Victorian Language of Flowers

The Victorian Language of Flowers was born from a strong need to communicate powerful emotions such as; love, hate and rejection..
Expressing these emotions verbally was widely frowned upon and not readily permitted, in a society governed by strict social rules.

In such a prim and proper society, suppressed human emotions became extremely motivating. Young couples hoping to court, looked cleverly for ways to overcome such stifling restrictions.

Secret messages using the Meaning of Flowers

Cunningly, a system was devised in which secret messages could be passed from one person to another, using the meaning of flowers.

Messages of love, rejection and hate would pass through the social ranks daily and create great joy or heartbreak for the recipient, based on what blooms were included in their nosegay gifted by a beau, whether the flower was included in bud form or open and even what colour the bouquet came in.

The Victorian Language of Flowers became so widely used, that books explaining language etiquette date back from as early as 1818.