Flower Types
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Many flowers come in different shapes, sizes and colors, some with a mind-boggling amount of variations. In creating or choosing a floral centerpiece, it's great to know what flower types you have to work with, so this page is dedicated to introducing various blooms and varieties with pictures to help identify them. Because there are so many different flower types, our Flower Index is not meant to be all-encompassing and comprehensive, but rather an illustration and guide to many of the more commonly used and some exotic blooms.

When you see a yellow Rose, do you automatically think "friendship"? A Snapdragon, "desire"? During the Victorian era, people used flowers to express feelings and even send coded messages that could not otherwise be spoken. Different flower types developed different meanings during that time, and those meanings have endured the centuries to still hold value today. In addition to listing and illustrating different flower types in our Flower Index, we have included their meanings as well in italic green after each flower description, where applicable.

Friendship	Desire

Conveying a message or expressing an emotion through flowers is still a very common practice today, using the meanings listed with each flower in the index. The key to conveying an emotion with a floral centerpiece is to first select the bloom that conveys the emotion you are trying to express. Search our Flower Index by clicking here to find blooms and their associated meanings. Once your bloom(s) are chosen, you need to feature them in your centerpiece by making them the primary or majority bloom in the arrangement. If you choose to add additional blooms or other decorations for fill or color, make sure they do not overshadow or block your featured bloom.

	Please visit our Flower Index! All flowers are listed in alphabetical order by common name, and clicking here will bring you to the start of the index.