You can find lots of different meanings for flowers in books and on the Internet. Here are the meanings I used for Forget-Her-Nots:
Laurel’s flowers and their meanings:
| alyssum (sweet) | worth beyond beauty | ![]() |
| amaranth (globe) | immortality/ unfading love | |
| ambrosia | returned love | |
| azalea | temperance | |
| basil | hatred | |
| basil (sweet) | good wishes | |
| bellflower, white | gratitude | |
| bluebell | constancy | |
| bougainvillea | ??? | |
| buttercup | ingratitude, childishness | |
| cabbage rose | ambassador of love | |
| camellia (red) | unpretending excellence | |
| camellia (white) | perfected loveliness | |
| candytuft | indifference | |
| carnation (striped) | refusal | |
| carnation (yellow) | disdain | ![]() |
| cedar | strength | |
| chrysanthemum (white) | truth | |
| cinquefoil | maternal affection | |
| clematis | mental beauty | |
| columbine | folly | |
| coreopsis | always cheerful | |
| coriander | hidden worth | |
| creeping willow | forsaken love | |
| crocus (saffron) | mirth | |
| daffodil | regard | |
| daisy | innocence | |
| dead leaves | melancholy, sadness | |
| dogwood | durability; love that overcomes adversity | |
| fennel | worthy of all praise, strength | |
| fern | fascination | ![]() |
| flowering reed | confidence in heaven to come | |
| forget-me-nots | forget me not, true love | |
| forsythia | anticipation | |
| foxglove | insincerity | |
| gardenia (cape jasmine) | transport of joy, I am too happy | |
| geranium (oak leafed) | true friendship | |
| grass | submission, utility | |
| hibiscus | delicate beauty | |
| holly | foresight | |
| hollyhock | ambition, fecundity | |
| honeysuckle | generous and devoted affection | |
| hyacinth | sport, game, play | |
| hydrangea | a boaster, heartlessness | |
| iris | message | |
| ivy | fidelity, marriage | ![]() |
| jonquil | I desire a return of affection | |
| lady’s slipper | capricious beauty | |
| laurel | glory | |
| laurel, mountain | ambition | |
| lemon verbena | enchantment, attract the opposite sex | |
| lilac (purple) | the first emotions of love | |
| lily of the valley | return of happiness | |
| lily, orange | coquetry | |
| lily, white | purity, sweetness | |
| live oak | liberty | |
| magnolia | love of nature | |
| marigold | grief | |
| marjoram | blushes | |
| mint | virtue | |
| morning glory | affection | ![]() |
| moss | maternal love | |
| myrtle | love | |
| narcissus | narcissism, egotism | |
| orange tree | generosity | |
| orchid | a belle | |
| pansies | thoughts | |
| parsley | feast, festivity | |
| peony | shame, bashfulness | |
| peppermint | warmth of feeling | |
| pinks (dianthus), double red | pure and ardent love | |
| pinks, single | pure love | |
| poppy, scarlet | fantastic extravagance | |
| quince | temptation | |
| raspberry | remorse | |
| rose | love | ![]() |
| rose, yellow | decrease of love, jealousy | |
| rosebud, white | girlhood | |
| rosemary | remembrance | |
| sage | esteem | |
| snowdrops | hope | |
| sunflower (tall) | haughtiness | |
| sunflower (dwarf) | adoration | |
| sweet William | gallantry | |
| thyme | activity | |
| tulip (red) | a declaration of love | |
| tulip (yellow) | hopeless love, friendship | |
| tulip (white) | forgiveness | |
| violet (blue) | faithfulness | |
| violet (purple) | you occupy my thoughts | |
| zinnia | thoughts of absent friends |














