So you're picking out your flowers and don't know where to start. Instead of choosing your blossoms by color, why not choose the stems based on their meaning? If your a sentimental sap like me (and superstitious which I blame completely on my Irish heritage, newly adopted Italian one) this might be the way to approach the wedding bouquet. Here are a few of my fav meanings.....
- Anemone — forsaken, unfading love, truth, sincerity, anticipation
- Baby's Breath — everlasting love, pure in love
- Camellia (white) — you're adorable (this is my 2nd fav meaning)
- Clover (four leaf) — good luck, be mine
- Daffodil — regard, respect, unrequited love, you're the only one, the sun is always shining when i'm with you
- Eucalyptus — protection
- Fern (maidenhair) — secret bond of love
- Forget—me—not — true love, memories
- Gardenia — you're lovely, secret love
- Honeysuckle (yellow) — bonds of love
- Lily of the Valley — sweetness,
tears of the virgin mary(let's no go there), return to happiness, humility, you've made my life complete - Mimosa — sensitivity
- Mistletoe — kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties, sacred plant of india
- Orange Blossom — innocence, eternal love, marriage and fruitfulness, wisdom
- Pansy (all colours) — thoughts, love and happiness
- Peony — bashfulness, shame, indignation, happy life, happy marriage
- Rosemary — remembrance, fidelity
- Sage — wisdom, long life,
domestic virtue(it just has to be excused, what is this 1950? I don't think so) - Snowdrop — hope
- Violet (blue) — watchfulness, faithfulness, i'll always be true, modesty (of course my fav)
What's your favorite flower and meaning? Your flower not on this list, for more, go here
I have to be honest, there are a few that I would very much like to rename, I feel like this list is a bit outdated, no? What do you think? I've already started to edit.
(photography: Lily of the Valley bouquet by Marie Labbancz)