From the ancient times people of different cultures use flowers not only for decoration purposes, but also as symbols. Presenting a flower or a bouquet could mean a declaration of love, a manifestation of admiration, or anger, or even envy. Properly composed bouquet could say a lot in many cultures ? it may warn of a danger or confess eternal love to someone. Every detail plays role here ? colors, the number and size of flowers, the foliage, etc.



Actually, every flower could be considered as a message, and, there also could be a reply. This kind of correspondence is much more romantic and much more powerful than usual.

Now some of the flowers meanings are forgotten- well, let's remember them. After all, it is worth knowing about why we like or dislike some colors.

Here is the list of the most popular flowers and what they could mean:

A yellow flower (anything but roses) ? treason, betrayal.

Acacia ? elegance.

Amaryllis - Pride, splendid beauty, timidity, pastoral poetry.

Anthurium - Hard working, think of me.

Aster - Symbol of love, daintiness, after thought.

Baby's Breath - Innocence, purity of heart.

Bamboo - The ingredients to a happy life are happiness, wealth and longevity.

Bell ? constant.

Birds of Paradise - Freedom, Good Perspective.

Calla Lily - Beauty.

Camellia - Many different meanings for different colors. Red means excellence. White means adorable and lovely. Blue means you are the flame in my heart.

Carnation - Fascination, admiration, pure love, my heart yearns for you, a mother's love, chastity

Chrysanthemum - Cheerfulness, you're a wonderful friend, rest, loveliness, optimism, abundance, wealth, openness, amiability. Red means love. Yellow means slighted love and white means truth.

Daffodil - Chivalry, respect, you are my only one, the sun shines when I'm with you, unrequited love.

Dahlias - Dignity and respect, elegance, good taste, instability.

Daisy - Cheerfulness, you're a wonderful friend, rest, loveliness, optimisim, abundance, wealth. Red means love. Yellow means slighted love and white means truth.

Dandelion - "tell the truth".

English Lavender - Comes from the Latin word lavare meaning to wash.