Throughout history, lovers have given flowers to each other as a token of their longing, devotion, and love.
Over time, different flowers developed specific meanings.
When choosing a flower as a gift, you should consider how special the flower is to your lover and what message it communicates.
Acacia: Concealed love, chaste love.
Agapanthus: Love letters, love.
Alium: Strength.
Alstromeria: Wealth, prosperity, fortune, devotion, friendship.
Amaryllis: Pride.
Ambrosia: Love is reciprocated.
Anemone: Forsaken, expectation, unfading love.
Apple blossoums: Good fortune.
Artemisia: Dignity.
Asparagus fern: Fascination.
Aster: Variety, elegance, daintiness.
Azalea: Love, romance, first love, fragile passion, temperance.
Balsam: Ardent love.
Begonia: Beware.
Bells of Ireland: Good luck.
Bluebell: Humility, constancy.
Buttercup: Childishness.
Cactus: Endurance.
Camelia: Gratitude, perfected love.
Camelia,red: You´re a flame in my heart.
Carnation: Fascination, distinction, divine love.
Carnation,striped: Refusal, sorry I can´t be with you.
Carnation, yellow: Disdain, rejection, you have disappointed me.
Clematis: Clever, intellectual.
Cornflower: Delicacy.
Crocus: Cheerfulness, abuse not.
Cyclamen: Resignation, good-bye, it´s over.
Delphinium: Big-hearted, fun.
Ebony: Blackness.
Eremurus: Endurace.
Fern: Sincerity, magic, fascination, confidence, shelter.
Forsythia: Anticipation.
Freesia: Innocence, thoughtfulness.
Fuschia: Taste.
Gardenia: You´re lovely, secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck.
Geranium: Stupidity, folly, comfort, gentility.
Ginger: Strength.
Gladiolus: Strength of character, remembrance, infatuation.
Gloxina: Love at first sight.
Lily: Purity of heart.
Lily of the valley: Return of happiness.
Orange blossom: Marriage and fruitfulness.
Peony: Shame or happy marriage.
Queen Anne´s lace: Fantasy.
Rudbeckia: Justice.
Sweet pea: Good bye.
Zinnia,burgundy: Lasting, affection.
Zinnia,mixed: Thoughts of absent friends.