The language of flowers has been written about in many, many different books. For the most part the books or articles all agree on the meaning for a particular flower. During Victorian times flowers were used to express emotions when words failed.
Red roses are the most common for a lover, or husband to give his love at Valentine’s day. Red roses symbolizes romance and love.
I want to take a look at a few of the other flowers in the garden and their meanings. Especially now with Valentine’s Day on the horizon and many of you will be receiving bouquets as expressions of love.
The Aster with its daisy like petals and sunshiny centers come in a myriad of colors. The definition of Aster is that it represents patience and a love of variety. Maybe because of the many colors?
Forget-me-not flowers are true to their name. They represent good memories and true love. A favorite of Victorian times.
Calla lilies are used in bridal bouquets quite often and no wonder as they represent magnificence, beauty, purity and innocence.
The Carnation is a symbol of many different things. The color is what determines the meaning. Here is a list I found on a flower website.
- Red means love, pride, and admiration
- A pink carnation stands for the love of a mother or woman
- Purple carnations mean capriciousness
- Yellow means rejection or disappointment
- White means innocence and pure love
- A striped carnation represents a refusal
Today it is 19 degrees and snowing. Next month will be spring and thoughts turn to what to plant in the flower bed. Maybe use the meaning of the flower to plant the garden this year?
What is your favorite flower and do you know the meaning associated with it?
7 comments:
Diana, my favorite flowers have changed over the years. I used to grow roses and had 20 bushes. I love peonies, carnations and pinks, Mexican salvia (Black and Blue and Armisted (a dark purple) are my favorites. Love geraniums and clematis but these flowers come in a variety of colors - well all of my favorites do so rather than the flower, I'll stick with the color. Varying shades of red, blue, purple are what I love to see in my yard.
Your yard sounds beautiful Judith. The blue-black is one of our favorites and we have it in our yard every year!
Lovely post, Diana. My favorite is the Alaska state flower, the forget-me-not.
Love your post, Diana. I get such joy from my garden and my flowers. One of my favorites is my row of red hot pokers. The hummingbirds love it as do the migratory cedar waxwings that pass through SW Washington state.
I especially like the meaning for red hot pokers is awakening to the knowledge of your true self and inner teachings. The main purpose of this essence is to awaken to the knowledge of your true self, and that there is more to life than just this physical body in which you have chosen to have a human experience.
Peggy,
Thanks for stopping by!
I did not know that humming birds loved the red hot pokers. I love the meaning behind the flower. :)) And think I should add some red hot pokers to my garden.
I love most all flowers. The only one's that bother me are lavender if there are too many of them because the fragrance is overwhelming. But a small amount of lavender is fine. We were fortunate to have purchased a home with lots of beautiful blooming things from Spring through Fall. One of my favorites is echinacea sundown. the flowers begin a fluorescent rose pink, mature to bright rose-orange and fade to soft purple-pink--truly like a sundown.
Ourp rimary spring bloomers are rhodendrons--white, pink, yellow, and blue. We have several bulb plants as well: yellow lilies, purple iris, and ??
Our fall perrenial garden also has red hot pokers. I didn't know the meaning. Thank you, Peggy for sharing that. It makes me even more happy we have them. We also have is lambs ear, theleaves really do feel soft, but in the early fall they put up a stem of purple flowers. One of the most surprising is a very large planting of dark blue/purple asters. We see it growing and the green leaves and thought, at first, that was it. A nice bushy plant. Then around October those purple flowers all came out at once. It was pleasantly shocking. I'm sure I'm forgetting several others. Oh our cactus garden in a small part that is very dry and has a lot of sun.
You'd think with all that we'd be done. But no, we do purchase annuals early in the spring from small 1 or 2 inch tubs to put in hanging baskets. Our favorites are marigolds, petunias, pansy, and impatiens because of all the different color possibilities. Every year it is still miraculous to me, how we can plant these little tiny bits in a 10 inch pot and by summer it is taking over and trailing over the edge. So fun!!!
You've made my day thinking about all this. Come on Spring!
Hi, Maggie ,
Thanks for stopping by. Your garden sounds beautiful and beautiful all year long!
So nice the previous owners did a lot of the landscaping before you bought the house.
Yes, yes, come on spring!!!
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