A flower arrangement or plant can convey a message or emotion. That's why so many roses are given on Valentine's Day: roses represent love. If you're not sending roses, what is your Valentine arrangement saying? And what messages are sent by the plants around your home? Find out by checking the list below. The first 20 plants listed can be found in local stores as well as at The Morton Arboretum annual plant sale.
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Arborvitae: unchanging friendship
Oak leaves: bravery
Oak tree: hospitality
Peach Blossoms: I am your captive
Poppy: fantastic extravagance
Cinnamon Fern: fascination
Apple: temptation
Apple Thorn: deceitful charms
Honeysuckle: generous and devoted affection
Lavender: distrust
Iris: message
Annabelle hydrangea: heartlessness
Weeping willow: mourning
Himrod grape: charity
Yew: sorrow
Lilac (Kim or Josee):
Purple: first emotions of love
White: youthful Innocence
Raspberry: remorse
Hellebore: scandal
Hibiscus: delicate beauty
Grass: submission
OTHERS:
Ash tree: grandeur
Hemlock: you will be my death
Holly: foresight
Hawthorn: hope
Golden Rod: precaution
Globe Amaranth: immortality, unfailing love
Red Carnation: Alas! For my poor heart
Roses:
White and red ones together: unity
White: I am worthy of you
Red rosebuds: pure and lovely
Rosemary: remembrance
American Linden: Matrimony
Chrysanthemum
Red: I love you
White: truth
Yellow: slighted love
Tulip
Red: declaration of love
Yellow: hopeless love
Ivy: fidelity, marriage
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