As your own ‘personal holiday,’ birthday flowers have defied tradition due to the uniqueness of the day itself, and the fact that the flowers given on birthdays are like people themselves, coming in every colour, shape, and size imaginable, and are often selected according to the recipient’s own tastes. Virtually any bloom is appropriate for a birthday if it would bring pleasure to the boss of the day.
Roses, with their classic beauty and heavenly scent, are a favourite flower of many, and thus make an excellent selection for birthday flowers. As yellow flowers signify friendship, a bouquet of these blooms would let any friend know how special they are to you. A bouquet of orange, pink, and yellow roses would be a dazzling, cheerful selection, while pink roses paired with white, for grace and innocence respectively, would make a special statement for a young lady’s birthday. And as the ultimate classic flower, nothing quite compares to a red rose, or a whole bouquet of them, for a loved one on their special day.
Other popular flowers include tulips, gerberas, sunflowers, carnations, and lilies. A multi-coloured bouquet of tulips, with reds, oranges, yellows, pinks and whites, would make a bright and elegant gift, while a bundle of sunflowers would outshine even the candles on the cake. Gerberas come in many bright colours, and a bouquet of bright fuchsia, orange, and yellow blooms would liven up any party, while a selection of gerberas in their many hues of pink would make a visual treat for a fan of this colour. A bunch of white, yellow, and pink carnations would be special, as well as a mixture of any of the above flowers, such as yellow and orange gerberas with sunflowers, white roses with pink and white tulips, and white, orange, and yellow lilies together with sunflowers and gerbera in the same tones.
While orchids and hydrangea make beautiful cut flowers, they can also make excellent potted plants, if you’d like to give a gift with a bit more longevity than cut flowers. Orchids, depending on the type and with proper care, can last up to several months, while a hydrangea can be planted in one’s own garden, providing big, bushy, beautiful blooms for years to come from this perennial shrub. The azalea, another garden plant coming in varieties of pinks and reds, is also a popular birthday gift.
© Flowers Online.org.uk 2007.
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