Bouquet interpretation: poor choices
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, and not all of them have language of flowers meanings. Still, enough of them do have meanings to give some food for thought.
We have:
- Red roses: Love
- Marigolds: Grief or cruelty
- Sweet William: A man may smile and be a villain too
- Plumed cockscomb: Foppery or affectation
The purple flowers are liriope muscari, and they don't have a meaning. And yes, if you've been reading this column for a while you'll know there are other meanings for sweet William, but I've chosen my favourite and I'm going to stand by it.
Together, this bouquet means: "I know you love this person, and I know they seem nice, but they are a fop and a villain, and they'll bring you nothing but grief." A useful bouquet for anyone working a job where passion for the work is supposed to substitute for good pay and conditions, and also probably quite applicable to anyone who has just got a new cat.
I'm sure that will help.