Birth Flower & Flower Meaning Finder

Every month has a traditional birth flower, much like a birthstone — carnations and snowdrops for January, roses for June, chrysanthemums for November. And since Victorian times flowers have carried meanings, so a red rose says something different from a yellow one. Use this finder to look up your birth flower, search the meaning of about 70 flowers with their colours, or pick a few at random for a bouquet, a tattoo idea or a card.

How to use this tool

1. Choose what to look up: a birth month, a flower’s meaning or random flowers.
2. Pick the month, or type the flower’s name.
3. Read the meaning and, for flowers like roses and tulips, the meaning of each colour.
4. Use the table of all twelve months to find a flower for someone else.

Formula

Birth flower = the flowers traditionally given to each month (US/UK lists)

The month lists follow the common American and British tradition: January carnation and snowdrop, February violet and primrose, March daffodil and jonquil, April daisy and sweet pea, May lily of the valley and hawthorn, June rose and honeysuckle, July larkspur and water lily, August gladiolus and poppy, September aster and morning glory, October marigold and cosmos, November chrysanthemum, December narcissus and holly. Other countries use other lists, and meanings vary between sources.

Example

Born in January? Your flowers are the carnation — admiration and love, with pink for a mother’s love and red for deep love — and the snowdrop, a symbol of hope that blooms through the last snow. Searching tulip shows “perfect love”, with red for a declaration of love and yellow for cheerful thoughts.