What Your Valentine's Day Bouquet Is Actually Saying What are you flowers saying? In 2015, my wonderful, plain partner came home with a flower holder of wilted alstroemeria and also, although I still loved them as if they had been fresh yard roses, I later provided him a brief lesson on just what his flowers unintentionally told me: he had actually hesitated. In the Victorian Period, flowers had secret definitions that revealed sentiments of love, longing, adoration, and even denial. This secret language still exists today, if rather subconsciously. So this Valentine's Day, do not let your flowers send the incorrect message! Find out the previously and existing meanings of 7 of today's most preferred blossoms here.
Peony Prior to their recent popularity surge, peonies were known as "the poor man's increased" as a result of their reduced price tag. In Victorian times, they symbolized embarassment or bashfulness.