Flowers are so dreamy and beautiful. Did you know that flowers have their own secret language?
For centuries, people have used flowers to express emotions and sand hidden messages. With ROKR’s Wooden Bloom Craft, let’s dive into the fascinating world of floral languages and uncover the meanings behind some popular blooms.
1. Rose: Forever Love
The Classic Romantics, Red roses symbolize champions of forever love and passion. Red is also the colour of fire and heart, representing enthusiasm. Pink roses symbolize admiration and grace. Yellow roses represent friendship and joy. And white roses signify purity and innocence.
2. Sunflowers: The Cheerful Optimists
These bright, sun-loving flowers are associated with adoration and loyalty. Their cheery appearance is said to bring happiness and optimism to any space.
It is said that sunflower can also promote family harmony and female love. For example, women can put a fresh sunflower on the bed, which brings a little pleasant and can encourage themselves.
3. Lilies: Regal and Pure
Often seen at weddings, white lilies symbolize purity and refined beauty. However, different colors of lilies have their own meanings: Pink lilies represent prosperity and abundance. Orange lilies symbolize passion. Yellow lilies can mean thankfulness or desire for enjoyment.
4. Carnation: Mother’s Love
Most carnations represent feelings of love, charm and respect. Light red represents admiration, and dark red represents deep love and care. Pure white represents pure love and luck; Floral carnations represent an apology for refusing a courtship. Pink carnations have the most important symbolic and historical significance, so pink carnations have become a symbol of immortal maternal love.
5. Forget-Me-Nots: True and Undying Love
As their name suggests, these tiny blue flowers symbolize remembrance and true love. Legend has it that a knight fell into a river while picking these flowers for his lady, shouting “forget me not!” as he was swept away.
6. Peonies: Prosperity and Honor
Popular in Asian cultures, peonies represent prosperity, good fortune, and honor. They are very special flowers. They’re often given as congratulatory gifts for special achievements.
7. Fun Fact:
The practice of assigning meanings to flowers is called “floriography” and was especially popular in Victorian England, where people used bouquets to send coded messages. Next time when we’re choosing flowers for someone special or decorating your space, remember that you’re crafting a message in nature’s own secret language. We can use the language of flowers to secretly send messeges to people we love. It’s a kind of furtive way for us to represent our true feelings.