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FLORAL ALPHABET
(Cactus - Cypress)
Click a flower to learn its secrets.

Cabbage

Profit

Calendula

Grief, Despair

Calycanthus

Benevolence

Canary Grass

Perseverance

Cardamine

Paternal error

Carnation (pink)

I will never forget you

Carnation (white)

Endearment

Cat's Tail

Meow! (Non-traditional)

Cedar

Strength

Centaury

Delicacy

Cherry Tree

Education

Chestnut Tree

Do me justice, Luxury

Christmas Cactus

Home for the Holidays (non-traditional)

Chrysanthemum (red)

I love

Cinquefoil

Maternal affection, Beloved Daughter

Clematis

Mental Beauty, Art

Clover (Four Leaved)

Be Mine

Cloves

Dignity

Cockscomb

Foppery, Affectation, Singularity

Columbine

Desertion, Folly

Coneflower

Strength, Health

Convolvus (pink)

Worth sustained by judicious
and tender affection

Coreopsis

Always Cheerful

Corn

Riches

Cornflower

Delicacy

Crab Apple

Ill-tempered

Crepe Myrtle

Eloquence

Crocus (Saffron)

Mirth

Crown Imperial

Power

Cuckoo Plant

Ardour

Cuscuta

Meanness

Cacao

Yum Yum! (non-traditional)

California Poppy

True Gold is in the Heart

Camellia (red)

Unpretending Excellence, My Destiny is in your Hands

Candytuft

Indifference

Cardinal Flower

Distinction

Carnation (red)

Yes

Carnation (yellow)

No!

Catchfly

Snare

Cedar of Lebanon

Incorruptible

Chamomile

Energy in adversity

Cherry Tree (white)

Deception

Chickweed

Rendezvous

Christmas Rose

Relieve my anxiety or Scandal/Calumny

Chrysanthemum (yellow)

Slighted love

Circaea

Fascination

Clematis (evergreen)

Poverty

Clover (Red)

Industry

Cobaea

Gossip

Colchicum

My Best Days Are Pat Me

Columbine (purple)

Resolved to win

Convolvus

Bonds

Coral Bells

Challenge

Coreopsis (Arkansa)

Love at first sight

Corn Straw

Agreement

Coronilla

Success crown your wishes

Cranberry

Hardiness

Cress

Stability

Crocus (Spring)

Youthful gladness

Crown Vetch

Success crown your wishes

Cudweed American

Unceasing remembrance

Cyclamen

Diffidence

Cactus

Endurance

Calla

Magnificent Beauty

Camellia (white)

Perfected loveliness

Canterbury Bells

Constancy

Carnation (mixed)

Pride and Beauty, Health and Energy

Carnation (striped)

Maybe, Indecision

Caspia

Consistency

Catnip

Meow! (Non-traditional)

Celandine (lesser)

Joys to come

Cherry Blossom

Spirituality, Beauty

Chervil

Sincerity

Chicory

Frugality

Chrysanthemum (Chinese)

Cheerfulness under adversity

Cinnamon Tree

Forgiveness of Injuries

Citron

Ill natured beauty, Sadness

Clotbur

Rudeness, Pertinacity

Clover (White)

Think of Me

Cockle

Gentility, Peerless and Proud

Coltsfoot

Justice shall be done

Columbine (red)

Anxious and trembling

Convolvus (greater)

Extinguished hopes

Corchorus

Impatient of absence

Coriander

Concealed merit

Cornel

Durability

Cowslip (American)

Divine Beauty, You are my divinvity

Creeping Jenny

Extinguished hopes

Crocus

Abuse not

Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved)

Lustre

Crowsbill

Envy

Currant

You please all

Cypress

Death, Mourning, Despair

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