Flower Meaning Writing Prompts
Acacia (Blossom): Concealed Love, Beauty in Retirement, Chaste Love
Acorn: Nordic Symbol of Life and Immortality
Ambrosia: Your Love is Reciprocated
Amaryllis: Pride, Pastoral Poetry
Anemone: Forsaken
Arbutus: Thee Only Do I Love
Aster: Symbol of Love, Daintiness
Azalea: Take Care of Yourself for Me, Temperance, Fragile Passion, Chinese Symbol of Womanhood
Bachelor Button: Single Blessedness
Begonia: Beware
Bells of Ireland: Good Luck
Bittersweet: Truth
Bluebell: Humility
Bouquet of Withered Flowers: Rejected Love
Cactus: Endurance
Camellia (Pink): Longing For You
Camellia (Red): You’re a Flame in My Heart
Camellia (White): You’re Adorable
Candytuft: Indifference
Carnation (General): Fascination, Women Love
Carnation (Pink): I’ll Never Forget You
Carnation (Red): My Heart Aches For You, Admiration
Carnation (Purple): Capriciousness
Carnation (Solid Color): Yes
Carnation (Striped): No, Refusal, Sorry I Can’t Be with You, Wish I Could Be with You
Carnation (White): Sweet and Lovely, Innocence, Pure Love, Woman’s Good Luck Gift
Carnation (Yellow): You Have Disappointed Me, Rejection
Cattail: Peace, Prosperity
Chrysanthemum (Red): I Love You
Chrysanthemum (White): Truth
Chrysanthemum (Yellow): Slighted Love
Coreopsis: Always Cheerful
Crocus: Cheerfulness
Cyclamen: Resignation and Good-bye
Daffodil: Regard, Unequalled Love, You’re the Only One, The Sun is Always Shining When I’m with You
Daisy: Innocence, Loyal Love, I’ll Never Tell, Purity
Dandelion: Faithfulness, Happiness
Dead Leaves: Sadness
Fern: Magic, Fascination, Confidence and Shelter
Fern (Maidenhair): Secret Bond of Love
Fir: Time
Flax: Domestic Symbol
Forget-Me-Not: True Love, Memories
Forsythia: Anticipation
Gardenia: You’re Lovely, Secret Love
Garlic: Courage, Strength
Geranium: Stupidity, Folly
Gladioli: Give Me a Break, I’m Really Sincere, Flower of the Gladiators
Gloxinia: Love at First Sight
Grass: Submission
Heather (Lavender): Admiration, Solitude
Heather (White): Protection, Wishes Will Come True
Holly: Defense, Domestic Happiness
Hyacinth (General): Games and Sports, Rashness, Flower Dedicated to Apollo
Hyacinth (Blue): Constancy
Hyacinth (Purple): I am Sorry, Please Forgive Me, Sorrow
Hyacinth (Red or Pink): Play
Hyacinth (White): Loveliness, I’ll Pray for You
Hyacinth (Yellow): Jealousy
Hydrangea: Thank You for Understanding, Frigidity, Heartlessness
Iris: Fleur-de-lis, Emblem of France, Your Friendship Means so Much to Me, Faith, Hope, Wisdom and Valor, My Compliments
Ivy: Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection
Ivy (Sprig of White Tendrils): Anxious to Please, Affection
Jonquil: Love Me, Affection Returned, Desire, Sympathy, Desire for Affection Returned
Larkspur (Pink): Fickleness
Lily (Orange): Hatred
Lily (White): Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It’s Heavenly to be with You
Lily (Yellow): I’m Walking on Air, False and Gay
Lily (Calla): Beauty
Lily (Day): Coquetry, Chinese Emblem for Mother
Lily (Eucharis): Maiden Charms
Lily (Tiger): Wealth, Pride
Lily of the Valley: Sweetness, Tears of the Virgin Mary, Return to Happiness, Humility, You’ve Made My Life Complete
Magnolia: Nobility
Marigold: Cruelty, Grief, Jealousy
Mistletoe: Kiss Me, Affection, To Surmount Difficulties, Sacred Plant of India, Magic Plant of the Druids
Monkhood: Beware, A Deadly Foe is Near
Moss: Maternal Love, Charity
Myrtle: Love, Hebrew Emblem of Marriage
Narcissus: Egotism, Formality, Stay as Sweet as You Are
Nasturtium: Conquest, Victory in Battle
Nuts: Stupidity
Oleander: Caution
Orange Blossom: Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage and Fruitfulness
Orange, Mock: Deceit
Orchid: Love, Beauty, Refinement, Beautiful Lady, Chinese Symbol for Many Children
Palm Leaves: Victory and Success
Peony: Shame, Happy Life, Happy Marriage
Petunia: Resentment, Anger, Your Presence Soothes Me
Pine: Hope, Pity
Poppy (General): Eternal Sleep, Oblivion, Imagination
Poppy (Red): Pleasure
Poppy (White): Consolation (Poppy is the floral sign of consolation probably because it was created by “Ceres” while in search of her daughter, Prosperpine, to assuage her grief).
Poppy (Yellow): Wealth, Success
Primrose: I Can’t Live without You
Primrose (Evening): Inconstancy
Rose (Bridal): Happy Love
Rose (Christmas): Tranquilize My Anxiety, Anxiety
Rose (Damask): Persian Ambassador of Love
Rose (Dark Crimson): Mourning
Rose (Hibiscus): Delicate Beauty
Rose (Leaf): You May Hope
Rose (Pink): Perfect Happiness, Please Believe Me
Rose (Red): Love, I Love You
Rose (Tea): I’ll Remember Always
Rose (Thornless): Love at First Sight
Rose (White): Innocence and Purity, I am Worthy of You, You’re Heavenly, Secrecy and Silence
Rose (White and Red Mixed): Unity, Flower Emblem of England
Rose (White-Dried): Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue
Rose (White-Withered): Transient Impression, Fleeting Beauty, You Made No Impression
Rose (Yellow): Decrease of Love, Jealousy, Try to Care
Rosebud: Beauty and You, A Heart Innocent of Love
Rosebud (Red): Pure and Lovely
Rosebud (White): Girlhood
Rosebud (Moss): Confessions of Love
Roses (Bouquet of Mature Blooms): Gratitude
Roses (Single Full Bloom): I Love You, I Still Love You
Roses (Garland or Crown of): Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, Crown - Symbol of Superior Merit
Roses (Musk Cluster): Harming
Smilax: Loveliness
Snapdragon: Deception, Gracious Lady
Spider Flower: Elope with Me
Stephanotis: Happiness in Marriage, Desire to Travel
Stock: Bonds of Affection, Promptness, You’ll Always Be Beautiful to Me
Sweetpea: Good-bye, Departure, Blissful Pleasure, Thank You for a Lovely Time
Tulip (General): Perfect Lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland
Tulip (Red): Believe Me, Declaration of Love
Tulip (Variegated): Beautiful Eyes
Tulip (Yellow): There’s Sunshine in Your Smile
Violet: Modesty
Violet (Blue): Watchfulness, Faithfulness, I’ll Always Be There
Viscaria: Will You Dance with Me?
Zinnia (Magenta): Lasting Affection
Zinnia (Mixed): Thinking (or In Memory) or an Absent Friend
Zinnia (Scarlet): Constancy
Zinnia (White): Goodness
Zinnia (Yellow): Daily Remembrance
List taken from here.
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