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I noticed a lot of the examples on-page need to be moved to more specific tropes. I don't have the brain space right now for that, so for now I'm putting a list of more specific flower motifs to at least discourage new additions.
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A character's garden will also give the audience an impression of their personality, usually in conjunction with the state of their house or personal appearance. A garden that is extremely well kept, but with few or no flowers in it, suggests an orderly but clinical personality; a garden overgrown with weeds might suggest a cynic who doesn't see the beauty in life anymore, while a disorganized but thriving garden full of flowers probably belongs to a cheerful and badly-organized owner.
Can be expressed in FloralThemeNaming and HanahakiDisease. Not directly related to NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, but especially [[{{Pun}} flowery]] names may be both. Supertrope of MysticalLotus, which concerns the use of lotuses to symbolize transcendence and mysticalness, QueerFlowers, which concerns floral symbolism revealing or otherwise symbolizing LGBT sexual orientations.
Can be expressed in FloralThemeNaming and HanahakiDisease. Not directly related to NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, but especially [[{{Pun}} flowery]] names may be both. Supertrope of MysticalLotus, which concerns the use of lotuses to symbolize transcendence and mysticalness, QueerFlowers, which concerns floral symbolism revealing or otherwise symbolizing LGBT sexual orientations.
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A character's garden will also give the audience an impression of their personality, usually in conjunction with the state of their house or personal appearance. A garden that is extremely well kept, but with few or no flowers in it, suggests an orderly but clinical personality; [[NeglectedGarden a garden overgrown with weeds weeds]] might suggest a cynic who doesn't see the beauty in life anymore, while a disorganized but thriving garden full of flowers probably belongs to a cheerful and badly-organized owner.
Can be expressed in FloralThemeNaming and HanahakiDisease. Not directly related to NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, but especially [[{{Pun}} flowery]] names may be both. Supertrope of MysticalLotus, which concerns the use of lotuses to both.
See also:
* CherryBlossoms: Cherry blossoms and fragile, transient freshness and beauty.
* CherryBlossomGirl: A female character with strong {{cherry blossom|s}} motifs.
* FloralThemeNaming: Characters named after flowers in a way that may or may not be meaningful.
* HanahakiDisease: People in unrequited love grow flowers in their throat.
* MysticalLotus: Lotuses symbolize purity, transcendence andmysticalness, QueerFlowers, which concerns floral mysticalness.
* QueerFlowers: Floral symbolism revealing or otherwise symbolizing LGBT sexualorientations.orientations.
* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning: Red spider lilies symbolizing death.
* SomethingAboutARose: Roses and romanticism/sexuality.
* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunflowers representing happiness and cheer.
* TheTragicRose: Roses and tragedy.
See also:
* CherryBlossoms: Cherry blossoms and fragile, transient freshness and beauty.
* CherryBlossomGirl: A female character with strong {{cherry blossom|s}} motifs.
* FloralThemeNaming: Characters named after flowers in a way that may or may not be meaningful.
* HanahakiDisease: People in unrequited love grow flowers in their throat.
* MysticalLotus: Lotuses symbolize purity, transcendence and
* QueerFlowers: Floral symbolism revealing or otherwise symbolizing LGBT sexual
* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning: Red spider lilies symbolizing death.
* SomethingAboutARose: Roses and romanticism/sexuality.
* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunflowers representing happiness and cheer.
* TheTragicRose: Roses and tragedy.
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* Promotional posters for ''Series/SexEducation'''s third season posed the characters alongside botanical illustrations of flowering plants with appropriate meanings. For example, sex therapist Jean gets cowslip (women, birth), stubborn and independent Maeve gets blessed thistle (bravery, strength), sweet and friendly Aimee gets geranium (friendship, protection), motivated and booksmart Viv gets amaryllis (success, passion) and so on.
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** UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} has the flame lily, which looks like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Flame_Lily.jpg this]]. Despite its toxicity, it's used as a traditional medicine in several cultures.
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* ''{{Series/Bridgerton}}'': The titular family are always associated with purple wisterias. The season 1 promotional materials have the cast framed in purple wisterias. And those purple wisterias are decorating the outside of their home in London.
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* ''{{Series/Bridgerton}}'': The titular family are is always associated with purple wisterias. The season 1 promotional materials have the cast framed in purple wisterias. And those purple wisterias flowers are also decorating the outside of their home in London.
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* ''{{Series/Bridgerton}}'': The titular family are always associated with purple wisterias. The season 1 promotional materials have the cast framed in purple wisterias. And those purple wisterias are decorating the outside of their home in London.
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* Literature/MixBeerWithLiquorandYouWillGetSicker: Corbin decides to give flower language a go, thinking that his love interest Lauchlan will appreciate such a gesture. Upon purchasing a floriography dictionary he is dismayed to learn that almost every flower he had planted in his garden means something nasty; Lavender for distrust, white cherry for deception, marigolds for cruelty, vulgarity, grief, and hatred amongst other unpleasant things, which is all sadly appropriate given his actions.
**The chapter titles themselves are named with victorian flower language, though the meanings are unclear due to the vague wording (convulvulus is named for instance, but not the colour or species, on which many disparate meanings depend). The description of the garden overall, and the discussions they have, also namedrop numerous QueerFlowers such as lavender, wild roses, and pansies, though as it's a victorian period setting, none have obtained their queer subtext quite yet.
**The chapter titles themselves are named with victorian flower language, though the meanings are unclear due to the vague wording (convulvulus is named for instance, but not the colour or species, on which many disparate meanings depend). The description of the garden overall, and the discussions they have, also namedrop numerous QueerFlowers such as lavender, wild roses, and pansies, though as it's a victorian period setting, none have obtained their queer subtext quite yet.
