Flowers are used for various reasons by people. Different flowers having different meanings, if you go to your local Birmingham florists they will be able to let you know the meanings of different flowers. Red roses are for love. White roses represents the purity of your love. Yellow rose is for friendship. Orange rose as used for the same reason as yellow rose. Pink roses are used as gifts to give away.
Not only roses have meanings there are other various flowers out there which signifies something. Flowers such as apple blossom, cosmos, camellia, aster, daisy and hibiscus have all got meanings.
Here are some examples of what flowers mean.
Aster means happiness
Apple blossom signifies guarantee
Camellia means kindness
Daisy means purity or innocence
Cosmos means calm, quiet and peaceful
Hibiscus means delicate beauty
Gardenia means delight
Striped means negative response
Begonia means deep thinking
Jasmines means elegance and grace
Lilac means first love
Marigold means desire for riches
Poppy means support
Orchid means soft beauty
Pink rose means closeness but in friendly way
Red rose means adoring love
Red and white rose means unity
White rose means clarity
Pink tulip means gentle or helpful
Purple tulip means loyalty
The meaning of white tulip is to say sorry
Ivy means reliability
Holly means domestic happiness
There are various other flowers that have meanings and do feel free to add them in the comment box below, I know I have missed out loads. Flowers are seasonal as we all know, it also has monthly meanings, what I mean is carnation is January, daisy is for April, rose is for June and so on. I am not sure about the other months but I will surely do some more research and get another post for the months.
If you go to your local florists they will tell you why they use white flowers as funeral flowers, coloured flowers for wedding and birthday flowers. Flowers can certainly be an interesting read.
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