Flower meanings have fascinated people for centuries. Shamans and local healers have used flowers, herbs, trees and other plants to describe, prescribe and foretell. That is why a symbolic meaning of flowers has been part of human life for centuries!
A flower is not just a flower. It carries a powerful message to its recipient. In today’s world, many symbolic features of flowers and their colors took roots in many cultures to bring to significance many events and occasions.
Many times, such symbolism is “culturally” prescribed to the type of a flower or its color. Here are some amazing symbolic uses of flowers and their colors to celebrate our lives in all of its expressions. Enjoy this list!
Symbolic Use of Flowers and Their Colors
Rose ā LOVE, PASSION
Alstroemeria ā loyalty, devotion
Calla Lily ā purity, passion
Deep Red Carnation ā love, affection
Light Red Carnation ā admiration
White Carnation ā pure love, good luck
Varigated (striped) Carnation ā regret that a love cannot be shared
Chrysanthemum ā loyalty, love ā these are my favorites all year round!
Daisy ā innocence, purity
Fern ā discretion, secrecy
Freesia ā passion, joy
Gladiolus ā strength, integrity
Daffodil ā rebirth
Hydrangea ā emotion, understanding
Iris ā royalty, faith
Ivy ā bridal favour
Lilac ā tranquility, passion
Lily ā beauty
Orchid ā admiration, innocence
Peony ā romance, prosperity
Sinuata Statice ā loyalty
Stock ā beauty, happiness
Sunflower ā adorability, loyalty
Tulip ā love, confidence
You can get any of these flowers in a combination that your heart desires!
Shop for ROSES HERE
TULIPS can be found HERE
CARNATIONS are in abundance HERE
Chrysantemums are arranged HERE
Discover your HYDRANGEAS HERE
LILY bouquets grow HERE
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Building connections in life is one of the most powerful sources of our creativity and success no matter what we do. Our connection to our Mother or Mother Figure in our life is one of the dominant and ever present. The support she provides for years before we are on our own gives us a chance to grow stronger, wiser, kind.
Mother’s Day is supposed to be a happy celebration. For those of us who have a gift of a MOTHER still by our side ā say I LOVE YOU to her, visit her, give her a kiss on a cheek, a tight hug and bring her FLOWERS.
The Mother’s Day is to celebrate our emotional bond we share with her.
Say What You Want to Say With FLOWERS!
For those of us who cannot do it ā celebrate your MOM with your memories and feel the LOVE ā that very imminent connection ā that makes this world go round.
And for those women who for other reasons cannot have their own biological children ā you are in our huge and warm and healing circle that is of Love, of Peace and of MOMS. Each and every one of us has a unique way of living and expressing a motherly feeling towards others and the life around us.
On this Mother’s Day ā and always, ā give HER flowers!
Here are some examples what you could send a gorgeous and caring gift to that person you care about a LOT!
Now, that you know the meaning of many flowers traditionally used in floral bouquet arrangements, check out which bouquet speaks the loudest to you!
ART GLASS Treasure Bouquet
Remind mom how special and beautiful she is with this exquisite work of art brimming with fragrant pink lillies, purple roses and chrysanthemums. This exclusive arrangement arrives in a one-of-a-kind hand-blown vase with whimsical iridescent shades of turquoise that give each piece a truly unique and personal touch.
This bright bouquet includes hot pink roses, pink asiatic lilies, light pink alstroemeria, lavender cushion spray chrysanthemums, lavender limonium, dusty miller, parvifolia eucalyptus, and lemon leaf.
Mod Mademoiselle Bouquet
Bring all the elegance of a peaceful Victorian garden into the home with this spectacular arrangement. A luxurious mix of lush roses, red chrysanthemums and soft pink accents are nestled within a gorgeous, vintage-inspired and hand-glazed watering can. Your mom can easily reuse it for her garden needs.This floral bouquet is perfect for the mom with a green thumb or an eye for interior decorating.
The eloquent symbolic meaning of flowers in this floral bouquet is of love and beauty and devotion.
Here are your precious florals in this bouquet: white roses, peach spray roses, pink alstroemeria, and burgundy cushion spray chrysanthemums is accented with bupleurum, dusty miller, and leatherleaf fern.
You can get it HERE
Monarch Garden Bouquet
Surprise mom with the charming floral bouquet brimming with lavender roses, fresh pink blooms and seasonal stems. Without doubth, this 2-in-1 gift arrives in a functional hand-glazed stoneware crock that is perfect as a decorative pot or a garden planter.
This beautiful arrangement features lavender roses, pink asiatic lilies, white alstroemeria, purple cushion spray chrysanthemums, dusty miller, leatherleaf fern, and pitta negra.
Here’s another gorgeous floral collection that speaks of passion and devotion ā the symbolic meaning of flowers that is forever so popular in any human society.
Liquid Lavender Bouquet
Honor momās timeless devotion with a stunning floral arrangement filled with fresh carnations and deep red blooms of mums. Delivered in a one-of-a-kind shimmering glass vase with a sleek, alluring lavender shade. This piece is sure to make an unforgettable impression on Motherās Day.
This feminine arrangement features lavender roses, light pink miniature carnations, burgundy cushion spray chrysanthemums, purple cushion spray chrysanthemums and lavender sinuata statice are arranged with huckleberry and parvifolia eucalyptus.
Can you tell what this colorful bouquet hiding behind the symbolic meaning of its gorgeous floral blooms?
Regal Blossoms Bouquet
Celebrate the greatest mom in the world with this elegant treasure overflowing with soft pink roses, fragrant white lilies and purple carnations. All flowers nestled in an exquisite hand-glazed ceramic vase. Just imagine how this stylish vase will be her reminder of this gift all-year-round!
This bouquet includes hot pink roses and spray roses, white asiatic lilies, purple carnations, lavender stock, huckleberry, and lemon leaf.
Breathtaking and unique, this bouquet has a special language to tell that very dear person that she is beautiful.
180 thoughts on “Symbolic Meaning of Flowers for Your Mother’s Day Bouquet”
Based on this, I think I should get my mom an orchid for Mother’s Day this year.
Kari,
What a gorgeous plant it would be for your mom to look and smile, as she will always remember where it’ll have come from!
This is really interesting. I love flowers!
Dana,
I adore flowers as well and like to grow mine in the garden.
always good to know. thanks
I did not know the meaning behind flowers. My mother loves the Iris flowers and I love tulips. Both have good meanings.
Maureen,
Flowers have the magic in them. This is all about care and nurture and love and feeling the beauty in life.
Wow! I didn’t know that flowers were symbolic. My favorite flowers are orchids, peonies and tulips. I love their meanings.
Amy,
The meaning behind each flower really makes it close and personal to any person. These meanings are truly emotional. Hence they are powerful in our lives.
I would get my Mom the Teleflora’s Dutch Garden Bouquet
I love seeing the meaning behind the flowers! I wonder what a tiger lily means. š
Jamie,
A Tiger Lily is associated with Wealth and Pride. Those bright orange hues also mean Positivity and Confidence.
These are so beautiful. I love bouquets that are different
I would choose the Teleflora’s Luxurious Lavender Bouquet.
I absolutely love the look of the liquid lavender bouquet and love the smells and would pick that.
The Mod Mademoiselle Bouquet
desert sunrise or dressed to impress
I would like the Perfect Chevy Pickup by Teleflora
I love the list of the flowers’ meanings! I will have to look into teleflora for my mother’s day flowers!
This is a lovely gift idea. My parents recently moved to Canada. I will ask my sister to join this giveaway.
I had no idea that flowers all have a specific meaning. This is really cool and really interesting to know!
What a beautiful idea! It’s so nice to know the meaning of each flower!
Such a beautiful bouquet. Every mom deserves flowers even outside of mothers day!
These flowers are so pretty! I love giving and receiving flowers on holidays and special occasions.
Wow so many to choose from I am not sure yet which one I would choose. FTD always has such beautiful flowers. Thank you for detailing what each flower means. Daffodils makes perfect sense being “rebirth” since they come out in early spring.
I always have such a hard time choosing between so many beautiful flower arrangements, but I DO love the uniqueness and beauty of Teleflora’s Desert Sunrise Bouquet
Michelle,
Agreed, it’s tough to pick and choose when every single one of them is a unique choice.
These floral arrangements are absolutely beautiful! I love receiving and giving flowers for Mother’s Day but I’ll have to admit, I never knew that there was a symbolic meaning behind the beautiful bouquets!
Hugs, Laura Boo!
This is such a great resource for any guy who wants to get any special person in his life flowers. There are sooo many meanings to flowers. I learned a lot here, too.
Stacie,
Carefully nudge your guy to this post, like accidentally, not on purpose!
I would choose the Sunny Sunflowers!
I like the
Teleflora’s Art Glass Garden Bouquet
I would choose Teleflora’s Liquid Lavender Bouquet. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
i love the Teleflora’s Art Glass Treasure Bouquet
Sandra,
For me, it is one of the gorgeous ones.
The vase is a piece of art, truly.
Teleflora’s Desert Sunrise Bouquet is so beautiful all of them are.
Laurie,
It is a stunner! So many choices with the gorgeous flowers!
I would choose Telefloraās Perfect Peonies arrangement if I won!
Kim,
Peonies are the flowers of my childhood.
All these flowers are so beautiful
It’s a tradition to give my mom fresh lilacs from our garden on Mother’s Day.
Sarah,
It is a Beautiful tradition! Keep doing it. I wish I could do the same.
I would surprise my co-worker with some beautiful flowers.
Beautiful bouquets!
I love all the beautiful Teleflora bouquets. My hubby bought me one for our anniversary a few months ago.
flowers are the best gift to give
I love this, all the flowers are beautiful
I love how you can use flowers to express different things and exemplify human emotions!
cool I love sunflowers and im loyal like the meaning of sunflowers
They have such beautiful arrangements. I had no idea they all had meanings to them.
These flowers are just beautiful. I have used Teleflora many times and have never been disappointed. I did not even know what all these flowers stood for. I learned something great today
What beautiful bouquets. I love sending and receiving flowers. Thanks for posting!
all these flowers are beautiful
Teleflora has beautiful bouquets! Interesting to read about the meaning of the different flowers.
So interesting to think of the different meanings for various flowers. Bouquets always to brighten up these winter days.
I didn’t realize that flowers had different meaning. I will keep that in mind the next time I select flowers. Those arrangements are beautiful.
So many nice arrangements. I like knowing the symbolic meaning of flowers and their colors!
This is so interesting! My favorite flowers are orchids and it is interesting to know their symbolic meaning.
These are all so pretty. I didn’t know all of these meanings for different flowers!
These flowers are gorgeous!
I like how the flowers speak, each one has different meanings
I absolutely love the Wildflower in Flight bouquet. Daisies are so pretty and summery.
I would surprise my mother-in-law with this. She has had a rough time and deserves a beautiful surprise.
Teleflora has lots of beautiful bouquets for Mother’s Day. I love the All Eyes On You Bouquet.
My wife would be surprised.
I love the list of the flowers meanings. I never even heard of the flower called “stock” I’m going to look it up.
I would surprise my Mom with this. She has had an awful year and I’d love to give her something so cheerful!
I love daisies, but never knew they symbolized innocence andpurity. Interesting!
I would love to surprise my mom with flowers!
I would surprise both my daughters!! <3
I would surprise my mom with a bouquet !
Nice bouquets
Teleflora has the most beautiful bouquets I have seen. I plan on sending on to my mom this year.
I would surprise my mom with the beautiful Teleflora’s All Eyes On You Bouquet.
I love their arrangement they are just beautiful..It would be hard to choose because every arrangement is gorgeous
I would get an arrangement for my daughter
Just love this Symbolic Use of Flowers and Their Colors amazing to know thanks for sharing it
I would give to my mom thanks she loves flowers
Knowing the meaning of the flowers one receives might be interesting, but I would rather just enjoy their beauty for itself.
I would give them to my daughter–but I could enjoy them as well, since we live together.
Love all these different meaning for flowers. I didn’t know the meaning for many of these. Great to know.
I would surprise my 98 year old Aunt. She’s been just like a Mom to my husband and I and a Grandma to our kids. She adores flowers and I’d love to surprise her because she’s always so caring to us.
Thank you for the meaning of all the flowers and colours.
Such beautiful flowers and arrangements! I would love to surprise my Mom for Mother’s Day with a bouquet š
My 82 year old mother!
Love that they all have their own meaning. I love the vases and arrangements. So beautiful!
I will share this with my cousin. She is an amazing single mom.
I really love the Telefloraās Wildflower In Flight Bouquet! The vase is beautiful!
I would surprise my daughter with a flower arrangement!
I prefer to pick the flowers I like.
I’d surprise my roomie. I owe her a lot.
That was interesting. I didn’t know the symbolic meanings of most of the flowers. Teleflora makes such beautiful flower arrangements.
Teleflora makes beautiful floral arrangements. The Wildflower In Flight Bouquet is lovely for Motherās Day.
I like the Winged Beauty Bouquet with the hummingbird vase.
I never knew most of the symbolism behind flowers with the exception of roses. It is nice to know the symbols behind the various colors of carnations.
My mom is going to be surprised with this $75 Teleflora gift.
I like the way the different symbolic meanings and the flowers go together.
My mother will be surprised.
these would be for my loving mother
I would send flowers to my daughter!
I would like to win this, so that my husband can surprise his mom with a special bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day!
Lots of great bouquets for mom’s day!
I like how vibrant the colors are. They’ll make great gifts for moms!
would love some ROSES for my mommy who is always full of LOVE and PASSION for us!!!
teleflora has the best bouquets. they are so beautiful and high quality.
Susan,
I’ve used them a lot, and they deliver great flowers.
my mom would be the lucky girl who gets a bouquet with this gift certificate.
I would send my mother the Winged Beauty bouquet as she associates me with hummingbirds as my nickname growing up was “Birdie Bee”. The symbolic meaning of flowers is very interesting.
Tulips are my favorite, and I love that they mean “love and confidence”. So perfect! I love the idea of plant symbolism. Very powerful and extremely interesting!
Lori,
Tulips are the flowers I grew up with. The aroma of this Spring flower is in my DNA! LOVE this flower!
Beautiful bouquets! And I love the keepsake vases. I liked reading about the meaning of the different flowers.
I want to surprise my mom!
I love the meaning of the flowers. I never knew most of them and I love flowers. Thanks for the chance
This year’s choices are beautiful, they have really done a great job of changing the vases. I don’t have anyone to give them to as far as Mother figures, but I have a beautiful daughter who would love to see a vase of these beautiful flowers arrive at her door. Mother’s day can be such a sad day for me, but I go out of my way to only think of the positives that my Mother blessed me with when she was here. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mother’s and Surrogate Mothers out there. Have a Great Day!
My 90 year old Aunt who is also my godmother <3
I would surprise my daughter with a beautiful Teleflora bouquet! Thanks for the chance!
Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers. I really like how you put the symbolism of each flower.
I would for sure send flowers to my lovely mother!
my favorite is the Teleflora’s Wildflower In Flight Bouquet.
i will probably surprise my mom with a bouquet.
I don’t even know how I would choose, they’re all gorgeous and so unique!
I would surprise my mom with the winged beauty! Hummingbirds are her favorite. But dang, all these bouquets are beautiful!!
beautiful bouquets
They all look so beautiful.
I would love it for myself š
i love teleflora bouquets.Not only are their flower arrangements gorgeous, they put them in beautiful vases!
I love the Teleflora’s All Eyes On You Bouquet
This would be for my mom.
beautiful for my beautiful mom
I would surprise my mom with this!!!
I love yellow roses because my daughter loved yellow roses. I get them in memory of her.
Unfortunately my Mom and all my mother figures are gone now so I will be enjoying the flowers myself. Therre is no other person on this earth that loves flowers the way I do!
Dear Susan,
You are not alone when you use the power of emotion and memories. Yes, they may be sad and very raw, yet do know you are surrounded by many other women going through similar and other things.
Hugs and my warmest wishes to you, a beautiful person who LOVES FLOWERS!
I would love to surprise my mother or sister with a bouquet.
What great details on the meaning of flowers, I had no idea that there were so many special meanings for flowers, Thank you for all this info
I would surprize my Mom and my Step- Mother, she recently had heart by-pass and I want her to have something special for Mother’s Day
I would surprise my mom with a great bouquet!
I never knew the symbolic meaning behind flowers besides the obvious one for a red rose!
Their flowers are beautiful! I would surprise my BFF.
I enjoyed the Symbolic Use of Flowers and Their Colors list you have on her about flowers. I love working outside thru the year and it’s nice to know some background about something you love. Thanks.
I would surprise my sweet 82 year old Mom that I love to death. š
I would surprise my 82 year old sweet Mom I love with all my heart. š
I never knew the flowers had a symbolic meaning to them.
I would surprise my mom.
That Pirouette Bouquet is beautiful! I really like that it has some more unusual components, like lemon leaf!
They have so many beautiful arrangements. I love Wildflower in Flight!
I would surprise my daughter with a bouquet!
My dad was the gardener in our family. I got my love of flowers from him and have gone into experimentation and pollination.
I always request a rose bush if someone offers to buy me flowers- rose hips are chock full of nutrition!
Peonies are my favorite….glad to know they symbolize prosperity!
I love tulips and I didn’t know the symbolized love and confidence.
The All Eyes on You bouquet is lovely. I really love Teleflora’s Gorgeous Gratitude bouquet, it is so colorful and pretty,
I love that you included the meanings of flowers. I would love to give one of these bouquets to my daughter.
I love flowers. I have alot to learn though. I did not know the meaning of flowers and their colors. I really enjoyed this article. Thank you for this awesome opportunity to win
I did not know the meaning behind certain flowers. it stands to reason now why my mother loves the Iris flower.
What a great way to have my mother know what she means.
Such beautiful flowers! I love the mason jar vase!
I’d love to surprise my mom with these flowers!
I love the country beauty bouquet.
I’ll swear her to secrecy with a fern!
This is all so interesting. I only knew that roses were associated with love or passion.
I really love the Winged Beauty Bouquet! I would love to get this bouquet!
I would give these to my daughter in law. I never knew the meaning of the flowers.
I would give these to my mom! She is amazing woman who is always there for me and my family!
My mother would be thrilled to receive the Wildflower in Flight Bouquet.
Thank you for the chance!
So many beautiful arrangements. I enjoyed reading the meanings of the flowers.
I would give these beautiful flowets to my mom, becausewe live far away.
I never knew the flowers had a symbolic meaning to them. I have always loves roses.
I would surprise my daughter with the Teleflora bouquet.
I am going to surprise mom with the bouquet
I never knew the flowers had a symbolic meaning to them, but Iām glad I do now. I really enjoyed this post and learning about that.
I would love to give one of these beautiful bouquets to my 91 year old mother-in-law who for up until last year tended and grew her own vegetable garden and her pride and joy were her flowers she grew in her yard,I know she would absolutely love a bouquet to admire in her living room.
Telefora’s bouquets are always beautiful. I really love he Forever Mine Bouquet with real purple roses in it!
Flowers are such a nice surprise, for any occasion.
These Telaflora arrangements are so gorgeous! I enjoyed learning about the symbolic meaning behind each flower!
I never knew about the meaning of specific flowers before!
Wow I didn’t know flowers had symbolism this is pretty cool
I adore receiving flowers. Teleflora flowers are beautiful and it makes me so happy when my husband sends them to me.
I love Teleflora bouquets. I would love to send one to my Mom.