I have a bad guy in my story who is downright dangerous and despicable. And I wanted some flowers on his office desk to reflect that. Have any suggestions?
I'll do my best to convey what your character is like, I'm sure he'll have an awfully pretty bouquet in the end. Or for a more entertaining scenario just place an entire head of lettuce on his desk.
agnus castus – coldness, indifference
auricula (scarlet) – avarice
berberry – sourness/sharpness of temper, petulance, sharpness, sourness
borage – bluntness, rudeness
broom (prickly) – misanthropy
bur – rudeness, you weary me
buttercup – ingratitude, childishness, I wish I was rich, riches
candy tuft – indifference
carnation (yellow) – disdain, disappointment, rejection
clotbur – rudeness, pertinacity
dodder – baseness, meanness
dogsbane – deceit, falsehood
eschscholzia – do not refuse me
flora's bell – without pretension
fumitory – gall, spleen, hatred
hand flower tree – warning
hellebore – scandal, calumny
hydrangea – (a) boaster, heartlessness, you are cold, dispassion, thank you for understanding, frigidity
larch – boldness, audacity
lettuce – cold-hearted(ness), coldness
lily (orange) – hatred, dislike
liquorice (wild) – I declare against you
machineel – falsehood, betrayal, duplicity
marigold (african) – vulgar minds
mock orange – counterfeit, deceit, fraternal affection
monarda bradburiana – your whims are quite unbearable
mushroom – suspicion, I can't entirely trust you
narcissus – egotism, self love, formality, stay as sweet as you are, selfishness
narcissus (false) – delusive hope
narcissus (yellow) – disdain
nettle – slander, cruelty, you are spiteful
nightshade – falsehood, scepticism, truth, dark thoughts
nightshade (bittersweet) – falsehood
pink (china or indian single) – aversion
pink (variegated) – refusal
pink (yellow) – disdain, unreasonableness
pride of china – dissension
rhododendron – danger, beware, I am dangerous
rose (white, withered) – transient impressions
saffron – beware of excess, abuse, do not deceive yourselves
serpentine cactus – horror
straw (a single, broken) – dissension, rupture of a contract
tansy – I declare war against you, resistance
thistle – misanthropy, austerity, harshness, never forget, surliness, sternness
thistle (scotch) – retaliation
thornapple – deceitful charms
tiger flower – cruelty, for once may pride befriend me
trefoil (birdsfoot) – revenge
venus flytrap – deceitful
whortleberry – treason, treachery
winter cherry – deception
xanthium – rudeness, pertinacity
This list got longer than anticipated it would be. Much longer than that. I hope you found what you were looking for.
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