Many flowers have come to be associated with particular sentiments of love. In the first century A.D., Valerius Maximus wrote that the rose is the flower of love because of its thorns, which lie concealed beneath its blossoms, ready to inflict pain on the frivolous or imprudent lover.
In the nineteenth century, the Victorians invented a sophisticated and sensuous vocabulary of flowers different flowers invested with meaning.
Flowers of Love
Apple blossoms = hope
Bachelor button = celibacy
Bluebells = constancy
Camellia = beauty
Carnation = promise
Daisy = mutual feelings
Flax = kindness
Gardenia = joy
Geranium = friendship
Heliotrope = undying devotion
Honeysuckle = affection
Holly = happiness
Jasmine = grace
Lavender = acknowledgment
Lilac = tenderness
Lily = purity
Marigold = jealousy
Orange blossoms = fertility
Phlox = souls united
Rose = love, beauty
Sweet Pea = departure
Tulip = passion
Violet = faithfulness
Weeping Willow = forsaken
We are all born for love;
it is the principle of existence
and its only end.
~Benjamin Disraeli~
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