• Bluebell: consistency, forgive and forget
• Campanula: white - gratitude
• Carnation: red - ‘alas for my poor heart’, striped - refusal, yellow - distain, pink - woman’s love
• Chrysanthemum: red - ‘I love you’, yellow - slighted love, white - truth
• Daffodil: regard, chivalry
• Daisy: innocence
• Forget-me-not (Myosotis): true love, ‘the key to my heart’
• Freesia: friendship
• Garden pink (Dianthus): pure love
• Gladiolus: strength of character
• Hyacinth: blue - consistency, white - unobtrustive loveliness
• Iris: yellow - flame of love
• Lavender: devotion
• Lilac (Syringa): purple - first emotions of love, white - youthful innocence
• Lily: pure and modest
• Lily of the valley (Convallaria): return of happiness
• Love lies bleeding (Amaranthus): hopeless not heartless
• Mimosa (Acacia): sensitivity, secret love
• Narcissus: self-esteem, female ambition
• Orange blossom: bridal festivities, ‘your purity equals your loveliness’
• Orchid: longevity, elegance
• Pansy: thoughtful
• Peony: bashfulness
• Ranunculus: ‘you are rich in attractions’
• Rudbeckia: justice
• Snowdrop: hope
• Solidago: encouragement
• Star of Bethlehem (Ornathologum): purity
• Stocks (Matthiola): lasting beauty
• Sunflower: pure thoughts, adoration, dedication
• Sweet pea: departure, delicate pleasures
• Tulip: red - declaration of love; striped - beautiful eyes
• Veronica: fidelity
• Violet: faithfulnes

Roses symbolise love and good fortune and the colours have different meanings too:

• White - truth, innocence
• Pink - admiration, joy and gratitude
• Red and white - unity
• Red - eternal love
• Yellow - friendship, caring
• Orange - energy