What Flowers Convey To People
Flowers speak a universal language. All over the world, men and women use flowers to communicate myriad emotions like joy , empathy, regret, and caring. When we cannot find words, we can convey our thoughts beautifully through flowers. However, different flowers communicate different meanings. Messages change from flower to flower, and you must know what meaning a flower conveys before you present it to others.
Symbolic representation of flowers to assign them some human emotions is called floriography. The system is very well known in the Western Culture and flowers are presented after due thought to the event and the message that is to be conveyed.
Red roses are accepted messengers of love and passion, on the other hand, white roses convey purity and pink ones denote lasting friendship. Presenting white tulips is the best way to win over a friend you have fallen out with, as tulips symbolize forgiveness. Lilies when gifted are usually associated with royalty, celebration, vivacity and zeal. Your ailing friend will appreciate a ‘get well soon’ wish with a bouquet of Yarrow, while for a friend who is beginning a new venture a bunch of Azalea will communicate your wish for his success. But, not all flowers have positive messages. For example, a bouquet of lavender blossoms generally expresses distrust.
Lovers can select from many different types of flowers to communicate different moods and emotions. The different moods of love can be best conveyed by flowers like yellow Chrysanthemums and Apple Blossoms.
You should remember another point before gifting flowers to some one. Different traditions have attributed different meanings to flowers. If the person you are giving the flowers to belongs to a different nation or culture, you should first know what significance the flower bears in that particular nation or culture before gifting it to him or her. The last thing that you would want is your present having an entirely opposite effect of what you wished it to have.