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Do you know what your flowers are saying?

A field guide to flowers, and the old language of what they mean. By Twelve Thirty Four.

Tonight’s flower

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum indicum

Golden petals that open as they steep.

Sent to sayTruth, and discretion.
Sixty flowers and counting

An almanac you keep by the bed.

Tonight’s flower · the language · wander the garden

Tuesday, the fourteenth of April

Tonight’s flower

Peony

Paeonia officinalis

Full, ruffled, and slow to open.

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The language of flowers

Floriography

What the Victorians said without saying it.

  • Red rose desire
  • Marigold grief
  • Foxglove a warning
  • Anemone forsaken
  • Ranunculus dazzled
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The index

PeonyMay
DahliaAutumn
Sweet peaJune
AnemoneSpring
MarigoldSummer
FoxgloveJune
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