Flowers Forget Small Put Forgive One's Plant Blue

Some flowers have unusual names that "evoke" (make an image or idea come to one's mind) certain images when people hear them.

For example, there is a plant with "clusters" (groups) of small blue or "indigo" (dark blue) flowers called "forget-me-nots." These flowers are "associated with" (thought about in connection with) memories and "remembrance" (the act of remembering something), and would be an appropriate gift when someone is going away and you do not want that person to forget about you.

"Baby's breath" is a plant with many very small, white flowers. Baby's breath is often dried and used in "bouquets" (arrangements of flowers put in a single base), especially next to roses. Baby's breath is also often put in a "bride's" (a woman on her wedding day) hair.

Bachelor's button is a bright blue, round flower that looks something like a button. "Bachelors" (single, unmarried men) used to put them in a jacket "buttonhole" (the small hole in one's clothing that a button passes through) when they "went courting" (visited a woman whom they were interested in romantically). Sometimes this flower is also called a "cornflower," although it doesn't grow on corn.

There is a beautiful, large flower known as the "bird of paradise," where "paradise" means heaven, or a place where everything is perfect. The flower's bright orange and blue "petals" (the colored parts of a flower that open and close) look a little bit like a bird's head.

Finally, there is a "succulent" (a cactus-like plant) known as "hens and chicks" (chickens and their offspring or babies). It "flowers" (produces a flower), but it doesn't look like a hen or chicks. However, many small flowers often surround a larger flower, so perhaps that is why they were given that name.