What is the giver saying when he sends you carnations?

Maybe they can't afford anything more than carnations....or maybe another gift is for later. I've learned to appreciate all...after all, it's the thought that counts. If your real concerned about the meanings...go online and google search the meanings of carnations/colors. He/she could still be saying they love you...but do not have the funds to go extravagant.

What is the giver saying when he sends you carnations?
Carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus, Family Caryophyllaceae.

Carnations were first discovered in the Far East. They were very important to the Greeks and Romans. The Romans also called it ‘Jove’s flower’, Jove being one of the most admired gods in the time of their peak in civilization. In ancient Greece they were the most adored flowers. Koreans believed that carnations could tell fortunes, putting a cluster of three carnations in a girls hair. If the bottom flower died first she would be miserable for the rest of her life, if the top one died first her last years would be very difficult, and if the middle one died first, her earlier years in life would be hard.



The carnation is a national symbol of Slovenia, being put on cradles to mean love to the child, a gift of God. The red carnation represents charity and love, and used in a corsage for a bride, particularly with rosemary and geraniums, means love, fidelity and hope. In the state flower of Ohio, the scarlet carnation was viewed as the good-luck flower for President McKinley. After he had given the carnation he wore to a child, he was moments later assassinated, and subsequently, the carnation became the state flower.



The Crusaders were stricken with plague, in the 13th century, and they mixed the leaves of carnations with wine and drank it to control the fever. In the 16th century the flowers of carnations and sugar, were used to expel fevers and poison. Carnations were also used for black hair dye and to flavour beer, ale, and wine.

The carnation is the flower for January.

A pink carnation is the flower for Mother's Day, symbolising ‘always on my mind’.

Red is for passion, white for sweet, lovely and good luck, but beware, striped carnations represent a refusal.

In Canada you wear a red carnation if your mother is still alive or a white carnation if your mother has died.

In Victorian language of flowers, the carnation is a good-luck gift to a woman.



These are just a few examples of popular flowers and their meanings. Every flower has a different meaning, the most common meaning being love and different messages surrounding this. Other flowers conveying love include chrysanthemums (especially red), ivy (fidelity), iris (burning love), lemon blossom, myrtle, tulips (especially red, but also white meaning ‘I am worthy of you’), veronica (fidelity), bluebell (everlasting love), agapanthis (secret love), ambrosia (‘your love is returned’), aster, daisy (loyal love and innocence), forget-me-not, primrose (‘I cannot be without you’) and stephanotis (happiness in marriage). There are many other situations you can send flowers for, including a present to say thank you, congratulations, funeral and sympathy and/or remembrance, good luck, Christmas, anniversary, Easter, new baby, Valentines Day,. There are many lists to be found expressing the meanings of all the different flowers. Also, florists will be able to produce a floral arrangement ready for delivery, knowing which flowers convey a particular message.

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