Bouquet interpretation

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