| Do you know that each flower has its own meaning? Today people don't commonly think about it, they just choose the most attractive flower or even the most expensive one – it seems to be sufficient to show how particular the receiver is for you. But in actual fact there is a particular harmony between the outward appearance of the flower and what it tells about the emotions of the giver.
In the Victorian times flowers were usually used as a secret means of message sending. Flower language was created by Turks, this is the reason why sending a message with flowers to your loved one to express your emotions was called a “Persian Salaam”. This means of communication gained wide popularity in the 18th century. At that time bouquets were prepared carefully and in precise compliance with the language of flowers.
It's obvious that all flowers mean care and attention, but still each flower with its color and every flower composition have their own shades. For example, red roses have always meant love, but as for yellow roses they mean jealousy. So you can see that it is useful to have fundamental knowledge of flower meaning to express your feelings in the correct way.
You may be amazed to learn that there is a specialized discipline that is devoted to the examination of flower meaning. It's known as floriography and its principal task is to explain the underlying meaning of flowers and flowers arrangements both to senders and recipients.
Now and then it's difficult to find right words to express what you feel, so it is high time to do it with flower arrangements. I'd like to explain the meaning of a number of popular flowers: aloe signifies grief, aster signifies daintiness, begonia – beware, calendula signifies joy, carnation signifies health, energy and affection, daisy refers to innocence, loyal love, lily means purity, orchid means beauty and love and tulip signifies declaration of love.
It's just a surface review of flower language. And the meaning of any flower is much deeper that we may express in words. It is rather hard to explain their meaning, you should get inner understanding. In case you are interested to learn more about flowers, you are welcome to read special literature, and you will soon find the common language with these beautiful plants. |
