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Hi sailorrose!

That should be doable, all of them sound like feasible flower meanings.

begonia - kindness, happy days, confession of love, unrequited love

begonia (white) - kindness

bindweed - friendship, bonds, affair

bouvardia - friendship, exchange, passion

bugleweed/ajuga - strong friendship, comfortable home

camellia - modest kindness, pride

dogwood - friendship

edelweiss - courage, precious memories

geranium - true friendship, trust, respect

goldenrod - encouragement, prevention, precaution, warning

golden lace/ominaeshi - kindess, beauty, ephemeral love

gypsophila - kindness, innocence, pure heart, happiness

lilac - friendship, modesty, memories

mangles sunday/rhodanse - endless friendship, unchanging feelings

magnolia/kobushi - friendship, loveliness

mimosa (acacia) - friendship, secret love

rose (yellow) - friendship, jealousy, attention faded

soft windflower/nirinsou - friendship, cooperation, never leave

spirea/kodemari - friendship, elegance

thyme - courage, activity

wisteria/fuji - kindness, welcom, never leave, drunk in love

wood sorrel - mother’s kindness, shining heart, joy

begonia - kindness, happy days, confession of love, unrequited love

Hope these help!

– Mod Jana

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Good news, we do! And because you didn’t specify whether the connotation is positive or negative you get all of them for your story.

Victorian flower language

almond (flowering) – hope

amaranth (globe) – hope in misery, immortality, unchangeable, unfading love

amaryllis – pride, haughtiness, splendid beauty, timidity

bachelor button – hope in misery, celibacy, single blessedness, I with the morning’s love have oft made sport

bird cherry – hope, perfidy

carnation – pride, disdain, alas! for my poor heart

convolvulus (major) – extinguished hopes

crocus – pleasures of hope, abuse not, impatience, youth, cheerfulness, youthful gladness, gladness

cyclamen – timid hope, diffidence, resignation and good-bye

cypress – disappointed hopes, mourning, despair, death

daffodil – deceitful hopes, chivalry, self-love, regard, new beginnings, unrequited love, sunshine, respect

hawthorn – hope

iris – hope, wisdom, promise in love, valour, faith, message, I have a message for you

lilac – pride, beauty, first emotion of love

lily (tiger) – pride, wealth, prosperity

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless not heartless, deserted love, desertion

marianthus – hope for better days

narcissus (false) – delusive hope

pine – hope, pity, boldness, time and faith

pine (spruce) – hope in adversity, farewell!

polyanthus – pride of riches, confidence

rose (hundred-leaved) – pride, grace

rose (leaf) – you may hope, I am never importunate

rosebud (stripped of thorns) – I fear no longer I hope

snowdrop – hope, consolation, refinement, I am not a summer friend, consolation and hope

sunflower (tall) – pride, haughtiness, false riches, lofty and pure thoughts, smile on me still,

tiger-flower – for once may pride befriend me

tulip (yellow) – hopeless love, there’s sunshine in your smile

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anemone (white) – hope, truth, expectations

ayame/ iris – hope, message, good news

daisy – hope, peace, beauty, pure

eustoma – hope, grace, refreshing beauty

forsythia – hope, expectations, concentration

gerbera – hope, always move forward

gerbera (white) – hope

hanatranoo/obedient plant – hope, fulfilment of hope, achievement

hawthorn – hope, careful

himeyuri/morning star lily – pride

kalmia/mountain laurel – great hope, ambition, graceful woman

pentas – hopes come true, wish

primula polyantha – pride of wealth, silenced love

snowdrop – hope, comfort

tiger lily – wealth and pride, sage

tsubaki/camellia – pride, unobtrusive tenderness

tulip (yellow) – love without hope, fame

– Mod Jana

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Fantastic question, I have no idea, let’s go through the excel sheet and find out! As often there is no direct way of saying it, so this had to get a little creative. It’s a bit longer than expected as well, I hope you’re able to find something that suits your story.

almond (flowering) – hope

alstroemeria – devotion

ambrosia – love returned

arbor vitae – unchanging friendship, live for me

baby’s breath – everlasting love, innocence, pure of heart

bay (wreath) – reward of merit

bell-flower (pyramidal) – constancy

camellia (red) – you’re a flame in my heart, unpretending excellence

carnation (red) – my heart aches for you, my heart breaks, admiration

cedar – I live (but) for thee, think of me, strength, spiritual strength

cedar (leaf) – I live for thee

celandine – joys to come

cherry (cornelian) – durability, duration

chick weed – rendezvous, I cling to thee

columbine – I cannot give thee up, folly, desertation

coronilla – success crown your wishes, success to you

cudweed (american) – unceasing remembrance

daffodil – new beginnings, regard, sunshine, respect, self-love, unrequited love, deceitful hopes, chivalry

daisy (double) – I reciprocate your affection, affection

forget-me-not – forget me not, true love

gillyflower – bonds of affection, lasting beauty, enduring beauty

hawthorn – hope

heart’s ease – think of me, forget me not, thoughts, you occupy my thoughts

heather (white) – wishes will come true, protection, good luck

heliotrope – devoted affection, devotion, faithfulness, I love you, I turn to thee, infatuation, intoxicated with pleasure

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

honeysuckle (wild) – generous and devoted love

jasmine (Indian) – I attach myself to you, separation, attachment

jerusalem oak – your love is reciprocated

jonquil – I desire a return of affection, love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy

lemon blossom – fidelity in love, discretion

locust tree (green) – affection beyond the grave

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless (but) not heartless, deserted love,

magnolia (swamp) – perseverance

marianthus – hope for better days

milk vetch – your presence softens my pains

myrtle – love in absence, love positive, love, joy

peach blossom – I am your captive

peppermint – warmth of feeling

periwinkle (white) – pleasures of memory, pleasing remembrances

plum tree – keep your promises, fidelity

poplar (white) – time

primrose (chinese) – lasting love

prince’s feather – unfading love

prune tree – promise

rose leaf – you may hope, I am never importunate

rose (daily; rosa quotidians) – thy smile I aspire to

rose (maiden blush) – if you love me you will find it out

rose (striped) – warmth of heart

rose (white) – I am worthy of you, a heart unacquainted with love, too young to love, I would be single, innocence, purity, humility, secrecy, silence

rosebud (stripped of thorns) – I fear no longer I hope

rosemary – your presence revives me, remembrance, healing balm

scorpion grass (mouse-eared) – forget me not

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all

siphocampylus – resolved to be notices

snowdrop – consolation and hope, consolation, hope, I am not a summer friend

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

volkameria – may you be happy

watcher by the wayside – never despair

wormwood – do not be discouraged, absence

zinnia (magenta) – lasting affection

zinnia (yellow) – daily remembrance

– Mod Jana

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Hi subyss-chan,

That’s a question well within the realms of flower language and very much something tumblr likes to argue about for entirely different reasons. Anyone who has made it this far in the ask, please don’t argue on this post. The subject of forbidden, painful, even obsessive love is nothing this type of relationship has a monopoly on, and the following list will be able to help many more stories than just this one.

acacia – secret love, platonic love, friendship

acalia – temperance

achillea millefolium – war

alstroemeria – security

almond (blossom) – indiscretion

almond (flowering) – hope

almond (laurel) – perfidy

anemone – forsaken, frailty

anthericum – antidote

apocynum – deceit

apple – temptation

arum (fly-catching) – snare

asphodel – my regrets follow you to the grave

azalea – temperance, romance, fragile and ephemeral passion, take care, fragile, passion

balsam of peru – cure

basil – hatred

belvedere – I declare against you

berberry – sharpness of temper, sourness of temper, sharpness, sourness, petulance

bilberry – treachery

bindweed (great) – insinuation, importunity

bird cherry – perfidy, hope

bittersweet nightshade – truth

bittersweet – truth

blackberry – envy

bladder nut tree – frivolous amusement, frivolity, amusement

bramble – lowliness, envy, remorse

cacalia – adulation

carnation – alas! for my poor heart, pride, disdain

carnation (red) – my heart breaks, my heart aches for you, admiration

catchfly – snare

catchfly (red) – youthful love, I fall victim

chrysanthemum (red) – I love.

chrysanthemum (white) – truth

chrysanthemum (yellow) – a heart left to desolation, slighted love

clover (four-leaf) – be mine

convolvulus – bonds, uncertainty

convolvulus (major) – extinguished hopes

cranberry – cure for (the) heartache, hardiness

daphane (winter) – I would not have you otherwise

goat’s rue – reason

hair moss – secret

heart’s ease (purple) – secret

heather (lavender) – admiration, solitude

hellebore – scandal, calumny

hemlock – you will be my death

honeyflower – speak low if you speak love, love sweet and secret, sweet, secret love, generous affection, sweetness of disposition

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

honeysuckle (wild) – generous and devoted

ice plant – your looks freeze me, rejected addresses, frigidity

ivy (tendril and bouquet) – “may I”, “I desire”

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, attachment, separation

jonquil – I desire a return of affection, desire, affection returned, love me, sympathy

laurel (common flower) – perfidy

lily of the valley – the heart withering in secret, return of happiness, modesty, tears of the virgin Mary, happiness, humility

lint – I feel my obligations

liquorice (wild) – I declare against you

lobelia – malevolence, arrogance

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless (but) not heartless, deserted love, desertion

lungwort – you are my life

marigold (french) – jealousy

mezereon – desire to please, coquetry

milfoil – war

milk vetch – your presence softens my pains

motherwort – concealed love, secret love

myrobalan – privation, bereavement

narcissus (false) – delusive hope

nettle – you are spiteful., cruelty, slander

nightshade – dark thoughts, truth, falsehood, scepticism

peach blossom – I am your captive

pear – affection

pine (spruce) – hope in adversity, farewell!

pink (yellow) – unreasonableness, disdain

polyanthus (crimson) – the heart’s mystery

potentilla – I claim at least your esteem

pride of china – dissension

quince – temptation

reed (split) – indiscretion

rocket – rivalry

rose (campion) – only deserve my love

rose (carolina) – love is dangerous

rose daily/rosa quotidians – thy smile I aspire to

rose (maiden blush) – if you love me/it you will find it out

rose (moss) – confession of love, pleasure without alloy, superior merit, voluptuous love

rue (wild) – manners, morals

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all.

siphocampylus – resolved to be noticed.

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

spurge laurel – desire to please, coquetry

sunflower (dwarf) – your devout adorer, adoration

swallow-wort – cure for (the) heartache

thistle (scotch) – retaliation

tiger-flower – for once may pride befriend me, cruelty

tuberose – dangerous love, dangerous pleasures, voluptuousness, le plus loin le plus cher

tulip (yellow) – hopeless love

tussilage (sweet-scented) – justice shall be done you

venus flytrap – deceit, caught at last

– Mod Jana

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Hey kookoojellyfish! Most of these mean either directly, but allow potential association because neither discomfort nor dissastifaction exist as single meanings here.

agnus castus – coldness, indifference

aloe – bitterness and pain, bitterness, grief, religious superstition

balsam (red) – impatient resolved, touch me not

bee ophrys – error

belvedere – I declare against you

bindweed (great) – insinuation, importunity

burdock – importunity, touch me not

convolvulus (major) – extinguished hopes

corchorus – impatient of absence

eglantine – I wound to heal, poetry

geranium (fish) – disappointed expectations

henbane – imperfection, fault, for males to attract love from females

hogbean – defect

hortensia – you are cold, carelessness

humble plant – despondency

ice plant – your looks freeze me, rejected addresses

lint – I feel my obligations

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless not heartless, deserted love, desertion

meadow sweet – uselessness

mimosa – sensitiveness, sensitivity

ranunculus (wild) – ingratitude

sorrel (wild) – wit ill-timed

straw (a single, broken) – dissension, rupture of a contract

sweetbrier (european) – I wound to heal, poetry, imagination

tiger-flower – for once may pride befriend me, cruelty

Discomfort could be represented by poisonous plants in art. They don’t mean it, but they most certainly cause it.

– Mod Jana

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That should be possible with some creativity given that obsession and bonding don’t exist as meanings themselves, but it leans well enough into the Victorian flower language to get something out of it still. Hope there’s something in here that works for your story.

arbor vitae – live for me, unchanging friendship

baby’s breath – everlasting love, innocence, pure of heart

bay leaf – I change but in death/dying

broom-rape – union

carnation (pink) – I will/I’ll never forget you, women’s love

cedar leaf – I live for thee

clover (white) – think of me

columbine – I cannot give thee up, folly, desertion

columbine (purple) – resolved to win

cowslip (american) – divine beauty, you are my angel, you are my divinity

currant – thy frown will kill me, thankfulness

daisy (double) – affection, I reciprocate your affection

daphane (rose) – I desire to please

eschscholzia – do not refuse me

euphorbia – persistence

fleur-de-lis – I burn, flame

foxglove – I am not ambitious for myself but for you, a wish, stateliness, occupation, insincerity, youth

furze – love for all seasons/occasions

gladiolus – you pierce my heart, generosity, I’m sincere, flower of the gladiators

heart’s ease – you occupy my thoughts, forget me not, think of me, thoughts

heart’s ease (purple) – you occupy my thoughts

hemlock – you will be my death

honeysuckle – generous and devoted affection, bonds of love, the bond of love, devotion, I would not answer hastily, fidelity

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

honeysuckle (wild) – generous and devoted love

japonica – sincerity, symbol of love

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, attachment, separation

laurestine – a token, I die if neglected, delicate attention

mallow (syrian) – consumed by love, persuasion

rose (carolina) – love is dangerous

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

tulip – (a) declaration of love, perfect lover, fame, beautiful eyes

tulip (red) – declaration of love

virginia creeper – I cling to you both in sunshine and in shade

Plants native to New Jersey that bloom in fall/autumn:

allegheny monkey flower

american angelica

american arrowhead

american blue vervain

american lotus

american water-willow

ashy sunflower

bigleaf aster

black-eyed susan

bluebell

blue bead lily

blue cohosh

blue mistflower

blue star

blue wood aster

bottle gentian

bowman’s root

brown-eyed susan

bunchberry

bushy aster

canada goldenrod

canada wild ginger

canadian violet

cardinal flower

carolina geranium

caroline redroot

closed bottle gentian

coastal plain joe-pye weed

common boneset

common evening primrose

cow parsnip

crooked aster

cutleaf coneflower

cup plant

downy skullcap

early goldenrod

false aster

false sunflower

field thistle

flat-topped white aster

foam flower

fringed bleeding heart

fringed loosestrife

gayfeather

golden crownbeard

grass-leaved goldenrod

grassy arrowhead

gray goldenrod

great blue lobelia

hairy aster

hardy hibiscus

heath aster

hoary vervain

horizontal calico aster

jerusalem artichoke

joe-pye weed

late boneset

marsh betony

maryland golden aster

maximilian sunflower

meadow phlox

narrowleaf mountain mint

new england aster

new york aster

new york ironweed

nodding lady’s tresses

orange fringed orchid

orange jewelweed

patridge pea

pearly everlasting

pink tickseed

prairie sagebush

purple-head sneezeweed

purple mountain saxifrage

red baneberry

rock harlequin

rough goldenrod

salt heliotrope

sawtooth sunflower

scarlet bee balm

seashore mallow

seaside goldenrod

selfheal

showy black-eyed susan

showy goldeneye

showy goldenrod

showy tick trefoil

slender buch clover

slender dayflower

smooth beggartick

smooth blue aster

sneezeweed

spotted joe-pye weed

stiff goldenrod

stiff sunflower

swamp sunflower

swamp thistle

sweet goldenrod

sweetscent

sweet-scented joe-pye weed

tall boneset

tall cinquefoil

tall goldenrod

ten-petaled sunflower

threadleaf coreopsis

tickseed

virginia meadow beauty

water arum

western sunflower

wild bergamot

wild cucumber

wild potato vine

wild senna

wingstem

white baneberry

white goldenrod

white panicle aster

white snakeroot

white turtlehead

white wood aster

whorled milkweed

woodland sunflower

wreath goldenrod

yellow jewelweed

yellow pond lily

This website gives a breakdown by county in form of excel lists, albeit it doesn’t say whether the plants bloom in fall or not.

https://npsnj.org/native-plants/where-to-buy-natives/plant-lists/

– Mod Jana

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Hi there,

according to our google sheet lily of the valley has the following meanings

lily of the valley

return of happiness (shoberl 1839; waterman 1840; the flowers personified 1847; tyas 1869; diffenbaugh 2011)

the heart withering in secret (edgarton mayo 1843)

modesty (durmont 1853)

sweetness, tears of the virgin mary, happiness, humility (victorian bazaar)

None of these is more true/right/correct than the others. Unless perhaps your story plays during the 19th century in one of the above mentioned years. Otherwise pick the one that suits your story best, as it’s anybody’s guess what book/list your character might encounter and what is potentially written in there.

– Mod Jana

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Hi there,

thanks for getting back to us, alright then, just wanted to make sure it wasn't missed. The following plants could fit your character.

aconite (Crhistmas) - wit

ash tree - greatness, grandeur

bladder nut tree - frivolous amusement, frivolity, amusement

camellia (red) - unpretending excellence

clematis - mental beauty, artifice

fool’s parsley - silliness

goat’s rue - reason

hawkweed - quick-sightedness

kennedia - intellectual beauty

love is a mist - perplexity

mignonette - moral and intellectual beauty, your qualities surpass your loveliness/charms, “without pretension to beauty possesses qualities which command profound respect and affection”

plum (wild) - independence

ragged-robin - wit, dandy

sumach  (venice) - intellectual excellence, splendor

walnut - intellect, stratagem

This is mostly focused on his intellect because there just isn’t a somehow established floral equivalent of someone who’s Like That and we don’t want to stereotype either. Oblivious isn’t represented either, and the closest thing to weird the Victorian flower language has to offer is silly.

– Mod Jana

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