The Symbolism and Complete Flower Language of the Daylily

  The daylily is a plant of the genus Hemerocallis in the family Hemerocallidaceae; under the older Cronquist system it was placed in the Liliaceae family. It has many alternative names, including forget-sorrow grass, yellow flower vegetable, golden needle vegetable, child-bringing grass, sorrow-healing, and deer arrow. Because its buds and stamens have a lemon color, foreigners call it “lemon daylily”.

  The daylily is also known as yellow flower vegetable. Its leaves grow in clumps and at a glance resemble orchid leaves, and its flowers are funnel-shaped. There are also many varieties. A mother plant produces six to nine flowers, in a thousand shapes and forms. In the eyes of Chinese poets through the ages, the daylily was seen as a flower that helps people forget their sorrows and ease their minds. Therefore the daylily is also called “forget-sorrow grass”.

  I do not know what the daylily looks like, nor how many colors it has or whether it has any flower language or legends. I want something simple and easy to understand! As far as I know, there are several colors: yellow, red, pink, orange-yellow, and orange-red. I have not heard of a purple one.

  The daylily is also known as forget-sorrow grass, meaning the hope of forgetting one's sorrows. Used in the context of love, it represents: forgotten love.

  The daylily flower——China's mother flower:

  Long before the carnation became a symbol of motherly love, our country also had a mother flower, and it was the daylily flower.

  Flower language:

  1. Forgotten love. The daylily is also known as forget-sorrow grass, representing “forgetting all unhappy things”.

  2. Let go of him (her), let go of sorrow.

  3. Hidden feelings.

  4. The flower language of the daylily is the forgetting of love.

  Only the yellow one, like the lily, symbolizes motherly love and is also called forget-sorrow grass.