Who can you give carnations to? A complete guide to gift recipients

Flowers & Gardening Jan 1, 1970 0 views

Most people associate this flower with giving it to their mother, to express gratitude and love for the mother who gave us life and raised us; its layer upon layer of petals is just like a mother's meticulous love and care for us. But it can also be given to other people, and even different colors and different numbers of this flower carry different meanings. Let's find out together!

I. Flower meanings

1. White

White means my love will never change, and represents purity and the most sincere feelings. It also means a woman is sweet, lovely and innocent; expresses love free of ulterior motives; means a woman will have good luck; represents pure friendship; represents faith; represents respect.

2. Pink

Pink carnations can be used to wish someone eternal beauty and youth. It also means I will never forget you; expresses praise for the other person's youth and beauty; expresses gratitude to Mom; expresses my deep love for you.

3. Red

Red is a wish for Mother's health and longevity; it also expresses appreciation and admiration; represents infatuation and passion; represents a wounded heart and longing, my heart is wounded because of you; represents believing in you.

4. Yellow

In many cases yellow carnations express passionate love, but sometimes they also express your disappointment in the other person.

5. Peach red

Peach red carnations mean I love you.

6. Purple

Purple represents capriciousness and frankness; it also symbolizes a mother's noble, pure and elegant love.

II. Giving them as gifts

1. Mother

If you give Mom 11 carnations, it expresses your blessings and gratitude to her; if it is 19, it expresses missing her and wanting to be by her side; if it is 29, it expresses a caring attachment that needs no words. If it is 33, it expresses the wish to be her child again in the next life; if it is 99, it expresses your wish for her well-being and happiness. And different colors carry different meanings too: red is a wish for Mom's longevity, yellow expresses gratitude, and pink is a wish for Mom to keep her youthful looks and stay beautiful and young forever. Generally, when visiting a deceased mother's gravestone, you can give these to express your remembrance of her.

2. Other people

White carnations can be given to mothers, teachers, elders or women; pink ones can be given to friends, teachers, elders, mothers or superiors; red ones can be given to mothers or elders; yellow or peach red ones can be given to mothers, lovers, sweethearts or elders; purple ones can be given to friends, sweethearts, lovers or mothers.