To all of us, flowers have sentimental meanings. They might remind us of our first long walk with our lover through a field of daisies, or the purple violets we see remind us of childhood afternoons spent on Grandma's porch.
Flowers definitely bring about some sort of emotional response.
They were often able to say things that the giver of them couldn't. Herbal and floral meanings can be traced back to early Egyptian, Chinese and Greek cultures, but John Parkinson, a French gardener and physician, is credited with giving meaning to flower bouquets in the early 1600's. The next time you get, or give, flowers, take time to look at the thought behind them. Communicating with flowers language dates back centuries. Here is a list of a few flowers and herbs and their meanings.