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Month: February; Secondary Flower: Iris. The most intellectual of spring flowers, irises represent wisdom and courage.Named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, this birth flower also symbolizes ...
September Birth Flower: Aster. As the summer months wrap up, colorful asters are just getting started. Symbols of wisdom and love, asters are linked to Greek mythology (the goddess Astraea wept ...
Learn all about the birth month flowers and their meanings for all 12 months, from January to December.
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.
This user's birth flowers are Lily of the valley and/or Hawthorn: User:VonLumina/Birth flower June}} June : This user's birth flowers are Rose and/or Honeysuckle User ...
The tradition of birth month flowers isn't anything new—in fact, it dates back centuries, though the origins are a bit unclear. Some say it started in ancient Roman times when flowers were often ...
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Botany pros and floral shop owners share the meanings behind birth month flowers, from January's carnations and snowdrops to December's holly.