| A | B |
|---|
| cedar | power, majesty; royalty, beauty; Christ |
| hemlock | wormwood, injustice, calamity |
| mulberry | broken heart |
| oak | strength, durability; strength of faith & virtue; endurance against adversity |
| fig | Jewish nation, spiritual Israel, the Church; fruitfulness |
| palm | triumph, victory; victory in Christ; Tree of Life; martyrs; immortality |
| pine | fragrance and beauty |
| pomegranate | abundance, joyfulness |
| shittah | beauty |
| algum | Christ's humanity |
| almond | divine approval or favour; Christ's resurrection; Virgin Mary |
| willow | indestructible gospel of Christ |
| myrtle | peace, love; God's blessing; Gentiles converted to Christ |
| olive | light, peace, divine blessing, God's generosity |
| anemone | dorrow, death, mourning; illness |
| blubell | luck; (suspended) "all evil things will flee therefrom" |
| carnation | pure love; motherly love; fidelity and marriage; Christ or the Virgin Mary |
| clover | (trefoil) Trinity; (four-leafed) good luck; (five-leafed) bad luck |
| columbine | sorrow; (seven) Seven Sorrows of Mary; Holy Spirit, Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit |
| daisy | simplicity, innocence; "eye of God"; innocence of the Christ Child |
| forget-me-nots | fidelity in love |
| holly | Crown of Thorns, the Passion; eternity |
| holly berries | Christ's blood and suffering |
| iris (Latin, sword lily) | prophetic symbol of Crucifixion; (sorrow of) the Virgin Mary |
| laurel | eternity, immortality; (crown, branch) triumph, victory; chastity |
| lily | purity, innocence, immortality; the Virgin Mary |
| lily-of-the-valley | the Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception; Advent of Christ |
| pansy | remembrance, reflection, meditation; the Virgin Mary |
| primroses | the keys of heaven or St. Peter's keys |
| white rose | purity; (Christmas rose) Nativity, coming of Messiah |
| red rose | martyrdom |
| yellow/gold rose | impossible perfection; papal benediction |
| rose | the Virgin Mary, "a rose without thorns" |
| violet | humility |
| apple (Latin malum) | temptation, Fall; (with Adam & Eve) sin; (with Christ or the Virgin Mary) fruit of salvation |
| cherry | sweetness of character from good works; delights of the blessed; eternal life |
| fig, fig leaf, fig tree | lust; fertility; fruitfulness, good works; nation bearing fruit |
| gourd | the Resurrection |
| grapes | Eucharist; the Passion; blood of Christ |
| lemon | fidelity in love; the Virgin Mary |
| nuts | fertility |
| walnut | Christ: shell = flesh, wood = Cross, inner kernel= hidden divinity |
| orange (tree) | chastity, generosity, purity; (in Garden) fall and redemption |
| pomegranate | eternity, fertility; royalty; (open) resuurection, open tomb, hope; unity of Church |
| strawberry | perfect righteousness; the Virgin; good works, fruits of the spirit; (trefoil leaf) Trinity |
| vine | peace and plenty; Jesus: the Church |
| cypress | death |
| thistles | primal curse of Adam; earthly sorrow, cares of this world; Crown of Thorns |
| fruit | works, actions; fruit of the Spirit |
| tree | a prominent man; life or death (depending on its state) |
| wheat | the (children of) truth; human nature of Christ; bread of Communion; beauty of earth |
| tares | the (children of) error |
| acacia | immortality of the soul |
| aspen | pride and sinful arrogance |
| bramble | purity of the Virgin Mary (reference to the burning bush, Ex. 3:2) |
| bulrush | multitude of the humble and obedient faithful |
| chestnut | chastity; triumph over temptations of the flesh |
| cockle | wickedness invading good field of the Church |
| cyclamen | bleeding sorrow in the Virgin Mary's heart |
| dandelion | a symbol of the Passion (a bitter herb) |
| elm | dignity of life; strength of the devout from faith in Scripture |
| fern | solitary humility, frankness, sincerity |
| fir | elect of heaven who despise lowly desires; excellence in patience |
| hyacinth | Cristian prudence, peace of mind, desire for heaven |
| hyssop | penitence and humility; innocence regained, baptism |
| ivy | death, immortality; fidelity, eternal life; attachment, undying affection |
| jasmine | the Virgin Mary; grace, elegance, amiability |
| narcissus | selfishness, self-love, coldness, indifference; triumph of divine love, sacrifice, & eternal life over death, selfishness, & sin |
| peach | silence of virtue; virtuous heart and tongue; fruit of salvation |
| plane tree | charity, firmness of character, moral superiority; charity of Christ |
| plantain | well-trodden path of multitudes that seek path to Christ |
| plum | fidelity & independence |
| poppy | fertility, sleep, ignorance, extravagance, indifference; death |
| reed | humiliation og greatness; symbol of the Passion; the just |
| garland of roses | rosary of the Virgin |
| wreaths of roses | heavenly joy |
| thorn | grief, tribulation, sin; Crown of Thorns, Passion |
| grass | common masses of humanity |
