For centuries, people have placed great meaning on flowers and used them as a subtle way of communicating. Long before you could pick up your phone and text someone your thoughts, flowers were used as a unique unspoken “language”.
Today, we tend to assign our own meanings to specific flowers and their colors. You might send a bouquet of red roses to your longtime sweetheart, for example, but give a friend who is feeling down a bouquet of dahlias to cheer them up. Certain garden plants carry symbolism, too.
Before you gift someone flowers, consider this list of 15 common plants and the meaning attributed to them.
