Traditional Flower Meanings

Take a look at the meanings that these different flowers have and then try to match exactly what you want to express.

• Acacia - concealed love, chaste love
• Ambrosia - love is reciprocated
• Anthurium - Lover
• Arbutus - Thee only do I love
• Azalea - Love, romance, first-love, fragile passion, temperance, It is the Chinese symbol of womanhood.
• Baby's breath - innocence
• Balsam - ardent love
• Camellia pink - longing for you
• Camellia red - you're a flame in my heart
• Camellia white - you're adorable
• Carnation white - innocence, faithfulness, sweet & lovely, pure love, ardent love, good luck, these flowers have lasting qualities
• Chrysanthemum white - truth, loyal love
• Forget-me-not - True love, hope remembrance, memories
• Gloxinia - love at first sight
• Larkspur purple - first love
• Lily white - purity, modest, virginity, majesty, it's heavenly to be with you, The white lily is linked to Juno, the queen of the Gods in Roman mythology, by the story that while nursing her son Hercules, some excess milk fell from the sky creating the group of stars we call the milky way and lilies where created when that milk fell to the earth. The Easter lily is also the symbol of the Virgin Mary.
• Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness, purity of heart, sweetness, tears of the Virgin Mary, you've made my life complete, humility, happiness. The legend of the Lily of the Valley is that it sprang from Eve's tears when she was exiled from the Garden of Eden. It is also believed that this flower protects the garden from evil spirits. Also known as the flower of May.
• Orchid - rare beauty, love, refinement, beautiful lady, Chinese symbol for many children, mature charm, long life.
• Paper white - Aphrodisiac due to its intoxicating scent. It is also the national flower of Wales because it often blooms of 1st March which is St. David's feast day, patron  saint of Wales.
• Primrose - I can't live without you.
• Rose - love, passion, perfection. The rose was named after the Latin word rosa which means red. It has been the symbol of love since ancient times. Associated with the fifteenth wedding anniversary. It is also known as the birth flower of June.
• Rose red - Love, passion, respect, courage, I love you, beauty, pure and lovely, prosperity.
• Rose single full bloom - I love you, I still love you, new love.
• Rose bud small - pure and lovely, beauty and youth, a heart innocent of love.
• Rose thorn less - love at first sight
• Rose white - innocence purity, secrecy, I am worthy of you, silence, friendship, truth, virtue, girlhood, humility, spiritual love, reverence, charm, happy love.
• Rose yellow - Joy, friendship, true love, decrease of love, jealousy, try to care, freedom, slighted love, joy, gladness.
• Violet purple - Thoughts of you, blue love.