Flowers are all around us. People just need to look around to see that these beautiful plants take up a very large part of everyone’s life. And it has been like that for centuries - in the past flowers have been used for many rituals and events. Whereas in the present, It has become a tradition to receive a flower, a bouquet, even a few, every holiday. Usually, people do have a favorite flower that they adore and prefer over the others. For this reason, it is good to think about the secret meaning that flowers hide in themselves. In this way, you might get the opportunity to learn more about yourself, and even about the person who will receive this surprise. However, it is quite different when it comes to the birth flowers by month. If the person for whom you are searching for a bouquet is born in August, then look for gladiolus.
This beautiful and delicate flower has a much stronger and heavier meaning. Gladiolus symbolizes the strength, determination, courage and dignity of man. It is also associated with thirst for knowledge, desire for a hidden secret, ability to understand everything in life, paying attention to even the little things, integrity in all matters.
In Victorian times, the language of flowers was very useful in those cases where one could not speak openly about feelings, but required secret expression. Created floral arrangements of fresh flowers (plants), wreaths, bouquets, used colored objects or painted objects. Not only the flowers were involved in the language, but also their location, even the color of the flower mattered. In fact, this type of giving someone a secret message was popular not only from man to a woman, but also from woman to man. In this line of thinking, if you are going to send gladiolus for one’s birthday, check the lost bellow of the meaning behind each color of this flower:
