The wreath of flowers placed on the coffin of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was made up of flowers cut from the garden of her beloved home of Balmoral.
The blooms were gathered at the Castle where Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th 2022.
They were arranged in a traditional circular wreath and laid on the Royal Standard of Scotland which covered the oak coffin.
The flowers chosen were dahlias, phlox, white heather and pine fur as well as cuttings of one of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite blooms. Amidst the petals were fragrant sweet peas, long a treasured flower for The Queen.
In the language of flowers, so beloved of Queen Victoria who made Balmoral into a royal home, sweet peas have a particularly poignant meaning. They can represent ”thank you for a lovely time” and ”goodbye.”
Dahlias represent kindness and commitment as well as steadfastness while phlox is generally taken to mean harmony and agreement. Heather is well known as a symbol of good luck while pine fir represents hope in adversity. But it, too, can be taken as ”goodbye’.
This pretty wreath of flowers will be the first of many placed on the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during the days to come. Her Late Majesty’s funeral takes place on September 19th 2022.
