Red Roses If I Love You, Yellow If I Don't: The Secret Language of Flowers

by Sherri Allen

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Send your special someone a special message using flowers.

Flowers have had a special significance for centuries. They have long been treasured for their scent and their beauty. Perhaps nobody has esteemed flowers, however, as highly as the people of the Victorian age. For them, flowers were so important they even used them to convey secret messages. Using flowers, gentlemen and ladies became more courageous in expressing their feelings. As the English poet Thomas Hood so eloquently stated, "Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing."

In floriography, the secret floral language embraced by the people of the Victorian era, specific flowers (and colors of flowers) were assigned special meanings. You can start "speaking" floriography today using the following sampling of flowers and their meanings.

Revive the romance of times gone by. Give a bouquet of flowers that means something special. Share the secret language of flowers.

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