With the swell of women getting tattooed these days, we are seeing a rise in the number of people who are getting flower tattoos. The tattoos have different meanings based on the types and colors of the flowers, of course. Generally speaking, flowers mean many things, while it is certain flowers, like the lotus or the rose, that have specific meanings.
A flower tattoo is in part loved because it connects us to nature, and life, through feelings of birth, procreation, and vitality. During a flower’s life cycle, we watch it blossom from the seed, grow and bloom from a bud, and eventually wilt and die, which gives us a stronger connection to nature’s life cycle. To have a tattoo picturing a flower reminds us of that whole process of life. It is additionally true that different colors on the flowers represent separate meanings. A white flower tattoo summons up images of purity, while the color of red can symbolize either raging passion or the blood of Christ.

The meaning of a rose tattoo is pretty specific, as it represents pure love. The rose did not have the same meaning in the 16th century, when it was used as a tattoo to mark prisoners sentenced to death in the event of an escape from the gallows. However, these days the rose is tattooed as a symbol of love. The tattooed symbolism of the flower has to do with the fact that it is given during romantic occasions. Naturally, this accounts for why we get tattooed with a rose in order to show how much we love a person. The rose is far and away the most popular out of all the tattoos featuring flowers, and this continues to grow with more and more men getting tattooed with roses.
The ideals of love and purity are represented through the lotus in the east, as they are in the rose in the west. Additionally, the lotus has many other connotations that the rose does not. The lotus also has meanings associated with goodness, fortunate, beauty, enlightenment, and peace. If romantic love isn’t your thing, then perhaps an acacia tattoo - which represents chaste love or friendship - would be. For the Bells of Ireland flower, the person getting a tattoo can be getting it because it represents good luck or because they wish for the bells of freedom to ring in Ireland.
If you consider yourself a perfect lover, you might want to have a tulip tattooed on your arm to symbolize fame and passionate love. On the other hand, if you are looking for a flower to better express your timid nature, on the other hand, a violet is far more appropriate. The Iris stands for faith, wisdom and virtue whereas magnolias symbolize a person’s love for nature and gives a sense of nobility. Getting a tattooed with a flower can have multiple meanings, in addition to being elegant. A flower tattoo can vary in size, and be as bold as you like, but whichever flower you choose, make sure it says what you want it to.