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Birthday Flowers: A Gift With Meaning

While flowers are a popular gift for any occasion, there's much more to buying flowers than heading to your local florist and picking up the first nice bouquet you see. Yes, she'll love it, but what if you went just that extra mile on her birthday and gave her flowers that actually have a deeper meaning?

Each month of the year has its own specific color and flower (or flowers), representing the characteristics of a person born in that month. These birthday flowers can be combined with others to make a larger bouquet, or you could give a bouquet consisting only of birth flowers, with a little card expailning their meaning. She'll be thrilled at your thoughtfulness.

Month	Categories	Meaning
January	Color: Flower: Meaning:	White Carnation, snowdrop These winter flowers represent passion, adventure, enthusiasm and fascination.
February	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Violet Primrose, violet February's flowers signify an individual who is virtuous and faithful.
March	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Yellow Daffodil, jonquil The flowers for this month represent the traits of intellectual prowess, desire and affection.
April	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Pink Daisy, sweet pea These spring flowers signify protectiveness and a tendency towards being secretive.
May	Color: Flower: Meaning:	White Hawthorn, lily of the valley These flowers represent faithfulness, purity, and humility.
June	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Red Honeysuckle, rose These June flowers signify modesty, love, and happiness.
July	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Pink Larkspur, water lily These summer flowers represent elegance and a sense of romanticism.
August	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Yellow Poppy, gladiolus These flowers signify playfulness, imagination and optimism.
September	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Purple Morning glory, aster These flowers represent the traits of elegance, grace, and affection.
October	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Orange Cosmos, calendula These fall flowers are symbols of joy and modesty.
November	Color: Flower: Meaning:	Yellow Chrysanthemum These flowers signify an individual who is cheerful, optimistic and independent.
December	Color: Flower: Meaning:	White Narcissus, holly The flowers for this month represent compassion and a level of self-esteem.

If you're hesitant about purchasing any of the birthday flowers listed here, or you're looking for something a little more dramatic, consider birthday roses. Rose colors also have traditional meanings, and they make a wonderful romantic birthday present.

Red Roses
The traditional symbol for romantic love, choose red roses to simply say, “I love you.” If you're looking for a way to express just how much she means to you, a bouquet of red roses is the perfect solution.

Pink Roses
Pink roses are used to express admiration and gratitude. Give your loved one a birthday bouquet of pink roses to say, “I appreciate you”.

Yellow Roses
Although yellow roses are generally not considered romantic flowers, they do evoke feelings of warmth and happiness, and represent genuine friendship.

White Roses
White roses are traditionally associated with innocence and truth, and are often used as a symbol of remembrance. If you and your birthday girl have recently been reacquainted after a long absence, white roses are a romantic way to say, “I miss you”.

For more rose meanings, visit our Meaning of Roses page.

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