Choosing your Flowers
During the Victoria era, the meanings of different types of flowers were used in romantic poems, art letters and handicrafts as romantic metaphors. If you want to use a flower as a symbol in your special day please check the below, and also see which ones to avoid.
Good Options
- CALLA LILLY – Magnificent beauty
- CARNATION – The Pink and Red symbolize, LOVE, the white TALENT, and sadly some others colors have negative meanings.
- CHRYSANTHEMUM(ormum) – WEALTH, ABUNDANCE & TRUTH
- DAFFODIL – REGARD
- DAISY – Share your FEELINGS
- DELPHINIUM – Swiftness & Lightness
- FREESIA – INNOCENCE
- GARDENIA – PURITY & JOY
- HYDRANGEA – UNDERSTANDING
- IRIS – A message of FAITH, also means WISDOM
- LILAC – Loves first emotions
- LILY – MAJESTY, TRUTH , HONOUR
- LILY – OF – THE – VALLEY – True HAPPINESS
- MAGNOLIA – LOVE of Nature
- ORCHID – LOVE & BEAUTY
- PEONY – BASHFULNESS , the spirit of AMBITION & DETERMINATION
- ROSE – LOVE , JOY & BEAUTY
- STEPHANOTIS – Long term Marital HAPPINESS
- STOCK – Lasting BEAUTY
- SUNFLOWER – Short Stemmed ones mean ADORATION , Long Stemmed, HAUGHTNESS
- SWEET PEA – PLEAURE
- TULIP – LOVE & PASSION
While some are good there are some to avoid
- Christmas Rose – Scandal
- Fig – Idleness
- Larkspur – Infidelity
- Lavender – Distrust
- Marigold – Grief
- Red Carnation – Poor heart
- Red Poppy – Consolation
- Rhododendron – Danger
- Striped Carnation – Refusal
- White Poppy – Sleep
- Yellow Carnation – Disdain
- Yellow Chrysanthemum – Slighted Love
- Yellow Lily – False hood
- Yellow Rose Jealousy
Many of these flowers are available, let us help you create a decoration proposal and help with ideas
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