What peonies mean.

What peonies mean

Peony meanings split by tradition, which is unusual: Victorian flower guides mostly gave it bashfulness, while in Chinese art it stands for prosperity and beauty. The flower itself still carries a visual sense of abundance. Peonies mean a happy, prosperous romance, a love that's deepening, and good fortune. The bloom opens wide and full, which is the symbolism: a feeling that's growing rather than declared all at once. There's also an old meaning of bashfulness in them, which fits, peonies are the flower for the slightly shy, slightly giddy stage of falling.

Send it when

• It's turning into something and you want to say so.
• A romantic just-because, or an anniversary of the soft kind.
• When 'I love you' is too much but 'I like you' isn't enough.

What to write

Peonies open slowly. Your sentence does not have to:

• "i'm falling for you. i wanted you to know."
• "this is more than a crush now. clearly."
• "you. just, you."