We at creationsbyhelen.com often receive calls from our customers and the public at large wanting to know the meaning of flowers. We suppose that translated simply it would be the “Language of Flowers” that they are concerned with.
Flowers speak volumes and in Victorian times the practice of sending floral gifts wasn’t just for their fragrance and color but also for specific and sometimes secret messages. Flower language in those times added wit, charm, piquancy and delicate intrigue to everyday life.
“Secret love” according to some sources was expressed by the yellow acacia , “Suspicion” with a gift of champignon and “fidelity” by a sprig of ivy.
There are great benefits with flower language, for example the tongue tied lover only needed to send the appropriate flower to overcome his timidity and yet get the message across in the most gentle of ways.
The meanings found below will hopefully open a happy new dimension to your love and appreciation of flowers. Keep in mind however that different sources provide different meanings. The following were compiled back in 1963 and many varieties of flowers have come and gone but the basics stay the same.
creationsbyhelen.com is pleased to present this series of pages of information on the language of flowers.
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Cabbage …… | ProfitCelibacy |
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Cacalia | Adulation |
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Cactus … … | Warmth |
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Calla AEthiopica | cure; Magnificent Beauty |
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Calycanthus … | Benevolence |
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Camillia Japonica red | Unpretending Excellence |
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Camillia Japonica White | Perfected Lovliness |
Camomile | Energy in adversity |
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Canary grass | Perseveranced |
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Candytuft | Indifference |
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Canterbury Bell | Acknowledgement |
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Cape Jasmin ….. | I'm too happy |
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Cardamine | Paternal error |
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Carnation Deep red | Alas! For my poor heart |
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Carnation Striped | Refusal |
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Carnation yellow | Disdain |
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Cardinal flower | Distinction |
Catchfly | Snare |
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Catchfly red | Youthful love |
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Catchfly White | Betrayed |
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Cedar | Strenght |
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Cedar of Lebannon | I Live For Thee |
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Cedar leaf | Insinuation |
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Celandine | Joys to come |
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Centaury | Delicacy |
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Cereus(creeping) | Modest genius |
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Champignon | Suspicion |
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Chequered Fritillary | Persecution |
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Cherry tree | Good education |
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Cherry Tree (white) | Deception |
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Chestnut tree | Do me justice: Luxury |
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Chickweed | Rendezvous |
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Chicory | Frugality |
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China Aster | Variety |
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China Aster, double /td> | I partake your sentiments |
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China aster single | I will think of it |
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China or Indian pink | Aversion |
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China Rose | Beauty always new |
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Chinese Chrysanthemum | Cheerfulness under adversity |
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Christmas Rose | Relieve my anxiety |
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Chrysanthemum, Red | I love |
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Chrysanthemum , white | Truth |
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Chrysanthemum, yellow | Slighted love |
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Cinquefoil | Maternal affection |
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Circea | Spell |
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Cistus or rock rose | Popular favour |
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Cistus, gum | I shall die to-morrow |
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Citron | Ill natured beauty |
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Clematis | Mental beauty |
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Clematis, evergreen | Poverty |
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Clotbur | Rudeness: pertinacity |
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Cloves | Dignity |
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Clover, four leaved | Be mine |
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Clover, red | Industry |
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Clover, white | Think of me |
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Cobaea | Gossip |
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Cockscomb Amaranth | Foppery: Affectation: Singularity |
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Colchicum | My best days are ahead |
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Coltsfoot | Justice shall be done |
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Columbine | Folly |
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Columbine red | Anxious and trembling |
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Columbine purple | Resolved to win |
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Convolvulus | Bonds |
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Convolulus, blue(minor) | Repose: night |
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Convolulus Major | Extinguished hopes |
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Convolulus Pink | Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection. |
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Corchorus | Impatient of absence |
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Coreopsis | Always cheerful |
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Coreopsis Arkansa | Love at first sight |
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Coriander | Hidden worth |
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Corn | Riches |
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Corn, broken | Quarrel |
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Corn straw | Agreement |
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CornBottle | Delicacy |
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Corne Cockle | Gentility |
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Cornel tree | Duration |
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Coronella | Success crown your wishes |
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Cowslip | Pensiveness: winning grace |
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Cowslip, American | Divine Beauty: you are my divinity |
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Cranberry | Cure for heartache |
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Cress | Stability: Power |
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Crocus | Abuse not |
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Crocus, spring | Youthful gladness |
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Crocus, saffron | Mirth |
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Crown imperial | Majesty, power |
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Crowsbill | Envy |
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Crowfoot | Ingratitude |
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Crowfoot (aconite-leaved) | Lustre |
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Cuckoo Plant | Ardour |
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Cudweed American | Unceasing remebrance |
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Currant | Thy frown will kill me |
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Cuscutta | Meanness |
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Cyclamen | Diffidence |
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Cypress | Death: mourning |
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