Mothers Day Flowers

Mother’s Day is a special day for everyone, and Mother's Day flowers are perfect gifts that everyone considers. Well, it should be anyway. Mother’s Day is all about flowers. They are the simplest, easiest gift to give but at the same time, can say more then any other gift if chosen right. Put some effort into picking your Mother’s Day flowers.

1. Meanings: Flowers have always had special meanings equated to them. On Mother’s Day, especially, picking the right flowers can say a lot. It can also get you out of hot water. Here are some good flowers for Mother’s Day. The ginger flower means proud; gladiolus means strength of character; holly means domestic happiness. Many mothers nowadays are facing tough challenges, going back to school for a degree or going back to work for the first time in years. Those kinds of challenges can be terrifying but are an inspiration; fittingly, the iris flower represents inspiration if your mother is making a big change. Other popular flowers like jasmine, which means grace and elegance; the magnolia, which represents dignity; the ever popular rose, which means everything from love to friendship depending on the color; and the sunflower, which means adoration, are always good choices.
2. Birth Month: Every month has a flower, and one of everything else, associated with it. For Mother’s Day, it can be any month from your mother’s birthday, her mother’s birthday (depending on their relationship), your birthday (depending on your relationship with your mother, don’t be too egotistical here), or any other month she has a special feeling for. Keep in mind, though, that you have to listen and it has to be a legitimate reason, one she’ll recognize without you needing to remind her. Here are the flowers by month: January is a carnation, February an iris or violet, March a daffodil, April is the daisy or peony, May is the lily, June the rose, July the delphinium, August the dahlia or gladiolus, September the aster or forget-me-not, October the marigold, November the chrysanthemum, and December is the poinsettia or the holly or the narcissus, but for obvious reasons I wouldn’t recommend that one.
3. By State: This is a weird one, and should probably only be your last resort unless your mother was say, born and raised in a different state from where you live now and really loved it there. It’s pretty easy to figure out the state flower: California is the poppy, Alaska the forget-me-not, Nevada the sagebrush, etc.
4. Nice Bouquet: Don’t just get your mother a flower. Single flowers, especially roses, are meant to be given by lovers, not children. Spend the little extra cash to get your mother a nice bouquet in a nice vase; she did after all, give birth to you.

Reference:

 "The Meaning of Flowers: Myth, language, and lore" by Gretchen Scoble and Ann Field, published by Chronicle Books LLC in 1998.