Flower Meanings from Dot Flowers

Flowers from S to U

  • Safflower: Welcome; Marriage
  • Saffron: Beware of excess; abuse
  • Saffron Crocus: Mirth
  • Saffron, Meadow: My happiest days are past
  • Sage: Wisdom; Long life; Domestic virtue
  • Sage, Garden: Esteem
  • Sainfoin: Agitation
  • Salvia, Blue: I think of you
  • Sardony: Irony
  • Saxifrage, Mossy: Affection
  • Scabious: Unfortunate love
  • Scabious, Sweet: Widowhood
  • Scarlet Lychnis: Sunbeaming eyes
  • Schinus: Religious enthusiasm
  • Scotch Fir: Elevation
  • Sea-lavender: Sympathy
  • Sensitive: Agitation
  • Sensitive Plant: Sensibility; Delicate feelings; Bashfulness
  • Senvy: Indifference
  • Shamrock: Light-heartedness
  • Silver-weed: Simplicity
  • Smilax: Loveliness
  • Snakesfoot: Horror
  • Snapdragon: Gracious lady; Deception; Presumption
  • Snowball: Bound; Ennui
  • Snowdrop: Hope; Consolation
  • Solidago: Success
  • Sorrel: Affection
  • Sorrel, Wild: Wit ill timed
  • Sorrel, Wood: Joy
  • Southernwood: Jest; Bantering; Pain
  • Spanish Jasmine: Sensuality
  • Spearmint: Warmth of sentiment
  • Speedwell: Fidelity
  • Speedwell, Germander: Facility
  • Speedwell, Spiked: Semblance
  • Spider Ophrys: Adroitness
  • Spiderflower: Elope with me
  • Spiderwort: Esteem, not love
  • Spiked Willow Herb: Pretension
  • Spindle Tree: Your charms are engraved upon on my heart; Likeness
  • Spirea: Victory; Conceit
  • St. John's Wort: Animosity; Superstition
  • Star of Bethlehem: Purity; Atonement
  • Starflower: Vigilance; Hope
  • Starwort: Afterthought
  • Starwort, American: Cheerfulness in old age
  • Statice: Lasting beauty; Sympathy; Remembrance
  • Stephanotis: Happiness in marriage; Desire to travel; Come to me
  • Stock: Lasting beauty
  • Stock, Ten-Week: Promptness
  • Stonecrop: Tranquility
  • Straw, Broken: Rupture of a contract
  • Straw, Whole: Union
  • Strawberry: Perfect goodness
  • Strawberry of the Indies: Deceitful appearances
  • Strawberry Tree: Esteem and love
  • Succory: Frugality
  • Sumach, Venice: Splendor; Intellectual excellence
  • Sundew, Round-leaved: Surprise
  • Sunflower: Loyalty; You are splendid; Pride; False riches
  • Sunflower, Dwarf: Adoration
  • Sunflower, Tall: Haughtiness
  • Swallow-wort: Cure for heartache
  • Sweet Basil: Good wishes
  • Sweet Pea: Delicate pleasures; Departure; Goodbye; Thank you for a lovely time
  • Sweet Sultan: Felicity
  • Sweet William: Gallantry; Grant me a smile; Perfection; Scorn
  • Sweetbrier, American: Simplicity
  • Sweetbrier, European: I wound to heal
  • Sweetbrier, Yellow: Decrease of love
  • Sycamore: Curiosity
  • Syringa: Memory; Fraternal regard
  • Syringa, Carolina: Disappointment
  • Tamarisk: Crime
  • Tansy, Wild: I declare war against you
  • Tares: Vice
  • Teasel: Misanthropy; Benefit
  • Tendrils of Climbing Plants: Ties
  • Thistle: Harshness
  • Thistle, Common: Austerity
  • Thistle, Fuller's: Misanthropy
  • Thistle, Scotch: Retaliation
  • Thorn, Apple: Deceitful charms
  • Thorn, Branch of: Severity
  • Thornapple: Deceitful charms
  • Thornapple, Purple: Suspicion
  • Threadworm: Neglected beauty
  • Thrift: Sympathy
  • Thyme: Activity; Strength; Courage
  • Tiger Flower: For once may pride befriend me; Cruelty
  • Toad Flax: Presumption
  • Touch-me-not: Impatience
  • Traveler's Joy: Safety
  • Tree of Life: Old age
  • Tree Primrose: Inconstancy
  • Trefoil: Revenge
  • Tremella Nestoc: Resistance
  • Trillium Pictum: Modest beauty
  • Truffle: Surprise
  • Trumpet Flower: Fame
  • Trumpet Flower, Ash Leaved: Separation
  • Tuberose: Dangerous pleasures; Voluptuousness
  • Tulip: Fame; Love; Passion; Perfect lover
  • Tulip, Red: Declaration of love; Believe me
  • Tulip, Variegated: Beautiful eyes
  • Tulip, Virgin: Literary debut
  • Tulip, Yellow: Hopeless love; Your smile is sunshine
  • Turnip: Charity
  • Turnsol: The intoxication of love
  • Tussilage, Sweet-scented: Justice shall be done

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