Question

what do the flowers in the painting represent

Answer 1

Usually, flowers are a representation of life itself, especially when we're considering something related to an specific work of art, such as a painting or other related thing.

In order to get a more accurate answer, it's required that you provide us with the image or the painting itself, once there could be different interpretations for different pieces of art.

Overall, some researches can be done on a piece of art interpretation with a simples Google find.