The language of flowers

Today's prompt "is based on the concept of the language of flowers." We are challenged "to write a poem in which one or more flowers take on specific meanings." We may make use of the recommended glossary of flower meanings or create our own meanings. I like the traditional meanings, so I'm going to use them.

The neighbourhood

Cobæa creeps over the walls,

through fences

and onto balconies

But my garden grows

white chrysanthemums

and 

bluebells

I refuse to speak 

under the white cherry trees,

or lie beneath the bladder nut tree

I will not walk among the bugloss,

but among the borus henricus

and beneath the acacias

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

Cobæa = gossip
White chrysanthemums = truth
Bluebells = constancy
White cherry tree = deception
bladder nut tree = frivolity, amusement
Bugloss = falsehood
Borus henricus = goodness
Acacia = friendship