| Symbols | Meanings |
| Acacia blossom | secret love, beauty in retirement, chaste love |
| Aloe | grief, religious superstition |
| Amaryllis | pride, timidity, splendid beauty |
| Anemone | forsaken |
| Apple | good health, temptation, emblem of New York, U.S.A. |
| Arbor Vitae | unchanging friendship |
| Arbutus | thee only do I love |
| Aster | symbol of love, love of variety, elegance, memories, daintiness |
| Azalea | take care of yourself for me, temperance, fragile passion, womanhood (Chinese) |
| Bachelor button | celibacy |
| Bamboo | long life, flexibility, prosperity |
| Bay Laurel | triumph |
| Begonia | beware |
| Birch, white | flexibility, emblem of Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Bittersweet | truth |
| Bluebell | humility, constancy |
| Buttercup | childishness |
| Cactus | endurance, warmth |
| Calendula | grief, despair, sorrow |
| Camellia | admiration, perfection, nobility of reasoning, emblem of Alabama, U.S.A. |
| Camellia, pink | longing for a man |
| Camellia, red | you're a flame in my heart |
| Camellia, white | loveliness, you're adorable, ideal love |
| Candy-tuff | indifference |
| Carnation | refusal, impulsiveness, fascination, capriciousness, joy |
| Carnation, white | disdain |
| Cattail | peace, prosperity |
| Chrysanthemum | cheerfulness, optimism, truth, hope, you're a wonderful friend, rest |
| Chrys., red | I love |
| Chrys., white | truth |
| Chrys., yellow | slighted love |
| Clover, four-leaf | good luck, be mine |
| Clover, red | industry |
| Clover, white | think of me |
| Columbine | resolved to win |
| Coreopsis | always cheerful |
| Cowslip | pensiveness, winning grace |
| Crocus | cheerfulness, abuse not |
| Cyclamen | resignation and good-bye |
| Cypress, bald | emblem of Louisiana, U.S.A. |
| Daffodil | desire, affection, regard, unrequited love, you're the only one, emblem of Wales |
| Daisy | innocence, loyal love |
| Daisy, bronze | generosity |
| Dandelion | faithfulness, happiness, love's oracle |
| Deadly nightshade | falsehood |
| Delphinium | lightness, levity ardent attachment |
| Eucalyptus | emblem of Tasmania |
| Fern | magic, fascination, confidence and shelter |
| Fern, maidenhair | secret bond of love |
| Filbert | reconciliation |
| Fir | time |
| Flax | domestic symbol, fate |
| Forget-me-not | true love, forget me not, memories |
| Forsythia | anticipation |
| Freesia | trust |
| Fuchsia, scarlet | taste |
| Gardenia | you're lovely, secret love |
| Garlic | courage, strength |
| Geranium | stupidity, folly |
| Geranium, rose | preference |
| Geranium, scarlet | consolation |
| Gladiolus | preparedness, strength, splendid beauty, love at first sight |
| Golden rod | be cautious |
| Grass | submission, utility |
| Heliotrope | devotion |
| Huckleberry | faith |
| Hyacinth | games and sports, rashness, flower dedicated to Apollo |
| Hyacinth, blue | constancy |
| Hyacinth, purple | I'm sorry, please forgive me, sorrow |
| Hyacinth, red or pink | play |
| Hyacinth, white | unobtrusive loveliness, I'll pray for you |
| Hyacinth, yellow | jealousy |
| Hydrangea | thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness |
| Iris | cherished friendship, faith, hope, wisdom and valour, my compliments |
| Iris (fleur-de-lis) | emblem of France, emblem of Florence, Italy, symbol of royalty |
| Ivy | fidelity, wedded love, friendship |
| Jasmine | amiability |
| Jonquil | love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, desire for a return of affection |
| Lady's slipper | win me and wear me |
| Larkspur | lightness, levity ardent attachment |
| Larkspur, pink | fickleness |
| Lavender | best wishes and good luck |
| Lilac | the first emotions of love |
| Lily (Fleur-de-lis) | devotion, emblem of France, Holy Trinity, faith, wisdom, chivalry, royalty |
| Lily of the valley | sweetness, purity, return of happiness, humility, return of happiness |
| Lily, calla | beauty |
| Lily, day | coquetry, Chinese emblem for mother |
| Lily, orange | hatred |
| Lily, tiger | wealth, pride |
| Lily, white | sweetness, virginity, purity, majesty, it's heavenly to be with you |
| Lily, yellow | gaiety, gratitude, I'm walking on air, false and gay |
| Lily-of-the-valley | sweetness, tears of the Virgin Mary, return of happiness, humility |
| Lotus | estranged love |
| Magnolia | nobility, love of nature, emblem of Louisiana, U.S.A. |
| Maple | emblem of Canada |
| Maple, sugar | emblem of New York, U.S.A. |
| Marigold | cruelty, grief, jealousy |
| Mistletoe | kiss me, affection, to surmount difficulties, sacred plant of India |
| Mock Orange | deceit |
| Monkshood | danger is near, beware a deadly foe is near, chivalry |
| Moss | maternal love, charity |
| Myrtle | love, fertility, Hebrew emblem of marriage |
| Narcissus | conceit, self-love, egotism, formality, stay as sweet as you are |
| Nasturtium | conquest, victory in battle, patriotism |
| Oak | strength |
| Oats | the witching soul of music |
| Oleander | caution, beware |
| Orange blossom | innocence, chastity, eternal love, marriage, fruitfulness |
| Orchid | love, beauty, refinement, beautiful lady, Chinese symbol for many children |
| Palm leaves | victory, success |
| Pansy | thoughts |
| Parsley | useful knowledge |
| Passion flower | faith |
| Peach | marriage |
| Peach blossom | I am your captive |
| Pear | affection |
| Peony | shame, good life, happy marriage, bashfulness, emblem of Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Petunia | resentment, anger, your presence soothes me |
| Pine | hope, pity, symbol of Iroquois league |
| Pine, Eastern white | emblem of Ontario, Canada |
| Pineapple | hospitality |
| Poppy | eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination |
| Poppy, red | pleasure, consolation |
| Poppy, white | consolation, sleep |
| Poppy, yellow | wealth, success |
| Prickly pear | satire |
| Primrose | evening, inconstancy |
| Rose | I am worthy of you, love, nativity, emblem of England and of New York, U.S.A. |
| Rose, full bouquet | gratitude |
| Rose garland | reward of merit or virtue |
| Rose, pink | happiness |
| Rose, red | love, remembrance, passion |
| Rose, white | purity |
| Rose, yellow | infidelity |
| Rosemary | your presence revives me |
| Shamrock | lightheartedness, emblem of Christian Ireland, Holy Trinity |
| Snapdragon | deception, gracious lady, presumption |
| Spider flower | elope with me |
| Spider in web | patience |
| Stephanotis | happiness in marriage, desire to travel |
| Stock | bond of affection, promptness, lasting beauty |
| Straw | agreement |
| Sweet pea | good-bye, departure, blissful pleasure, thanks for a lovely time, thinking of you |
| Thistle | emblem of Scotland |
| Trillium | floral symbol of the province of Ontario, Canada |
| Tulip | luck, perfect lover, fame, flower emblem of Holland |
| Tulip, red | believe me, declaration of love |
| Tulip, variegated | beautiful eyes |
| Tulip, yellow | hopeless love |
| Turnip | charity |
| Verbena | Pray for me |
| Violet | modesty, faithfulness, emblem of Rhode Island, U.S.A. |
| Violet, blue | watchfulness, faithfulness, I'll always be true |
| Willow | mourning |
| Wintergreen | harmony |
| Witch hazel | a spell |
| Zinnia, magenta | lasting affection |
| Zinnia | thinking of an absent friend |
| Zinnia, scarlet | constancy |
| Zinnia, white | goodness |
| Zinnia, yellow | daily remembrance |
