Is there a flower that starts with the letter A?

Question

I need to find a flower that starts with the letter A, to give as a gift to a person who's name begins with A.

Answer 1

There are several "A" flowers, but most are more the kind of flower you'd have in your garden than the kind you'd buy at the florist.

Still, here are a few:

Azalea
Anemone (not a sea anemone! It's a kind of buttercup)
African daisy
African violet (could buy them one in a pot as a houseplant)
Aster
Aloe

Wikipedia has a nice list of flowering plants arranged alphabetically, but some of the "A" names are the scientific rather than the common name.

Answer 2

Meanings of different flowers — an A-Z guide

You'll find a version of this list of flower meanings on hundreds of different websites; it's taken from the Victorian-era study of floriography where romantics used flowers to convey secret messages to one another.


A

Acacia — concealed love, beauty in retirement, chaste love
Acanthus — art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice
Achillea Millefolia — war
Aconite (Wolf's Bane) — misanthropy
Acorn — nordic symbol of life and immortality
Agapanthus — love letters
Agnus Castus — coldness, indifference
Allspice — compassion
Almond Blossom — hope, lover's charm
Aloe — grief
Alstroemeria — devotion, friendship
Alyssum — worth beyond beauty
Ambrosia — your love is reciprocated
Amaryllis — pride, pastoral poetry
Amaranth — fidelity
Amaryllis — pride, timidity, splendid beauty
Anemone — forsaken, unfading love, truth, sincerity, anticipation
Angelica — inspiration
Aniseed — restoration of youth
Apple Blossoms — hope, good fortune, better things to come
Arbor Vitae — true friendship
Arbutus — thee only do i love
Artemisia — dignity
Arbutus — thee only do i love
Asphodel — my regrets follow you to the grave
Aster — symbol of love, daintiness
Azalea — take care of yourself for me, temperance, fragile passion, chinese symbol of womanhood, fragility

Answer 3

Amaryllis, aloe vera, Ageratum, Anemones, Anthuriums, Alstroemeria Lilies and Asters.

Answer 4

Alstroemeria the Lilies of Peru are coming into bloom now and are easily available.
http://www.bellavistaflowers.com/alstroemeriaweb.htm
http://images.google.com/images?q=Alstroemeria&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=jIm&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title


You could give acanthus leaves that were once used to crown the first olympians symbolizing quality, longevity, & creativity. Acanthus mollis 'Summer Beauty'
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/perennials/AcanthusSummerBeauty.html
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/perennials/Acanthus_mollis.html

Angelica is used as an herb and flavors liquors. http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Angelica

Amaryllis (hippeastrum) http://www.amaryllis.com/
are beautiful bulbs.

Agapanthus lily is another bulb that is common in warmer areas. Agape means love, anthos is flower. So this is named the love flower.

Amaranth means never-fading flower. Common names include love lies bleeding. Amaranthus caudatus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_caudatus
Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is a song by Elton John


Anemone are mostly spring flowers but Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' is a japanese anemone that blooms in summer.

Asters bloom in fall.
Azaleas are spring flowers.
Aquilegia is columbine another spring flower.

Astilbe is just coming into bloom. My favorite is Astilbe pumila chinensis with very dark fine foliage that blooms with compact plum blossoms.
http://www.paghat.com/astilbe.html
http://www.plant-proud-online.co.uk/acatalog/Astilbe_.html

You could also find a plant with the exact name of your friend. Try http://www.helpmefind.com/ for roses peonies or clematis by name.

Rosefile also does searches by names
http://rosefile.com/

Then this site helps finds the grower if it is a rare rose
http://www.findthatrose.net/


Last just search by name like this: hemerocallis 'Ann'
Or search; Ann cultivar

Answer 5

asters, anemone, alyssum, ageratum, allium, amaryllis, amaranthus, armerias (sea thrift)...... not sure if you want cut flowers or if you are giving plants for a bed...... either way you are an awesome friend, i would absolutely love to receive a gift like this!!! a whole bed or bouquet of flowers that start with my initial!!!! have fun planning this!

Answer 6

Aster

Answer 7

Although the the flower is brown and inconspicuous, Aspidistra, the"cast iron plant" will probably outlast most friendships, think of it as tough love! RScott

Answer 8

Azalia

Answer 9

Azalia
Asther

Answer 10

Azalea, Arrow head plant,