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The Language of Nature

Did you know that flowers represent or symbolize emotions and feelings? Long ago, people carefully gathered and put together arrangements with secret and not so secret messages in mind. Think about it the next time you create a floral rubberstamped card, select floral fabric for a quilt, or paint an arrangement of flowers!

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Learn the Language of Nature:

  • Almond: indiscretion, hope
  • Allspice: compassion
  • Amethyst: loyalty, admiration
  • Apple: temptation
  • Azale: temperance
     
  • Basil: love washed with tears
  • Bittersweet: truth
     
  • Cactus: warmth
  • Chrysanthemum: truth, friendship, slighted love
  • Cloves: dignity
  • Crocus: abuse not
     
  • Daffodil: high regard
  • Daisy: innocence
     
  • Fern: sincerity
  • Forget Me Not: true love
     
  • Gladiolus: strength of character
     
  • Honeysuckle: sweetness of disposition
  • Hyacinth: sport, play, game, fun
     
  • Ivy: friendship, marriage, fidelity, knowledge
     
  • Larkspur: lightness, levity
  • Lavender: undying love, sweetness, cleanliness
  • Lilac: love, purity, modesty, innocence
  • Lilly of the Valley: return of happiness
     
  • Magnolia: love of nature
  • Mint: spirit, virtue
     
  • Narcissus: egoism
     
  • Oak Tree: hospitality
  • Orange Blossoms: brides, purity equals beauty
     
  • Pansy: you’re in my thoughts
  • Parsley: victory, honor, destiny
  • Peach: charms unequaled
  • Pears: affection
  • Petunia: never despair
  • Pine: pity
     
  • Raspberry: remorse
  • Rose: love, charm, desire, innocence
  • Rosemary: remembrance, enduring love, loyalty
     
  • Sage: domestic virtue, immortality, youth
  • Salvia: think of you often, forever love
  • Sweet Basil: good wishes
     
  • Thyme: activity, courage, elegance, energy
     
  • Violet: modesty, simplicity, honor
     
  • Willow: sorrow
     
  • Zinnia: thoughts of absent friends

 

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