What flowers can tell about? (Part 2)
First we will tell about the meaning of flower’s color and color of a wrapper and packing of a bouquet.
Pink color - love,
Bright red - ardent passion,
Green - hope,
Light blue - belief,
Dark blue - fidelity,
Dark yellow – guile and envy,
Light grey - poverty,
Dark grey - despair,
Light brown - grief,
Lilac - humility,
Violet - friendship,
Orange - pride and coquetry,
Gold - dignity,
Silver - immortality.
Thus, having packed a bouquet in a bright red paper, added to flower a few green branches and having tied up a paper with a dark grey ribbon, you have told the whole phrase about huge love.
Plants also since the most ancient times have served as symbols. Myrtle and orange flowers symbolize cleanliness and innocence of the bride; laurels crown winners and art workers; the oak wreath is devoted to the person of outstanding civil merits; olive and palm branches are symbols of the peace; a weeping willow and a cypress are both symbols of sorrow and grief.
Here are meanings value of some flowers:
Acacia yellow and white - platonic love.
Acacia pink - elegance.
Anemone - feebleness or illness.
Aster - grief.
Basil - hatred, disgust.
Periwinkle - delightful memoirs.
Hawthorn - hope.
Cornflower - delicacy, grace.
Heather - loneliness.
Trailing bindweed - meekness, humility.
Dwarf glorybind - coquetry.
Red carnation - ardent love, passion.
White carnation - grief.
Yellow carnation - contempt.
Dahlia - gratitude.
Hyacinth - an entertainment, joke.
Hydrangea - coldness.
Jasmin - courtesy.
Bellflower - garrulity.
Buttercup - date.
Lavender - mistrust.
Gillyflower - haste, irascibility.
Madonna lily - youth.
Poppy - consolation.
Daisy - innocence.
Mimosa - modesty, shyness.
Mint - ardent feelings.
Daffodil - egoism.
Marigold - grief.
Peony - shame.
Snowdrop - a consolation.
White rose - a bud - the heart which has experienced love yet.
White rose - a flower - silence.
Red rose - love, suffering from love.
Rose red and white - fire of heart (connected together).
Yellow rose - infidelity.
Violet - modesty.
Dogrose - poetry.