What Does a Gift of a Yellow Flower Mean?
The gift of a yellow flower can mean friendship, devotion, joy or even a wish for new beginnings. The symbolic meaning of flowers is usually attributed to the Victorians, who used various flowers and floral arrangements to send coded messages. Does this Spark an idea?
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Friendship
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Yellow flowers, but most particularly yellow roses, usually symbolize friendship or devotion. Alternatively, red roses indicate deeply romantic love; pink roses signal a lesser romantic attachment; and white roses indicate virtue and chastity.
Joy
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Taken out of the Victorian context of coded messages, yellow, as the color of gold, sun and warmth, can be also be thought of as the color of joy. A color that generates warmth, yellow is also regarded as a stimulant to the brain and creativity.
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Other Meanings
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Many yellow flowers bloom in the spring and are particularly associated with that season. Although yellow daffodils sometimes symbolize unrequited love, yellow flowers are also associated with Easter and Passover. A bouquet with yellow blooms may show the sender is wishing new beginnings and happiness.
History
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Though most popular in the Victorian period, the symbolic use of flowers dates back to antiquity. Victorians used flowers to express moral, spiritual or emotional truths, particularly through tussie-mussies, a small, tight circular nosegay of flowers and herbs designed to carry a message in "flower language". In the restrained Victorian environment, these let people express feelings that might have otherwise remained unspoken.
Changes
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The meaning of flowers can change with time and culture. Originally, a yellow rose meant jealousy, but today the meaning is most often friendship. Floriography, the art of sending messages by flowers, is a highly romantic endeavor.
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