The Language Of Flowers

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

 

Floriography has long been a romantic tradition for centuries. Its meaning is to send flowers to reveal one’s love or affection, and each flower means something different. Now with the popularity of greetings cards and the ever growing channels of communication through the internet, this once popular tradition has become hard to come by for many – a real shame if you ask us!

 

Here are our top 4 Valentine's flowers and their meanings.

This diverse and beautiful family of flowers bloom in many different colours and fragrances. Orchids were thought by ancient Greeks to symbolise fertility, strength and beauty and we honestly couldn't think of a more elegant flower to make the perfect windowsill display.

Each colour represents a different meaning. Yellow is thought to represent glee and purple is thought to represent royalty and according to the Turkish tradition, a scarlet Tulip is thought to represent one's undying love.

There are more than 150 different varieties of roses with the most popular colours being dark pink, symbolising thankfulness, pale pink, symbolising grace and joy and the favourite for this time of year, red because they of course, represent love, courage and passion.

A charming addition to your bouquet, this fascinating flower consists of a cluster of tiny white flowers and in the middle sits a perfect dark purple one by itself. Named after Queen Anne (wife of King James 1),  legend has it that whilst making lace Queen Anne pricked her finger on a sewing needle and the purple flower represents a droplet of her blood.