This is a reverse dictionary of the language of flowers. I decided to compile it because most of what I find about flower meanings and communicating with flowers are listed with the flower first and the meaning after, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack if you have something specific to say.

If you are curious about specific flowers, see The language of flowers (a similar dictionary that lists the flowers in alphabetical order with their meanings). If you are interested in combinations of flowers, you might want to read this post on Combining Flowers for Specific Intentions.

Abstract floral watercolor painting

Note: These language correspondences can be used when creating a spell, planting a magickal garden, to set an intention, or to send a message. You may notice some of the flowers (and plants) have meanings that seem contradictory or inconsistent. This is because language tends to change over time. Also, you may find that magickal correspondences to some of these flowers are in direct conflict – that is because the meanings were not derived from magickal sources. When in doubt, go with the meaning that resonates with your personal experience, and be clear with your intention. Pictures of the flower or plant may be substituted for the actual flower or plant.

Here’s the dictionary:

A

  • A message (for thee) – Common Garden Iris;
  • A token – Laurestine; Ox-Eye Daisy;
  • Absence – Wormwood;
  • Absence (I mourn your absence) – Zinnias;
  • Absence (love in absence) – Myrtle;
  • Absent (in memory of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnias;
  • Absent (thinking of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnias;
  • Absent (thoughts of absent friends) – Zinnias;
  • Abuse (do not abuse me) – Saffron (Crocus);
  • Abuse not – Crocus;
  • Accommodating (accommodating disposition) – Valerian;
  • Ache (my heart aches for you) – Red Carnation;
  • Action (energy in action) – Chamomile;
  • Activity – Thyme;
  • Admiration – Camellia; Lavender Heather;
  • Adorable (you’re adorable) – White Camellia;
  • Adoration (I adore you) – Heliotrope;
  • Adversity (energy in adversity) – Chamomile;
  • Adversity (faithfulness in adversity) – Wall Flower;
  • Adversity (hope in adversity) – Pine (Spruce);
  • Adversity (solace in adversity) – Evergreen Thorn;
  • Advice – Rhubarb;
  • Affability – Peppermint;
  • Affection – Sprig of Ivy with tendrils; Mistletoe; Pear or pear tree;
  • Affection (beyond the grave) – Locust Tree;
  • Affection (bonds of affection) – Stock;
  • Affection (generous and devoted) – Honeysuckle;
  • Affection (lasting) – Magenta Zinnia;
  • Affection (returned) – Jonquil;
  • Affection (return my affection) – Jonquil;
  • Affection (sacred) – Garden Marigold;
  • Affirmative – Solid Color Carnation;
  • Afterthought – Michaelmas Daisy;
  • Against (I declare against you) – Wild Licorice;
  • Against (I declare war against you) – Tansy;
  • Age – Guelder Rose (Snowball-tree);
  • Agitation – Quaking-Grass; Rhododendron;
  • Agreement – York Rose; Straw;
  • Air (I’m walking on air) – Yellow Lily;
  • Alas (alas for my poor heart) – Red Carnation;
  • All (I offer you my all) – Shepherd’s Purse;
  • All (thou art all that is lovely) – Austrian Rose;
  • All (you please all) – Branch of Currants;
  • Always (always cheerful) – Coreopsis;
  • Always (always lovely) – Tea Rose;
  • Always (always on my mind) – Pink Carnation;
  • Always (always remembered) – Everlasting;
  • Always (beauty always new) – China Rose;
  • Always (you’ll always be beautiful to me) – Stock;
  • Ambassador (of love) – Cabbage Rose;
  • Ambition – Hollyhock;
  • Ambition (the ambition of my love thus plagues itself) – Fuchsia;
  • Ambition (I am ambitious only for you) – Fox Glove;
  • Ambition (ambition of a hero) – Mountain Laurel;
  • Amiability – White Jasmine;
  • Anger – Petunia;
  • Animosity (superstition animosity) – Saint John’s Wort (Hypericum);
  • Answer (I will not answer hastily) – Honeysuckle (Sent Monthly);
  • Anticipation – Forsythia; Gooseberry;
  • Antidote (my antidote) – White Poppy;
  • Anxiety (anxious and trembling) – Red Columbine;
  • Anxiety (great) – Red Columbine;
  • Anxiety ( relieve my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • Anxiety ( tranquilize my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • Anxious (to please) – Sprig of Ivy with tendrils;
  • Apollo (flower dedicated to) – Hyacinth;
  • Apology – Yellow Rose;
  • Appointed Meeting – Pea;
  • Ardent love – Balsam;
  • Ardor – Arum;
  • Argument (argument longevity) – Fig (fruit);
  • Art – Acanthus;
  • Art (thou art my life) – Lungwort (Pulmonaria);
  • Artifice – Flytrap; Sweet William;
  • Aspirations (high-souled aspirations) – Scarlet Lily;
  • Aspire (that or thy smile I would aspire to) – Rose (Sent Daily);
  • Assignation – Pimpernel;
  • Astonishment – Dragon’s Wort;
  • Attach (I attach myself to you) – Indian Jasmine;
  • Attachment (early) – Blue Periwinkle; Thornless Rose;
  • Attaining (attaining the impossible) – Blue Rose;
  • Attraction (beauty is your only attraction) – Japan Rose;
  • Attraction (you are rich in attractions) – Garden Ranunculus;
  • Austerity – Common Thistle;
  • Audacity – Larch;
  • Away (flee away) – Pennyroyal;
  • Away (go not away) – Everlasting Pea;

B

  • Bane (my bane) – White Poppy;
  • Banquet – Parsley;
  • Bashful (shame) – Deep Red Rose;
  • Bashfulness – Peony;
  • Battle (victory in battle) – Nasturtium;
  • Be with (it’s heavenly to be with you) – White Lily;
  • Beautiful (call me not beautiful) – Unique Rose;
  • Beautiful (eyes) – Variegated Tulip;
  • Beautiful (lady) – Orchid;
  • Beautiful (you are beautiful) – Full-blown Rose;
  • Beautiful (you’ll always be beautiful to me) – Stock;
  • Beauty – Calla Lily; Plum Blossom; Rose;
  • Beauty (always new) – China Rose;
  • Beauty (bury me amid nature’s beauty) – Persimmon;
  • Beauty (capricious) – Lady’s Slipper; Musk Rose;
  • Beauty (delicate) – Hibiscus; Venetian Mallow;
  • Beauty (divine) – Cowslip;
  • Beauty (feminine) – Cherry Blossom;
  • Beauty (is your only attraction) – Japan Rose
  • Beauty (pensive) – Laburnum;
  • Beauty (rare) – Hibiscus;
  • Beauty (refined) – Orchid;
  • Beauty (rustic)- French Honeysuckle;
  • Beauty (transient) – Night Blooming Cereus;
  • Beauty (unconscious) – Burgundy Rose;
  • Beauty ( unknown to possessor) – Red Daisy;
  • Beauty (worth beyond beauty) – Sweet Alyssum;
  • Believe (believe me) – Red Tulip;
  • Beneficence – Marsh Mallow;
  • Benefits (I feel your benefits) – Flax;
  • Best (my best days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Best (my best days gone) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Best (my happiest days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Betrayal (extreme) – Yellow Rose;
  • Betrayed – Judas-Tree;
  • Beware – Begonia; Monkshood; Oleander; Rhododendron;
  • Beyond (affection beyond the grave) – Locust Tree;
  • Beyond (worth beyond beauty) – Sweet Alyssum;
  • Bitter (truth) – Nightshade;
  • Blessed (single blessedness) – Bachelor Button;
  • Blissful (pleasure) – Sweet Pea;
  • Blushes – Marjoram;
  • Boaster – Hydrangea;
  • Boldness – Larch;
  • Bond (of love) – Honeysuckle;
  • Bond (secret bond of love) – Maidenhair Fern;
  • Bonds (bonds of affection) – Stock;
  • Bravery – French Willow; Oak Leaves or Oak tree;
  • Bravery (in Japan) – Peony;
  • Break (Give Me a Break…I’m Really Sincere.) – Gladiolus:
  • Bridal Favor – Ivy Geranium;
  • Bridal Festivities – Orange Blossoms;
  • Bridal Hope – Peach Blossom;
  • Brilliant (brilliant complexion) – Damask Rose;
  • Broken (heart) – Yellow Rose;
  • BulkBulkiness – Gourd;
  • Burn (I burn) – Fleur-de-lis;
  • Bury Me (bury me amid nature’s beauties) – Persimmon;

C

  • Call (call me not beautiful) – Unique Rose;
  • Calumny – Hellebore;
  • Candor – White Lilac; White Violet;
  • Can’t (I can’t live without you) – Primrose;
  • Capricious Beauty – Lady’s Slipper; Musk Rose;
  • Capriciousness – Purple Carnation;
  • Captive (I am your captive) – Peach Blossom;
  • Care (take care) – Azalea;
  • Caught (caught at last) – Venus Flytrap;
  • Caution – Oleander;
  • Celibacy – Bachelor Button;
  • Chagrin – Garden Marigold;
  • Changeable – Purple Carnation;
  • Change (I change but in dying) – Bay Leaf;
  • Change (no change til death) – Bay Leaf;
  • Change Rendezvous – Pimpernel;
  • Charity – Grape; Moss; Turnip;
  • Charming – Musk Rose Cluster;
  • Charms (deceitful charms) – Thorn Apple; Datura;
  • Charms (I am dazzled by your charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • Charms (maidenly) – Lily (Eucharis);
  • Charms (you are radiant with charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • Charms (your qualities, like your charms, are unequaled) – Peach;
  • Charms (your qualities surpass your charms) – Mignonette;
  • Chastity – Lotus; Orange Blossoms;
  • Cheer – Daisy;
  • Cheerfulness – Crocus;
  • Cheerful (always cheerful) – Coreopsis;
  • Children (Chinese symbol for many children) – Orchid;
  • Chinese (Chinese emblem for mothers) – Day Lily;
  • Chinese (Chinese symbol for many children) – Orchid;
  • Chinese (Chinese symbol of womanhood) – Azalea;
  • Chivalry – Daffodil;
  • Claims (you have no claims) – Pasque Flower;
  • Cleanliness – Hyssop;
  • Cold hearted – Lettuce;
  • Color (of my fate) – Coral Honeysuckle;
  • Come (joys to come) – Celandine;
  • Come (wishes will come true) – White Heather;
  • Come down – Jacob’s Ladder;
  • Comfort – Pear Tree;
  • Comforting – Scarlet Geranium;
  • Compassion – Allspice; Elderflower;
  • Complete (you’ve made my life complete) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Complexion (brilliant complexion) – Damask Rose;
  • Compliments (my compliments) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Conceit – Pomegranate Fruit;
  • Confession (of love) – Red Rosebud;
  • Confidence – Fern;
  • Conjugal love – Linden tree or sprig; Lime tree;
  • Conquest – Nasturtium;
  • Constancy – Box; Scarlet Zinnia; Blue Hyacinth;
  • Consolation – White Poppy; Snowdrop;
  • Consumed (by love) – Syrian Mallow;
  • Contract (rupture of a contract) – Straw (Broken);
  • Coquetry – Dandelion; Day Lily;
  • Coquettes (you are the queen of coquettes) – Queen’s Rocket;
  • Cordiality – Peppermint;
  • Counterfeit – Mock Orange;
  • Courage – Garlic; Pine Tree;
  • Crime – Tamarisk;
  • Cruelty – Marigold; Nettle;
  • Curiosity – Sycamore;

D

  • Daily Remembrance – Yellow Zinnia;
  • Daintiness – Aster;
  • Dance (invitation to dance) – Viscaria;
  • Dance (your hand for next dance) – Ivy Geranium;
  • Danger – Rhododendron;
  • Dangerous (excess is dangerous) – Saffron Flower;
  • Dangerous (love is dangerous) – Carolina Rose;
  • Dangerous (pleasures) – Tuberose;
  • Daring – Pine;
  • Dark (thoughts) – Nightshade;
  • Days (my best days gone) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Dazzled (I am dazzled by your charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • Deadly (a deadly foe is near) – Monkshood;
  • Death – Black Rose;
  • Death (I change but in dying) – Bay Leaf;
  • Death (no change til death) – Bay Leaf;
  • Death ( I die if neglected) – Laurestine;
  • Death (I shall die tomorrow) – Gum Cistus;
  • Death (you will be my death) – Hemlock;
  • Deceit – Dog’s Bane; Flytrap;
  • Deceit (words, though sweet, may deceive) – American Laurel;
  • Deceitful Charms – Thorn Apple; Datura;
  • Deception – Snapdragon;
  • Declare (I declare against you) – Wild Licorice;
  • Declare (I declare war against you) – Tansy;
  • Declaration (of love) – Red Tulip;
  • Decrease (of love) – Yellow Rose;
  • Deep Romantic Love – Red Carnation;
  • Defense – Holly;
  • Dejection – Lichen; Lupine;
  • Delicate (beauty) – Hibiscus; Venetian Mallow;
  • Departure – Sweet Pea;
  • Dependence – Ivy;
  • Desertion – Columbine; Windflower;
  • Deserve (only deserve my love) – Rose (Campion);
  • Desire – Jonquil; Orange Lily; Light Pink, Orange, or Coral Rose;
  • Devoted Love – Wild Honeysuckle;
  • Devotion – Heliotrope; Lavender; Passion Flower;
  • Devotion (devoted and generous affection) – Honeysuckle;
  • Dexterity – Sweet William;
  • Die (I die if neglected) – Laurestine;
  • Die (I shall die tomorrow) – Gum Cistus;
  • Difficulty – Black Thorn;
  • Difficulties (I surmount all difficulties) – Mistletoe;
  • Dignity – Dahlia; Elm; Laurel-leaved Magnolia;
  • Discretion – Lemon Blossom;
  • Disguise – Thorn-apple;
  • Disposition (accommodating disposition) – Valerian;
  • Disposition (sweet) – Lavatera;
  • Disappointment (you have disappointed me) – Yellow Carnation;
  • Disdain – Yellow Carnation;
  • Distinction – Carnation;
  • Distrust – Apricot Flower; Lavender;
  • Divine (beauty) – Cowslip;
  • Divine (you are my divinity) – Cowslip;
  • Do (do me justice) – Chestnut;
  • Do not (do not abuse me) – Saffron (Crocus);
  • Domestic (economy) – Houseleek;
  • Domestic (happiness) – Honeysuckle (Sent Monthly); Holly;
  • Domestic (virtue) – Sage;
  • Down (come down) – Jacob’s Ladder;
  • Doubt – Apricot Flower;
  • Dreaming (of love) – Moonflower;
  • Dreams – White Poppy;
  • Dreams (of fantasy) – Mauve Carnation;
  • Druids (plant of) – Mistletoe;
  • Drunkenness– Vine;
  • Dying (love) – Yellow Rose;

E

  • Early (attachment) – Blue Periwinkle; Thornless Rose;
  • Early (friendship) – Blue Periwinkle;
  • Early (youth) – Primrose;
  • Education (a good education) – Cherry Blossom;
  • Economy (domestic) – Houseleek;
  • Ecstasy – Gardenia;
  • Egotism – Narcissus;
  • Elegance – Dahlia; Yellow Jasmine; Locust Tree; Pomegranate Flower;
  • Eloquence – Water Lily; Lotus;
  • Emblem (flower emblem of Holland) – Tulip;
  • Emblem (of France) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Emblem (of marriage) – Myrtle;
  • Emblem (for mothers – Chinese) – Day Lily;
  • Emotion (intense) – Yellow Rose;
  • Emotion (of love) – Purple Lilac;
  • Enchantment – Vervain;
  • Encouragement – Golden Rod;
  • Endurance – Cactus;
  • Endurance (time endurance) – Pine;
  • Energy – Light Pink Rose;
  • Energy (in action) – Chamomile;
  • Energy (in adversity) – Chamomile;
  • Entertainment – Parsley;
  • Esteem – Garden Sage;
  • Estranged love – Lotus Flower;
  • Eternal love – Orange Blossoms; Primrose; White Rose;
  • Eternal sleep – Poppy;
  • Everlasting friendship – Arborvitae;
  • Excellence (unpretending excellence) – Camellia japonica;
  • Excess (excess is dangerous) – Saffron Flower;
  • Excitement – Rose (Red and yellow together);
  • Expectation – Zephyr Flower;
  • Expectation (I expect a meeting) – Nutmeg Geranium;
  • Extend – Gourd;
  • Extreme (betrayal) – Yellow Rose;
  • Eyes (beautiful eyes) – Variegated Tulip;

F

  • Facility – Apple Geranium; Valerian;
  • Faith – Daisy; Iris (Fleur-de-Lis); Pitch pine blossom;
  • Faithfulness – White Carnation; Dandelion; Blue Violet;
  • Faithfulness (in adversity) – Wall Flower;
  • Falsehood – Dog’s Bane; Yellow Lily;
  • Fame – Tulip-tree; Tulip; Trumpet Flower;
  • Fame (fame speaks him great and good) – Apple Blossom;
  • Family (family union) – Pink Verbena;
  • Fantasy (dreams of fantasy) – Mauve Carnation;
  • Farewell – Pine (Spruce); Black Rose;
  • Fascination – Asparagus; Carnation; Fern; Honesty;
  • Fashion – Queen’s Rocket;
  • Fate – Flax;
  • Fate (the color of) – Coral Honeysuckle;
  • Favor (bridal favor) – Ivy Geranium;
  • Fecundity – Hollyhock;
  • Feeling (warmth of feeling) – Peppermint;
  • Feelings (I feel your benefits) – Flax;
  • Feelings (I feel your kindness) – Flax;
  • Feelings (I share your feelings) – Garden Daisy;
  • Feelings (warm feelings) – Spearmint;
  • Female Ambition – Hollyhock;
  • Feminine Beauty – Cherry Blossom;
  • Fervor (religious) – Passion Flower;
  • Festivity – Parsley;
  • Festivities (bridal) – Orange Blossoms;
  • Fickleness – Larkspur;
  • Fidelity (China) – Aster; Honeysuckle; Ivy;
  • Fidelity (in love) – Lemon Blossom;
  • Fidelity (in misfortune) – Wall Flower;
  • Find (if you do love me you will find me out) – Maiden’s Blush Rose;
  • Finesse – Sweet William;
  • First (first emotion of love) – Purple Lilac;
  • First (love at first sight) – Gloxinia; Blue Lavender or Violet Rose;
  • Fitness – Sweet Flag;
  • Flame – Fleur-de-lis; German and Yellow Iris;
  • Flame (you’re a flame in my heart) – Red Camellia;
  • Flee away – Pennyroyal;
  • Flower Emblem of Holland – Tulip;
  • Flower Dedicated to Apollo – Hyacinth;
  • Flower of the Gladiators – Gladiolus;
  • Foe (a deadly foe is near) – Monkshood;
  • Follow (my regrets follow you to the grave) – Asphodel;
  • Followers (secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde) – Green Carnation;
  • Folly – Columbine; Geranium;
  • Foolishness – Pomegranate Fruit;
  • For thee (I live for thee) – Cedar;
  • For you (I am ambitious only for you) – Fox Glove;
  • For you (longing for you) – Pink Camellia;
  • Forget (I’ll never forget you) – Pink Carnation;
  • Forgetful (of the past) – Lotus;
  • Forgetfulness – Moonwort;
  • Formality – Narcissus;
  • Fornication – Lime Blossom;
  • Forsaken – Anemone; Laburnum; Windflower; Weeping Willow; Common Willow;
  • Forsaken (love forsaken) – Creeping Willow;
  • For me (pray for me) – White Verbena;
  • For you (longing for you) – Pink Camellia;
  • Fragile – Azalea;
  • France (emblem of) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Freedom – Water Willow;
  • Freeze (your looks freeze me) – Ice Plant;
  • Freshness – Damask Rose;
  • Friend (in memory of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnias;
  • Friend (thinking of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnias;
  • Friends (thoughts of absent friends) – Zinnias;
  • Friendship – Ivy Leaf; Yellow Rose;
  • Friendship (early) – Blue Periwinkle;
  • Friendship (everlasting) – Arborvitae;
  • Friendship (lasting) – Pear Blossom;
  • Friendship (true) – Oak Leaf Geranium;
  • Friendship (your friendship means so much to me) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Frigidness – Hydrangea;
  • Frown (thy frown will kill me) – Currants;
  • Frugality – Fuchsia;
  • Fruitfulness – Hollyhock; Orange Blossoms;

G

  • Gaiety – Yellow Lily;
  • Gallantry – Sweet William;
  • Games – Hyacinth;
  • Gay Life – Peony;
  • Generous (and devoted affection) – Honeysuckle;
  • Generosity – Orange Tree; Peach Blossom;
  • Genius – Plum Tree;
  • Gentility – Pompom Rose;
  • Giddiness – Almond Tree;
  • Gift to a man – Camellia;
  • Girl (young) – Red Rosebud;
  • Give me a break (Give me a break – I’m really sincere.) – Gladiolus;
  • Gladiators (flower of) – Gladiolus;
  • Gladness – Myrrh;
  • Glory – Bay Wreath; Mountain Laurel;
  • Glory (vain-glory) – Hydrangea;
  • Go (let me go) – Butterfly Weed;
  • Go (Wilt thou go with me?) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Go not away – Everlasting Pea;
  • Gone (my best days gone) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Good – Mallow;
  • Good-bye – Sweet Pea;
  • Good Luck – Camellia; Mugwort;
  • Good Nature – Mullein;
  • Good News – Guelder Rose (Snowball-tree);
  • Good Wishes – Sweet Basil;
  • Goodness – White Zinnia; Snowball;
  • Grace – Yellow Jasmine; Pink Rose; Multiflora Rose; China Rose;
  • Grace (winning grace) – Elm; Cowslip;
  • Graces (pride the graces) – Hundred Leaf Rose;
  • Gracious (gracious lady) – Snapdragon;
  • Gratitude – Campanula; Canterbury Bells; Dark Pink Rose;
  • Grave (affection beyond the grave) – Locust Tree;
  • Grave (my regrets follow you to the grave) – Asphodel;
  • Grief – Aloe; Harebell; Garden Marigold;
  • Growing old – Meadow Saffron;

H

  • Hand (your hand for the next dance) – Ivy Geranium;
  • Happiness – Dandelion; Mugwort; Rose (Red and yellow together);
  • Happiness (domestic) – Honeysuckle (Sent Monthly); Holly;
  • Happiness (my happiest days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Happiness (return of happiness) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Happiness (rural) – Tulip-tree;
  • Happy (love) – Bridal Rose;
  • Happy (marriage) – Peony;
  • Haste (I will not answer hastily) – Honeysuckle (Sent Monthly);
  • Haste (make haste) – Dianthus;
  • Hatred – Orange Lily; Black Rose;
  • Haughtiness – Purple Larkspur;
  • Have (you have no claims) – Pasque Flower;
  • Heal (a wound to heal) – Sweet Briar Rose;
  • Health – Iceland Moss;
  • Heart (broken) – Yellow Rose;
  • Heart (cold hearted) – Lettuce;
  • Heart (light heartedness) – Shamrock;
  • Heart (my heart is thine) – Peach Blossom;
  • Heart (pure of) – Baby’s Breath;
  • Heart (purity of heart) – Water Lily;
  • Heart (sleep of the heart) – White Poppy;
  • Hearts (our hearts are united) – Phlox;
  • Heart’s ease – Purple Pansy;
  • Heartlessness – Hydrangea;
  • Heaven (thoughts of heaven) – Snowball;
  • Heavenly (it’s heavenly to be with you) – White Lily;
  • Hebrew (emblem of marriage) – Myrtle;
  • Heedlessness – Almond Tree;
  • Hero (ambition of a hero) – Mountain Laurel;
  • High-bred – Scarlet Lily
  • High-souled aspirations – Scarlet Lily;
  • Hilarity – Larkspur;
  • Holland (flower emblem of Holland) – Tulip;
  • Honesty – Honesty (Lunaria);
  • Honor (in China) – Peony;
  • Hope – Flowering Almond; Hawthorn; Iris (Fleur-de-Lis); Star of Bethlehem; Snowdrop;
  • Hope (bridal hope) – Peach Blossom;
  • Hope (hope in adversity) – Pine (Spruce);
  • Hope (hope in misery) – Milkweed;
  • Hopeless (hopeless love) – Yellow Tulip;
  • Hopelessness – Love lies bleeding;
  • Horror – Dragon’s Wort; Mandrake;
  • Hospitality – Oak Sprig or Oak tree;
  • Humanity – French Willow; Oak Leaves;
  • Humble love – Fuchsia;
  • Humility – Bluebell; Broom; Field Lilac; Lily of the Valley; White Rose;

I

  • I adore (you) – Heliotrope;
  • I am (ambitious only for you) – Fox Glove;
  • I am (dazzled by your charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • I am (your captive) – Peach Blossom;
  • I am (really sincere) – Gladiolus;
  • I am (sorry) – Purple Hyacinth;
  • I am (walking on air) – Yellow Lily;
  • I am (worthy of you) – White Rose;
  • I attach (myself to you) – Indian Jasmine;
  • I can’t (be with you) – Striped Carnation;
  • I can’t (live without you) – Primrose;
  • I change (but in dying) – Bay Leaf;
  • I declare (against you) – Wild Licorice;
  • I declare (war against you) – Tansy;
  • I expect (a meeting) – Nutmeg Geranium;
  • I feel (your kindness) – Flax;
  • I live (for thee) – Cedar;
  • I love – Red Chrysanthemum;
  • I love (you’re the only one I love) – Arbutus;
  • I love you – Red Rose;
  • I never trouble – Rose Leaf;
  • I offer (you my all) – Shepherd’s Purse;
  • I partake (your sentiments) – Garden Daisy;
  • I prefer you – Rose Geranium;
  • I promise – White Clover;
  • I shall (die tomorrow) – Gum Cistus;
  • I think ( of thee) – Everlasting (Graphalium);
  • I watch (over you) – Mountain Ash;
  • I weep (for you) – Purple Verbena;
  • I will (not survive you) – Black Mulberry;
  • I will (pray for you) – White Hyacinth;
  • I will (think of it) – Wild Daisy;
  • I will (think of you) – China Aster;
  • If (if you do love me you will find me out) – Maiden’s Blush Rose;
  • If (you’re not older and wiser) – Delphinium;
  • Imagination – Lupine; Poppy;
  • Immortal love – Globe Amaranth;
  • Immortality (symbol of) – Acorn;
  • Impatience – Balsam;
  • Impossible (attaining the impossible) – Blue Rose;
  • Impression (transient impression) – White withered Rose;
  • In all (love in all seasons) – Gorse;
  • Inconstancy – Evening Primrose;
  • India (sacred plant of) – Mistletoe;
  • Independence – White Oak; Wild Plum;
  • Indifference – Candy Tuft;
  • Indiscretion – Common Almond;
  • Industry – Bumblebee Orchid; Red Clover;
  • Infidelity – Yellow Rose;
  • Ingenuity – Penciled Geranium;
  • Ingratitude – Wild Ranunculus;
  • Innocence – Daisy; White Carnation; Baby’s Breath; Orange Blossoms; White Daisy; White Rose; White Violet;
  • Innocence (youthful) – White Lilac;
  • Insincerity – Fox Glove;
  • Intellect – Walnut;
  • Intemperance – Grape; Grape Vine;
  • Intense (emotion) – Yellow Rose;
  • Intercourse (social intercourse) – Balm;
  • Intoxicating – Vine;
  • Intoxication – Vine;
  • Invitation (invitation to dance) – Viscaria;
  • It’s heavenly (to be with you) – White Lily;

J

  • Jealousy – Marigold; Yellow Hyacinth; Yellow Rose;
  • Joy – Rose (Red and Yellow together);
  • Joy (joys to come) – Celandine;
  • Joy (of life) – Light Pink Rose;
  • Joy (transient joy) – Cape Jasmine;
  • Joy (transport of joy) – Cape Jasmine;
  • Justice (do me justice) – Chestnut;

K

  • Keep (your promises) – Plum Tree;
  • Kind – Mallow;
  • Kindness (I feel your kindness) – Flax;
  • Kiss me – Mistletoe;

L

  • Lady (beautiful lady) – Orchid;
  • Lady (gracious lady) – Snapdragon;
  • Lady (Lady, deign to smile) – Oak Geranium;
  • Lamentation – Aspen Tree;
  • Last (caught at last) – Venus Flytrap;
  • Lasting (affection) – Magenta Zinnia;
  • Lasting (friendship) – Pear Blossom;
  • Lasting (pleasure) – Everlasting Pea; Parsley;
  • Let me go – Butterfly Weed;
  • Levity – Larkspur;
  • Liberty – Live Oak;
  • Life (gay) – Peony;
  • Life (joy of ) – Light Pink Rose;
  • Life (long life) – Peach Blossom
  • Life (Nordic Symbol of ) – Acorn;
  • Life (thou art my life) – Lungwort (Pulmonaria);
  • Life (transience of life) – Cherry Blossom;
  • Life (you’ve made my life complete) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Light heartedness – Shamrock;
  • Lightness – Larkspur;
  • Live (I can’t live without you) – Primrose;
  • Live (I live for thee) – Cedar;
  • Lofty (pure and lofty thoughts) – Sunflower;
  • Long life – Peach Blossom;
  • Long lived – Fig fruit;
  • Longevity – Plum Blossom;
  • Longevity (argument) – Fig fruit;
  • Longing (for you) – Pink Camellia;
  • Looks (your looks freeze me) – Ice Plant;
  • Love – Carnation; Myrtle; Orchid; Rose; Blue Violet;
  • Love (ambassador of) – Cabbage Rose;
  • Love (at first sight) – Gloxinia; Blue Lavender or Violet Rose;
  • Love (bond of love) – Honeysuckle;
  • Love (confession of love) – Red Rosebud;
  • Love (conjugal) – Linden Tree or sprig; Lime Tree;
  • Love (consumed by love) – Syrian Mallow;
  • Love (declaration of love) – Red Tulip;
  • Love (decrease of love) – Yellow Rose;
  • Love (deep romantic) – Red Carnation;
  • Love (devoted) – Wild Honeysuckle;
  • Love (dreaming of) – Moonflower;
  • Love (dying love) – Yellow Rose;
  • Love (estranged love) – Lotus Flower;
  • Love (eternal) – Orange Blossoms; Primrose; White Rose;
  • Love (fidelity in love) – Lemon Blossom;
  • Love (first emotion of love) – Purple Lilac;
  • Love (forsaken) – Creeping Willow;
  • Love (happy) – Bridal Rose;
  • Love (hopeless) – Yellow Tulip;
  • Love (humble) – Fuchsia;
  • Love (I love) – Red Chrysanthemum;
  • Love (I love you) – Red Rose;
  • Love (if you do love me you will find me out) – Maiden’s Blush Rose;
  • Love (immortal love) – Globe Amaranth;
  • Love (in absence) – Myrtle;
  • Love (in all seasons) – Gorse;
  • Love (in vain) – Morning glory;
  • Love (is dangerous) – Carolina Rose;
  • Love (loyal) – Daisy;
  • Love (maternal) – Moss;
  • Love (modest) – Blue Violet;
  • Love (mother’s) – Pink Carnation;
  • Love (of nature) – Magnolia;
  • Love (of variety) – China Aster;
  • Love (only deserve my love) – Rose (Campion);
  • Love (pure) – White Carnation;
  • Love (rejected) – Bouquet of withered flowers;
  • Love (secret) – Gardenia; Acacia;
  • Love (secret bond of love) – Maidenhair Fern;
  • Love (self-love) – Narcissus;
  • Love (silent) – Primrose;
  • Love (slighted) – Yellow Chrysanthemum;
  • Love (symbol of love) – Aster;
  • Love (talisman of love) – Aster;
  • Love (the ambition of my love thus plagues itself) – Fuchsia;
  • Love (that is not forgotten) – Delphinium;
  • Love (true love) – Forget-me-not;
  • Love (unfading) – Anemone;
  • Love (unrequited love) – Daffodil;
  • Love (voluptuous) – Moss Rose;
  • Love (wedded) – Ivy;
  • Love (woman’s) – Pink Carnation;
  • Love (you’re the only one I love ) – Arbutus;
  • Love (your love is reciprocated) – Ambrosia;
  • Loveliness – White Hyacinth; Mignonette;
  • Loveliness (perfect) – Juniper;
  • Loveliness (your purity equals your loveliness) – Orange Blossoms;
  • Lovely – White Carnation;
  • Lovely (always lovely) – Tea Rose;
  • Lovely (thank you for a lovely time) – Sweet Pea;
  • Lovely (thou art all that is lovely) – Austrian Rose;
  • Lovely (very lovely) – Austrian Rose;
  • Lovely (you’re lovely) – Gardenia;
  • Lover (perfect) – Tulip;
  • Loyal (love) – Daisy;
  • Luck – Bells of Ireland;
  • Luck (good luck) – Camellia; Mugwort;
  • Lust – Coriander;

M

  • Made – (you’ve made my life complete) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Magic – Fern;
  • Magic (spell) – Witch-hazel;
  • Magic plant of the Druids – Mistletoe;
  • Maidenly (charms) – Lily (Eucharis);
  • Majesty – White Lily; Imperial Lily;
  • Malevolence – Lobelia;
  • Man (a gift to a man) – Camellia;
  • Many Children (Chinese symbol for) – Orchid;
  • Marriage – Lime Tree; Linden Tree or Linden leaf; Ivy Vine; Orange Blossoms;
  • Marriage (happy) – Peony;
  • Marriage (Hebrew emblem of) – Myrtle;
  • Mary (tears of the Virgin Mary) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Masculinity – Peony;
  • Maternal (love) – Moss;
  • Matrimony – Linden Leaf;
  • Mature (elegance) – Pomegranate Flower;
  • Me (a magic spell is on me) – Witch-hazel;
  • Me (believe me) – Red Tulip;
  • Me (call me not beautiful) – Unique Rose;
  • Me (do not abuse me) – Saffron (Crocus);
  • Me (if you do love me you will find me out) – Maiden’s Blush Rose;
  • Me (let me go) – Butterfly Weed;
  • Me (Pray for me) – White Verbena;
  • Me (think of me) – Pansy; Cedar;
  • Me (wilt thou go with me?) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Me (win me and wear me) – Lady’s Slipper;
  • Me (you’ll always be beautiful to me) – Stock;
  • Me (you please me) – Currants;
  • Me (your friendship means so much to me) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Me (your looks freeze me) – Ice Plant;
  • Me (your presence revives me) – Rosemary;
  • Me (your presence soothes me) – Petunia;
  • Meaning (your friendship means so much to me) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Meeting (an appointed meeting) – Pea;.
  • Meeting (I expect a meeting) – Nutmeg Geranium;
  • Meeting (unexpected) – Lemon Geranium;
  • Melancholy – Autumn Leaves; Dark Geranium; Weeping Willow;
  • Melancholy (a melancholy mind) – Oak Geranium;
  • Memories – White Lilac;
  • Memories (sweet) – White Periwinkle;
  • Memory (in memory of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnias;
  • Memory (pleasures of memory) – White Periwinkle;
  • Merit (superior) – Moss Rose;
  • Message (a message for thee) – Common Garden Iris;
  • Messengers – Winged seeds (any kind);
  • Mildness – Mallow; Privet;
  • Mind (a melancholy mind) – Oak Geranium;
  • Mind (vulgar minds) – African Marigold;
  • Mirth – Myrrh; Saffron (Crocus);
  • Misanthropy – Aconite; Teasel; Fuller’s Thistle;
  • Misery (hope in misery) – Milkweed;
  • Misfortune (fidelity in misfortune) – Wall Flower;
  • Modest (love) – Blue Violet;
  • Modest (worth) – Primrose; Yellow Violet;
  • Modesty – Lily; Sweet Violet; White or Blue Violet;
  • Mothers (Chinese emblem for) – Day Lily;
  • Mother’s Love – Pink Carnation;
  • Mourn (I mourn your absence) – Zinnias;
  • Mourning – Weeping Willow;
  • Much (your friendship means so much to me) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Music – Oats;
  • Music (the witching soul of music) – Oats;
  • My All (I offer you my all) – Shepherd’s Purse;
  • My Antidote – White Poppy;
  • My Anxiety (relieve my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • My Anxiety ( tranquilize my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • My Bane – White Poppy;
  • My Best (my best days gone) – Meadow Saffron;
  • My Best (my best days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • My Compliments – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • My Happiest (my happiest days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • My heart (is thine) – Peach Blossom;
  • My Life (thou art my life) – Lungwort (Pulmonaria);
  • My life (you’ve made my life complete) – Lily of the Valley;
  • My Love (only deserve my love) – Rose (Campion);
  • My Love (the ambition of my love thus plagues itself) – Fuchsia;
  • My Thoughts (you occupy my thoughts) – Pansy; Purple Violet;
  • Myself (I attach myself to you) – Indian Jasmine;
  • Mystery – Blue Rose;

N

  • Nature (bury me amid nature’s beauties) – Persimmon;
  • Nature (good nature) – Mullein;
  • Nature (love of nature) – Magnolia;
  • Near (a deadly foe is near) – Monkshood;
  • Neglected (I die if neglected) – Laurestine;
  • Never – Snapdragon;
  • Never (I never trouble) – Rose Leaf;
  • New (beauty always new) – China Rose;
  • News (good news) – Guelder Rose (Snowball-tree);
  • No – Striped Carnation; Snapdragon;
  • No (no change till death) – Bay Leaf;
  • No (you have no claims) – Pasque Flower;
  • Nobility – Magnolia; Common Thistle;
  • Nordic symbol of life – Acorn;
  • Not (call me not beautiful) – Unique Rose;
  • Not (go not away) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Not (I will not survive you) – Black Mulberry;
  • Not (not older and wiser) – Delphinium;
  • Not forgotten (pure love that is not forgotten) – Delphinium;

O

  • Oblivion – Poppy;
  • Obstacles (to be overcome) – Mistletoe;
  • Occupation – Fox Glove;
  • Occupy (you occupy my thoughts) – Pansy; Purple Violet;
  • Offer (I offer you my all) – Shepherd’s Purse;
  • Old (growing old) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Older (and wiser) – Delphinium;
  • Omen – Small Cape Marigold;
  • One (you’re the only one I love) – Arbutus;
  • Only (beauty is your only attraction) – Japan Rose;
  • Only (I am ambitious only for you) – Fox Glove;
  • Only (only deserve my love) – Rose (Campion);
  • Only (you’re the only one I love) – Arbutus;
  • Oracle (rustic) – Dandelion;
  • Oscar Wilde (secret symbol of the followers of) – Green Carnation;
  • Our Hearts (are united) – Phlox;
  • Our Souls (are united) – Phlox;
  • Over (I watch over you) – Mountain Ash;
  • Overcome (obstacles to be overcome) – Mistletoe;

P

  • Pain – Marigold;
  • Pain (pleasure and pain) – Dog Rose;
  • Partake (I partake your sentiments) – Garden Daisy;
  • Pastoral Poetry – Amaryllis;
  • Passion – Orange Lily; Red Carnation; Azalea; Light pink, coral or orange rose;
  • Past (forgetful of the past) – Lotus;
  • Past (my best days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Past (my happiest days are past) – Meadow Saffron;
  • Patience – Ox-Eye Daisy;
  • Patriotism – Nasturtium;
  • Peace – White Poppy; Olive; Cattail;
  • Peerless – Magnolia (Grandiflora);
  • Pensive (beauty) – Laburnum;
  • Perfect (loveliness) – Juniper;
  • Perfect (lover) – Tulip;
  • Perfect (you are perfect) – Pineapple;
  • Perfection – Camellia;
  • Perfidy – Common Laurel in flower;
  • Perplexity – Love in a Mist;
  • Persecution – Fritilaria (Guinea-hen Flower);
  • Perseverance – Swamp Magnolia; Ground Laurel;
  • Philosophy – Pitch pine blossom;
  • Piety (steadfast) – Wild Geranium;
  • Pity – Pine;
  • Plague (the ambition of my love thus plagues itself) – Fuchsia;
  • Plant (sacred plant of India) – Mistletoe;
  • Plant of the Druids – Mistletoe;
  • Play – Red or Pink Hyacinth;
  • Pleasant (recollections) – White Periwinkle;
  • Please (anxious to please) – Sprig of Ivy with tendrils;
  • Please (please forgive me) – Purple Hyacinth;
  • Please (you please all) – Branch of Currants;
  • Please (you please me) – Currants;
  • Pleasure – Red Poppy;
  • Pleasure (and pain) – Dog Rose;
  • Pleasure (blissful) – Sweet Pea;
  • Pleasures (dangerous pleasures) – Tuberose;
  • Pleasures (lasting pleasures) – Parsley; Everlasting Pea;
  • Pleasures (of memory) -White Periwinkle;
  • Poetry (pastoral) – Amaryllis;
  • Poverty – Evergreen (trailing woodland plants that stay green all year);
  • Pray (I’ll pray for you) – White Hyacinth;
  • Pray (pray for me) – White Verbena;
  • Precaution – Golden Rod;
  • Prediction – Marigold;
  • Prefer (I prefer you) – Rose Geranium;
  • Preference – Rose Geranium; Apple Blossom;
  • Preference (present preference) – Apple Geranium;
  • Presence (your presence revives me) – Rosemary;
  • Presence (your presence soothes me) – Petunia;
  • Present (preference) – Apple Geranium;
  • Presumption – Snapdragon;
  • Pretension – Loosestrife; Willow (Herb);
  • Pretension (without) – Cinnamon Rose;
  • Pride – Tiger Lily; Amaryllis;
  • Pride (pride the graces) – Hundred Leaf Rose;
  • Privation – Indian Plum;
  • Profit – Cabbage;
  • Prohibition – Privet;
  • Prolific – Fig Tree;
  • Promise – Flowering Almond;
  • Promise (I promise) – White Clover;
  • Promises (keep your promises) – Plum Tree;
  • Promptness – Stock;
  • Prophet (you are a prophet) – Saint John’s Wort (Hypericum);
  • Prophetic prediction – Marigold;
  • Prosperity – Peony; Cattail; Wheat;
  • Protection – Juniper; White Heather;
  • Proud – Magnolia (Grandiflora);
  • Prudence – Mountain Ash; Lemon Blossom;
  • Pure (pure and lofty thoughts) – Sunflower;
  • Pure (pure of heart) – Baby’s Breath;
  • Pure love – White Carnation;
  • Pure love (that is not forgotten) – Delphinium;
  • Purity – White Rose; White Violet;
  • Purity (of heart) – Water Lily;
  • Purity ( your purity equals your loveliness) – Orange Blossoms; Lily; White Lily; Lotus; Daisy;
  • Puzzle (you puzzle me) – Love in a Mist;

Q

  • Qualities (your qualities, like your charms, are unequaled) – Peach;
  • Qualities (your qualities surpass your charms) – Mignonette;
  • Quarrel – Straw (Broken);
  • Queen (you are the queen of coquettes) – Queen’s Rocket;

R

  • Radiant (you are radiant with charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • Rapture – Greek Valerian;
  • Rare (beauty) – Hibiscus;
  • Rarity – Mandrake;
  • Rashness – Hyacinth;
  • Readiness – Red Valerian;
  • Really (I am really sincere) – Gladiolus;
  • Rebirth – Black Rose;
  • Recall – Silver leaf Geranium;
  • Recantation – Lotus Leaf;
  • Reciprocated (your love is reciprocated) – Ambrosia;
  • Recollections (pleasant) – White Periwinkle;
  • Reconciliation – Hazel; Filbert;
  • Refined beauty – Orchid;
  • Refinement – Orchid;
  • Refusal – Striped Carnation;
  • Regret – Rue; Purple Verbena;
  • Regrets (my regrets follow you to the grave) – Asphodel;
  • Rejected (love) – Bouquet of withered flowers;
  • Rejection – Yellow Carnation;
  • Rejuvenation – Black Rose;
  • Relieve (relieve my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • Religious fervor – Passion Flower;
  • Remembered (always) – Everlasting (Graphalium);
  • Remembrance – Rosemary;
  • Remembrance (daily) – Yellow Zinnia;
  • Remorse – Raspberry;
  • Rendezvous (change rendezvous) – Pimpernel;
  • Resentment – Petunia;
  • Reserve – Maple;
  • Resignation – Cyclamen; Indian Cress (Nasturtium);
  • Resolved (resolved to win) – Purple Columbine;
  • Respect – Daffodil;
  • Retaliation – Scotch Thistle;
  • Retirement – Harebell;
  • Return (affection returned) – Jonquil;
  • Return (return of happiness) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Return (return my affection) – Jonquil;
  • Revenge – Bird’s-foot Trefoil;
  • Reverence – White Rose;
  • Reverie – Flowering Fern;
  • Revive (your presence revives me) – Rosemary;
  • Reward (of virtue) – Garland or wreath of roses;
  • Rich (you are rich in attractions) – Garden Ranunculus;
  • Riches – Buttercup; Maize; Wheat;
  • Rigor – Lantana;
  • Romantic (deep romantic love) – Red Carnation;
  • Rupture – Greek Valerian;
  • Rupture (of a contract) – Straw (Broken);
  • Rural (happiness) – Tulip-tree;
  • Rustic (beauty) – French Honeysuckle;
  • Rustic (oracle) – Dandelion;

S

  • Sacred (affection) – Garden Marigold;
  • Sacred (sacred plant of India) – Mistletoe;
  • Sacred (sacred to Venus) – Garden Marigold;
  • Sadness – Dead Leaves;
  • Satire – Prickly Pear;
  • Scandal – Hellebore;
  • Seasons (love in all seasons) – Gorse;
  • Secret (secret bond of love) – Maidenhair Fern;
  • Secret (secret love) – Gardenia; Acacia;
  • Secrecy – White Rose; Rose (full-blown, placed over two buds);
  • Self (self-love) – Narcissus;
  • Sensibility – Sensitive Plant; Verbena;
  • Sensitiveness – Mimosa; Verbena;
  • Sensuality – Spanish Jasmine;
  • Sentiment (warmth of sentiment) – Spearmint;
  • Sentiments (I partake your sentiments) – Garden Daisy;
  • Separation – Trumpet Flower; Carolina Jasmine;
  • Severity – Thorn or Branch of thorns;
  • Shame – Peony;
  • Shame (bashful shame) – Deep Red Rose;
  • Shelter – Fern;
  • Sickness – Anemone;
  • Sighing – Aspen Tree;
  • Sight (love at first sight) – Gloxinia; Blue Lavender or Violet Rose;
  • Sign – Small Cape Marigold;
  • Silence – White Rose;
  • Silence (Silence, I am worthy of you) – White Rose; Belladonna;
  • Silent (love) – Primrose;
  • Silliness – Scarlet Geranium;
  • Simplicity – Rose (Single); Wild Rose; Sweetbrier; Daisy;
  • Sincere (I’m really sincere) – Gladiolus;
  • Sincerity – Honesty (Lunaria); Garden Chervil;
  • Single (single blessedness) – Bachelor Button;
  • Slander – Nettle;
  • Sleep (eternal sleep) – Poppy;
  • Sleep (sleep of the heart) – White Poppy;
  • Slighted (slighted love) – Yellow Chrysanthemum;
  • Smile (Lady, deign to smile) – Oak Geranium;
  • Smile (that or thy smile I would aspire to) – Rose (Sent Daily);
  • Smile (there’s sunshine in your smile) – Yellow Tulip;
  • Smile – (Will you smile?) – Sweet William;
  • Social (social intercourse) – Balm;
  • Solace (solace in adversity) – Evergreen Thorn;
  • Solitude – Lavender Heather; Heath; Lichen;
  • Soothes (your presence soothes me) – Petunia;
  • Sorcery – Enchanter’s Nightshade; Nightshade;
  • Sorrow – Purple Hyacinth;
  • Sorry (I am sorry) – Purple Hyacinth;
  • Sorry (sorry I can’t be with you) – Striped Carnation;
  • Soul (the witching soul of music) – Oats;
  • Souls (our souls are united) – Phlox;
  • Spell – Witch-hazel;
  • Spell (a magic spell) – Witch-hazel;
  • Spell (a magic spell is on me) – Witch-hazel;
  • Spirit (spirit vision) – Honeysuckle;
  • Sports – Hyacinth;
  • Stay (stay as sweet as you are) – Narcissus;
  • Steadfast (steadfast piety) – Wild Geranium;
  • Sternness – Common Thistle;
  • Stratagem – Walnut;
  • Strength – Garlic; Fennel; Cedar;
  • Stupidity – Common Almond; Almond tree; Geranium; Nuts;
  • Submission – Harebell; Grass;
  • Success – Yellow Poppy; Palm Leaves;
  • Suffering – Indian Plum;
  • Sunshine (there’s sunshine in your smile) – Yellow Tulip;
  • Superior (merit) – Moss Rose;
  • Superstition (superstition animosity) – Saint John’s Wort (Hypericum);
  • Surmount (I surmount all difficulties) – Mistletoe;
  • Surmount (I surmount everything) – Mistletoe;
  • Survive (I will not survive you) – Black Mulberry;
  • Suspicion – Mint;
  • Sweet (disposition) – Lavatera;
  • Sweet (memories) – White Periwinkle;
  • Sweet (pure love) – White Carnation;
  • Sweet (stay as sweet as you are) – Narcissus;
  • Sweet (voice) – Tuberose;
  • Sweet (words, though sweet, may deceive) – American Laurel;
  • Sweetness – White Lily; Mallow; Lily of the Valley;
  • Succor – Juniper;
  • Symbol (Chinese symbol for many children) – Orchid;
  • Symbol (Nordic symbol of life ) – Acorn;
  • Symbol (of love) – Aster;
  • Sympathy – Sweetbriar Rose; Balm;

T

  • Take care – Azalea;
  • Talisman (talisman of love) – Aster;
  • Taste – Scarlet Fuchsia;
  • Tears – Elecampane;
  • Tears (tears of the Virgin Mary) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Temperance – Azalea;
  • Temptation – Quince;
  • Thankfulness – Agrimony;
  • Thank you (thank you for a lovely time) – Sweet Pea;
  • Thank you (thank you for understanding) – Hydrangea;
  • Thee (a message for thee) – Common Garden Iris;
  • Thee (I live for thee) – Cedar;
  • Thee (I think of thee) – Everlasting (Graphalium);
  • Thine (my heart is thine) – Peach Blossom;
  • Think (think of me) – Yellow Pansy; Pansy; Cedar;
  • Think (I think of thee) – Everlasting (Graphalium);
  • Think (think of it) – Wild Daisy;
  • Think (I will think of you) – China Aster;
  • Thinking (thinking of an absent friend) – Mixed Zinnia;
  • Thinking (thinking of you) – Bellflower;
  • Thou (thou art all that is lovely) – Austrian Rose;
  • Thou (thou art my life) – Lungwort (Pulmonaria);
  • Thou (Wilt thou go with me?) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Thought – Yellow Pansy;
  • Thoughtlessness – Almond Tree;
  • Thoughts – Pansy;
  • Thoughts (dark) – Nightshade;
  • Thoughts (of heaven) – Snowball;
  • Thoughts (pure and lofty thoughts) – Sunflower;
  • Thoughts (thoughts of absent friends) – Zinnias;
  • Thoughts (you occupy my thoughts) – Pansy; Purple Violet;
  • Thriftiness – Thyme;
  • Thy (That or thy smile I would aspire to.) – Rose (Sent Daily);
  • Ties – Tendrils of Climbing Plants;
  • Time – Fir; Pitch pine blossom;
  • Time (time endurance) – Pine;
  • Time (thank you for a lovely time) – Sweet Pea;
  • Timidity – Marvel of Peru (Four o’clock);
  • Token (a token) – Ox-Eye Daisy; Laurestine;
  • Tomorrow (I shall die tomorrow) – Gum Cistus;
  • Tranquilize (tranquilize my anxiety) – Christmas Rose;
  • Transience (transience of life) – Cherry Blossom;
  • Transient (beauty) – Night Blooming Cereus;
  • Transient (transient impression) – White withered Rose;
  • Transport – Gardenia;
  • Trophy (warlike trophy) – Indian Cress (Nasturtium);
  • Trouble – Marigold;
  • Trouble (I never trouble) – Rose Leaf;
  • True (wishes will come true) – White Heather;
  • Trustworthy – Lily of the Valley;
  • Truth – Bittersweet;
  • Truth (bitter truth) – Nightshade;

U

  • Unanimity – Phlox;
  • Unbelief – Judas-Tree;
  • Uncertainty – Daffodil; Mock Orange (Syringia);
  • Uneasiness – Garden Marigold;
  • Unequaled (Your qualities, like your charms, are unequaled.) – Peach;
  • Unconscious (beauty) – Burgundy Rose;
  • Understanding (thank you for understanding) – Hydrangea;
  • Unexpected (meeting) – Lemon Geranium;
  • Unfading (unfading love) – Anemone;
  • Union (family union) – Pink Verbena;
  • United – Straw;
  • United (our hearts are united) – Phlox;
  • United (our souls are united) – Phlox;
  • Unity – Rose (White and Red together);
  • Unpretending (unpretending excellence) – Camellia japonica;
  • Unpretentious – Pasque Flower;
  • Unreliability – Purple Carnation;
  • Unrequited (love) – Daffodil;
  • Usefulness – Meadow Sweet;
  • Uselessness – Queen of the Meadow; Meadow Sweet;

V

  • Vain (love in vain) – Morning glory;
  • Vain-glory – Hydrangea;
  • Valor – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Variety – Rose (Mundi); China Aster;
  • Variety (love of variety) – China Aster;
  • Venus (sacred to Venus) – Garden Marigold;
  • Very (very lovely) – Austrian Rose;
  • Victory – Palm Leaves;
  • Victory (in battle) – Nasturtium; Mountain Laurel;
  • Virgin Mary (tears of the Virgin Mary) – Lily of the Valley;
  • Virginity – White Lily;
  • Virtue – White Rose;
  • Virtue (domestic virtue) – Sage;
  • Virtue (reward of virtue) – Garland or wreath of roses;
  • Vision (spirit vision) – Honeysuckle;
  • Voice (sweet) – Tuberose;
  • Voluptuous (voluptuous love) – Moss Rose;
  • Voluptuousness – Moss Rose; Tuberose;
  • Voraciousness – Lupine;
  • Vulgar (minds) – African Marigold;

W

  • Walking (I am walking on air) – Yellow Lily;
  • War – York and Lancaster Roses;
  • War (I declare war against you) – Tansy;
  • Warfare – York Rose;
  • Warlike Trophy – Indian Cress (Nasturtium);
  • Warm (feelings) – Spearmint;
  • Warmth (warmth of feeling) – Peppermint;
  • Warmth (warmth of sentiment) – Spearmint;
  • Warning – Hand Flower Tree;
  • Watch (I watch over you) – Mountain Ash;
  • Wealth – Tiger Lily; Wheat; Yellow Poppy;
  • Wear (win me and wear me) – Lady’s Slipper;
  • Weep (I weep for you) – Purple Verbena;
  • Welcome – Mayflower;
  • Whimsical – Purple Carnation;
  • Wilde (secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde) – Green Carnation;
  • Will (I will think of you) – China Aster;
  • Will (Will you smile?) – Sweet William;
  • Will (wishes will come true) – White Heather;
  • Wilt (Wilt thou go with me?) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Win (win me and wear me) – Lady’s Slipper;
  • Win (resolved to win) – Purple Columbine;
  • Winning (winning grace) – Elm; Cowslip;
  • Winter – Guelder Rose;
  • Wisdom – White Mulberry; Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Wiser (pure love that is not forgotten if you’re not older and wiser) – Delphinium;
  • Wish (a wish) – Fox Glove;
  • Wishes (good) – Sweet Basil;
  • Wishes (wishes will come true) – White Heather;
  • Witching (the witching soul of music) – Oats;
  • Wistfulness – White Rose;
  • Witchcraft – Enchanter’s Nightshade;
  • With (it’s heavenly to be with you) – White Lily;
  • With (sorry I can’t be with you) – Striped Carnation;
  • With (Wilt thou go with me?) – Everlasting Pea;
  • Without (I can’t live without you) – Primrose;
  • Without (pretension) – Cinnamon Rose;
  • Woman (a woman’s love) – Pink Carnation;
  • Words (words, though sweet, may deceive) – American Laurel;
  • Worth – Mignonette; Evergreen (trailing woodland plants that stay green all year);
  • Worth (modest) – Primrose; Yellow Violet;
  • Worth (worth beyond beauty) – Sweet Alyssum;
  • Worthy (I am worthy of you) – White Rose;
  • Wound (a wound to heal) – Eglantine (Sweet Briar Rose);

Y

  • Yes – Carnation (solid color);
  • You (I adore you) – Heliotrope;
  • You (I am ambitious only for you) – Fox Glove;
  • You (I am worthy of you) – White Rose;
  • You (I attach myself to you) – Indian Jasmine;
  • You (I can’t live without you) – Primrose;
  • You (I declare against you) – Wild Licorice;
  • You (I declare war against you) – Tansy;
  • You (I love you) – Red Rose;
  • You (I offer you my all) – Shepherd’s Purse;
  • You (I prefer you) – Rose Geranium;
  • You (I watch over you) – Mountain Ash;
  • You (I weep for you) – Purple Verbena;
  • You (I will not survive you) – Black Mulberry;
  • You (I will think of you) – China Aster;
  • You (I’ll pray for you) – White Hyacinth;
  • You (if you do love me you will find me out) – Maiden’s Blush Rose;
  • You (it’s heavenly to be with you) – White Lily;
  • You (longing for you) – Pink Camellia;
  • You (my heart aches for you) – Red Carnation;
  • You (my regrets follow you to the grave) – Asphodel;
  • You (you have no claims) – Pasque Flower;
  • You (you occupy my thoughts) – Pansy; Purple Violet;
  • You (Sorry I can’t be with you) – Striped Carnation;
  • You (thank you for a lovely time) – Sweet Pea;
  • You (thank you for understanding) – Hydrangea;
  • You (thinking of you) – Bellflower;
  • You (Will you smile?) – Sweet William;
  • You (you please all) – Branch of Currants;
  • You (you please me) – Currants;
  • You (you puzzle me) – Love in a Mist;
  • You’ve (you’ve made my life complete) – Lily of the Valley;
  • You are (stay as sweet as you are) – Narcissus;
  • You are (you are adorable) – White Camellia;
  • You are (you are a prophet) – Saint John’s Wort (Hypericum);
  • You are (you are beautiful) – Full-blown Rose;
  • You are (you are lovely) – Gardenia;
  • You are (you are perfect) – Pineapple;
  • You are (you are radiant with charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • You are (you are rich in attractions) – Garden Ranunculus;
  • You are (you are the only one I love) – Arbutus;
  • You are (you are the queen of coquettes) – Queen’s Rocket;
  • You will (you’ll always be beautiful to me) – Stock;
  • Young (young girl) – Red Rosebud;
  • Your (beauty is your only attraction) – Japan Rose;
  • Your (I am dazzled by your charms) – Buttercup; Garden Ranunculus;
  • Your (I am your captive) – Peach Blossom;
  • Your (I mourn your absence) – Zinnias;
  • Your (keep your promises) – Plum Tree;
  • Your (love is reciprocated) – Ambrosia;
  • Your (there’s sunshine in your smile) – Yellow Tulip;
  • Your (your friendship means so much to me) – Iris (Fleur-de-Lis);
  • Your (your looks freeze me) – Ice Plant;
  • Your (your presence revives me) – Rosemary;
  • Your (your presence soothes me) – Petunia;
  • Your (your qualities, like your charms, are unequaled) – Peach;
  • Your (your qualities surpass your charms) – Mignonette;
  • Youth – Light Pink Rose; White Lilac;
  • Youth (early) – Primrose;
  • Youthful (youthful innocence) – White Lilac;

Z

  • Zest – Lemon;

 

Note: A lot of hard work went into this post – which was compiled originally for Gypsy Magic by Shirley Twofeathers, and has been moved here to my new site, Magical Ingredients, you may repost and share without karmic repercussions, but only if you give me credit and a link back to this website. Blessed be.

“Magic is only unexplained science. Science is explained magic. When I study science, I study magic. When I study magic, I study science.” ― C. JoyBell C.
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