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8	->''"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,\
9	Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,\
10	Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,\
11	With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."''
12	-->-- '''Oberon''', ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''
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14	An index gathering all tropes related to flowers and gardens.
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17	!!Flower-related tropes:
18	* AlluringFlowers: Flowers whose scent is outright siren-like in its power to cloud minds.
19	* BatteredBouquet: Rejecting the FlowersOfRomance by battering them.
20	* BouquetToss: A bride tosses her bouquet at the end of the wedding, which unmarried women try to grab.
21	* CaringGardener: A well-meaning, kind-hearted tender of plants, usually associated with heroic characters.
22	* CherryBlossomGirl: Characters (usually female) whose appearance, name, symbolic themes and/or attributes make references to CherryBlossoms.
23	* CherryBlossoms: Common Japanese motif for life, death, spring, love, and renewal.
24	* FertileFeet: Where this person walks, plants sprout and bloom.
25	* FillItWithFlowers: A character wants to fill a bleak, barren place with thriving, blooming plants.
26	* FleurDeLis: A common symbol used in medieval heraldry, often to signify purity.
27	* FloralThemeNaming: Names that follow a theme from flowers.
28	* FlowerFromTheMountaintop: A character must [[ScalingTheSummit climb to the top of a mountain]] to obtain a rare flower.
29	* FlowerMotifs: Flowers saying something about a story's theme or someone's personality.
30	* FlowerPotDrop: A flower pot falls and hits you on the head.
31	* FlowersOfFemininity: Flower imagery are used to symbolise a character's femininity.
32	* FlowersOfNature: Flowers are used to symbolise a character's connection to the earth/nature.
33	* FlowersOfRomance: Flowers in the contexts of a (usually romantic) relationship.
34	* FoulFlower: Flowers used as or associated with villainous characters for SubvertedInnocence.
35	* GardenGarment: A dress made out of plants, or parts thereof.
36	* GardenOfLove: Romance expressed in lush gardens.
37	* HanahakiDisease: Unrequited love makes you cough up flower petals.
38	* HopeSproutsEternal: A sprig of plant life sprouting in bleakness to symbolize hope for the future.
39	* IllFatedFlowerbed: Fictional flowerbeds are magnets for disaster.
40	* InnocentFlowerGirl: A sweet [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps DelicateAndSickly girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones.
41	* LovesMeNot: A character does something (usually plucking flower petals) to determine whether someone loves them, alternating between saying "They love me" and "They love me not" with each turn.
42	* MysticalLotus: Lotuses are symbols of mysticism or magic, or are magic themselves.
43	* NeglectedGarden: A garden that hasn't been cared for in a long time, showing a character's depressed emotional state.
44	* PetalPower: A character who attacks enemies by spontaneously creating a swarm of lovely flower petals.
45	* PickedFlowersAreDead: When a character feels sorry for flowers that are dead or dying from being plucked from their roots.
46	* UsefulNotes/ThePoppy: The Commonwealth symbol of [[DueToTheDead remembrance for the war dead]].
47	* QueerFlowers: Certain flowers symbolizing homosexuality, such as lavender, violets, lilies, and green carnations.
48	* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning: A flower used to portray death, loss, and/or abandonment.
49	* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: A stock, stereotypical poem or template for poems.
50	* SomethingAboutARose: Roses used for added sex appeal, sensitivity, and/or general RuleOfCool.
51	* StinkyFlower: A flower that smells bad.
52	* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Sunflowers symbolizing energy and happiness.
53	* TallPoppySyndrome: Society is hostile and envious towards individuals who are special.
54	* ToweringFlower: Flowers of unusually large size.
55	* TheTragicRose: The usage of roses to represent a combination of beauty and tragedy.
56	* TrampledUnderfoot: Bad character is established by stepping on something and breaking it.
57	* WeedingOutImperfections: Bad guys use flowers, weeds, and other plants as metaphors for "desirable" and "undesirable" people.

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