Read the language of flowers and travel back to the Victorian times, when bouquets sent messages of love friendship and more.

The Victorians had a passion for flowers and flower arrangements. They also expressed messages through the “secret language of flowers.” During Victorian times, many flowers or specific arrangements ...

The coded language of floriography meant that Victorians could express affection, desire or disdain, allowing a society governed by strict etiquette to show its true feelings. Now the language of ...

Marigolds for grief, purple dahlias for dignity, periwinkle for tender reflections. Basil for hate. The meanings attached to each flower underpin the life of Victoria Jones, the prickly and suspicious ...

Flowers most certainly speak to us. Even those who don’t make a living from flowers will hear and answer their call. At weddings, at funerals, and at so many less momentous occasions that come between ...