Since ancient times flowers have carried symbolic meanings. During the Victorian era this floral language developed into a code for lovers in which each flower carried its own message. Why not choose a few flowers for your bouquet that use this hidden language.
Almond blossom Hope; a symbol of sweetness and delicacy;
Amaryllis Pride; splendid beauty; Anemone Forsaken; Apple
blossom Preference; he is great and good; Arumlily Ardour;
magnificent beauty; Aster Variety; afterthought
Bachelor’s buttons (or cornflowers) Celibacy; Bay leaf I change
only in death; Bay tree Glory; Bluebell Constancy; Buttercup The
flower of childhood; ingratitude
Camellia, red Unpretending excellence, white Perfected loveliness;
Carnation, red Alas! For my poor heart, striped Refusal, yellow
Disdain; Chrysanthemum, red I love, white Truth, yellow Slighted
love; Clematis Mental beauty
Daffodil Regard; Dahlia Instability; Daisy Innocence; Damask rose
Brilliant complexion
Fern Fascination; Forget-Me-Not True love; forget me not; Freesia
Friendship
Gardenia Joy; Geranium, ivy Bridal favour; rose-scented
Preference, wild Steadfast piety; Goldenrod Precaution; Guelder
rose Winter; age
Hazel Reconciliation; Hellebore Scandal; calumny; Honeysuckle
Generous and devoted affection; Hyacinth Sport, game, play (used
for bridal wreaths in ancient Greece); white Unobtrusive loveliness
Iris Message; Ivy Fidelity; marriage
Jasmine Amiability, yellow Grace and elegance
Lemon blossom Fidelity in love; Lilac, purple First emotions of
love, white Youthful innocence; Lily, white Purity; sweetness,
yellow Falsehood; gaiety; Lily of the valley Return of happiness;
Linden or lime blossom Conjugal love; Love-lies-bleeding
Hopeless, not heartless
Magnolia Perseverence; Meadowsweet Uselessness; Michaelmas
daisy Afterthought; Mimosa Sensitiveness
Narcissus Egotism
Orange blossom Your purity equals your loveliness (associated with
marriages from the earliest times); Orchid A belle
Passion flower Religious superstition; Peony Shame; bashfulness;
Phlox Unanimity; Pineapple You are perfect; Poppy, red
Consolation, scarlet Fantastic extravagance, white Sleep; my bane;
my antidote,
Ranunculus You are radiant with charms; Rose, single Simplicity,
white I am worthy of you; innocence, yellow Decrease of love;
jealousy; friendship, red Eternal love, red and white together
Unity, deeppink Thankfulness, large bright pink Meet me by
moonlight, palepink Grace, coral Desire, peach Modesty, orange
Fascination, full-blown, placed over, two buds Secrecy, china
Beauty always new, bridal Happy love, burgundy Unconscious
beauty; Rosebuds Pure and lovely; Rosemary Remembrance
Snowball Bound; Snowdrop Hope; Stock Lasting beauty;
Sunflower, dwarf Adoration, tall Haughtiness; Sweet pea
Departure; delicate pleasures; Sweet William Gallantry
Tulip, red Declaration of love, variegated Beautiful eyes, yellow
Hopeless love; Veronica Fidelity; Violet Faithfulness; modesty
Wallflower Fidelity in adversity; Willow, water Freedom, weeping
Mourning; Witchhazel A spell
Zinnia Thoughts of absent friends