Floral Tattoos - Different Types of Flower Tattoos and Their Meanings Behind

As you may know, the art of floral tattoo has been around for as long as the art of tattoo-making itself. Flower tattoos are popular all over the world not only for women but also for men. Flowers are colorful, soft, delicate, pretty and short-lived. Maybe because of that reason flowers become a sexy symbol for all tattoo designs since everyone has that special blooming moment in life. However, many flower tattoos represent different meanings and all different from each other which make it more fascinating to know about it.

Sunflower is one of the common tropical flower tattoos you can find among others like hibiscus flower, daisy flower, tuberose flower, orchid flower... Sunflower tattoos symbolize strength because of the character of the flower always stand up and follow the direction of the sun. It also means you are splendid.

Rose tattoo is the most popular among all the flower tattoos because of its timeless beauty and rich meanings. Nowadays, red rose tattoos symbolize beauty, love and romance while other color can have different meanings. A yellow rose means friendship, white represents purity and innocent, pink is for grace and gentility, and black symbolizes death (although not always necessary mean death depends on different culture and belief).

Hibiscus flower tattoos or also known as Hawaiian flower tattoos because they can be found a lot in Hawaii. Hibiscus represent the delicate, soft beauty and because or its short life, Hibiscus tattoo also mean to enjoy your beautiful moment in life because it is short. Hibiscus flower has many different colors like red, pink, orange, purple... which I think doesn't have any significant differences in meanings.

Flower Lily tattoos symbolize virginity, purity, and the radiant soul of Virgin Mary.

Lotus flower tattoos symbolize two different things if you see it from a Western side and Eastern side point of view. In the East, lotus is viewed as similar meanings as the rose from the West while on the other hand it symbolizes the clarity of mind as well as the heart.

Cherry Blossom tattoos are originated from Asia, particularly Japan simply because of its beauty and delicate nature. For the Japanese, the cherry blossom is a very delicate flower which only blooms for a short period of time therefore represents the transient of life. This concept also is also reflected deeply the Buddhist culture belief that life is suffering and transitory.

Combine floral tattoos and other tattoo designs like skulls, stars, swallows, and butterfly are really common in the tattoo community. Butterfly and flower tattoos are really sexy for women while the skull and rose tattoo designs can be found more on men.