw - unity
- Sticky catchfly - invitation to dance
- Sweetbrier rose - simplicity, a wound to heal
- Thyme foliage - thriftiness
- Tulip-tree - fame
- Vervain - pray for me, protection against evil
- Witch hazel - a magic spell
- Allamanda - heavenly
- Cardinal flower - distinction