Flower Symbolism

Which Symbolic Flowers To Convey Your Feeling?

Flower symbolism during the Victorian era was used to communicate messages and express feelings through flowers as opposed to words.  This language of flowers, also called floriography, which uses flower symbolism, was and still is a unique means of communication, at times more effective than spoken words.  Certain symbolic flowers are more prevalent than others, but the thought of bringing back flower symbolism and language of flowers is a powerful ideology.

In some cases, the language of symbolic flowers has united with spoken word.  For instance, the Shakespearean quote, “A rose by another other name would smell as sweet“, which implies that the beauty of this flower is independent of what we name it.  Each flower’s natural beauty is the essence of flower symbolism.  But what do different flowers symbolize and can one use the symbolism when having a floral gift delivered?

What do Flowers Symbolize?

Love is perhaps the most popular sentiment of flower symbolism today.  Red roses signify passion and romantic love.  Other kinds of symbolic flowers that mean love are:

• red tulips  which symbolize a love declaration
• pink carnations  are representative of a woman’s love
• forget-me-nots  are said to mean true love
• purple lilacs  which symbolize first love
• azaleas have a meaning of passion

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