Bouquet interpretation

With my usual florist open for the year and once again putting cheap weird bouquets out the front where I can't help but see them when I walk past, it is time for another year of bouquet interpretation. There are quite a lot of flowers in this bouquet,

Here's a bouquet from my local Pak and Save that I am sure someone will be snapping up, possibly because it's Christmas, or possibly just as a present for someone who likes red and pink flowers. Would that be a mistake, though? Well, let's

Once again, my local florist has been putting bargain bouquets out the front of their shop. Let's see what $12 can say this week, shall we? One of the flowers in this bouquet is freesias, which don't have a meaning, but we also have: Purple delphinium:

A slightly belated post this week, because I'm in Brisbane visiting my aunt. This is a picture of her garden: It might be hard to see everything from the photo, but she says what she's growing are azaleas (temperance), camellias (compassion, benevolence) a magnolia (tranquility), and

My friend Jon sent me this photo of a bouquet that a friend of his had given someone to thank them for their help. It looks nice, but what does it mean? Once again, the bouquet is probably saying more than intended. The lilies are for purity, and they seem

As part of my commitment to bring back the language of flowers, I'll be writing a new semi-regular column interpreting bouquets. To start with, here's a lovely one from my local Pak n Save that shows that you don't need to have a lot