Who couldn't use a little more heart warming beautiful flower tradition to share with your loved one? Wedding anniversary flowers are a feast for the eyes. You surprise your loved one with a bunch of them to declare your fervent passion. From courtship to the very first date to Valentine's day to birthdays, to the wedding day, and right through the wedding anniversaries.
History relates that during the reign of Queen Victoria in England the symbols and meanings of flowers started to popularized. But did you know that this association is an age-old art? Japanese called it Hanakotoba, while floriography was coined in the Victoria era. But all these symbolism, meanings and sentiments started out in the early Chinese dynasties.
Every wedding anniversary deserves a celebration in a special way. Flowers are the best way to express your feelings. Unravel some of the anniversary flowers by year below with its own speciality and symbolism.
1st - Pansy. The name pansy is from the French word pensie, meaning thought or remembrance. Pansies are certainly a plant for all seasons.
2nd - Cosmos. The word Cosmos, symbolizing peacefulness, is derived from the Greek, which means a balanced universe. They are herbaceous perennial flowering plants.
3rd - Fuchsia. Taste and confiding love. Fuchsia flowers are borne in profusion throughout the summer and autumn, and all year in tropical species.
4th - Geranium. Stupidity, Folly, Comfort, Gentility. Geraniums are found in temperate regions of the world and in tropical mountains.
5th - Daisy. Innocence and loyal love. Botanically speaking, the flower is in fact a collection or composite of numerous individual flowers.
10th - Daffodil. The flower symbolism associated with the daffodil is regard, unrequited love, chivalry, sunshine, respect and please love me. In contrary, it also means chivalry and deceit.
15th - Rose. Long a symbol of love and passion, the ancient Greeks and Romans associated roses with Aphrodite and Venus, goddesses of love.
