The Language of Flowers

I’ve been exploring the meaning of flowers this month – a gift often made in the name of romance – and it is a bit of a revelation what this ‘secret language’ tells us.

Victorians were keen on details in so many ways and it was during this time the meaning of flowers exploded, particularly as new, exotic plants from all over the world became status symbols of the day.  Shakespeare, too, gave flowers meanings and even named several of his characters after flowers.

Romantically, we probably all think of the red rose as a symbol of love.  The rose petals chosen for An Occasional Dream are shades of white and blue: taking the blue them from David Bowie's song with the same name - 'Tween the sheets of summer/bathed in blue'.  The white rose is held to mean ‘Eternal love, wistfulness and purity’; the blue rose has eluded breeders so far, yet there is a meaning: ‘Love at first sight’ or 'unattainable love that cannot be forgotten'.

With only one month to go before Christmas, here in Scotland, the roses have almost all gone, but soon we’ll see the Christmas Rose in flower.  This is held to mean: ’Relieve my anxiety’ and, thankfully, with An Occasional Dream can do just that!  A perfect gift for a couple to share available at www.AnOccasionalDream.com.