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Flowers have long been used to communicate messages of varying types, from offering symbols of romantic devotion and desire, to condolences and wishes for speedy recovery.

According to Bloom & Wild, Floriography was often used by Victorians to convey highly specific messages through the symbolic associations of flowers – so much so, that entire dictionaries were created to help gift-givers and recipients translate their bustling bouquets of perennial blooms.

 (Routledge)

One of the most widely known Floriographic definitions today is that red roses are associated with romantic love. Other examples include the fact that bluebells represent kindness, peonies symbolise bashfulness and tulips evoke passion.

Yet no matter the occasion, horticulture has always represented renewal and rebirth, for the arrival of springtime blooms is a reminder that no matter how harsh of a winter we endure,

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