Celebrating April Birthdays With Meaningful Flowers

Do you know someone with a birthday in April? Are you planning on giving them some flowers? An easy way to make your gift extra special is to choose flowers that create a meaningful message.

With knowing just a few things, your floral gift can be personalized specifically for someone with an April birthday.

Birth month flower:

Every month has one or two flowers associated with it - its birth month flower.

The flowers for the month of April are:

Sweet peas: meaning ‘blissful pleasures’ and ‘thank you for a lovely time’

Daisy: meaning ‘innocence’ 

Zodiac:

Every zodiac sign has a flower that represents it.

Aries (March 21-April 19):

Honeysuckle: meaning ‘pure happiness’

Taurus (April 20-May20):

Poppy: meaning ‘remembrance/restful sleep’

Colour:

I’ve chosen colours for this month that are a reflection of its birthstone and that represent this time of year.

Birthstone:

Diamond: colour ‘white’. An array of flowers come in the colour white. A few are roses, carnations, alstroemeria, tulips, daisies, sweet peas.

Seasonal Colours: 

Pink: symbolizing the buds in bloom. Flowers - tulips, sweet peas, spray roses, gerberas.

Pale blue: symbolizing the spring sky. Flowers - hydrangea, delphinium, tweedia.

Seasonal Flowers and their meanings:

Year-round availability:

There is an abundance of  flowers that are available all year long:

Roses (love), carnations (admiration/affection), lilies (beauty), alstroemerias (friendship/devotion), gerberas (cheerfulness), lisianthus (appreciation/gratitude), chrysanthemums (cheerfulness), and snapdragons (graciousness/strength)

Seasonal flowers:

Combine flowers that are available all year long with those that are in bloom during the month of April:

Sweet peas (blissful pleasures/thank you for a lovely time), tulips (perfect love), freesia (friendship), daffodils (new beginnings), and anemone (anticipation)

Personal touch:

Consider the person you’re giving the flowers to. Try adding into your bouquet flowers in their favourite variety or favourite colours.

Top tip:

You don’t need to include all these options. Pick what works best for the message you want to send and you’ll have created a unique and meaningful gift for that lucky April birthday person.

My Suggestion:

If I were to give flowers to a friend with a birthday in April, my bouquet would be a big bunch of seasonal blooms.

White freesia to represent friendship, white anemone for anticipation for the year ahead, and pink and white sweet peas to wish a year of blissful pleasures. The white represents April’s birthstone and the pink a seasonal colour.

Happy birthday to everyone with a birthday in April! x

PS - If you’ve ever wanted to get a tattoo of your birth flower (like I have), check out THIS article.

Five Facts About Sweet Peas

Every month has a specific flower assigned to it – it’s ‘birth month flower’.

It’s April, the time when spring flowers really start to bloom. The flower for April is one that I’ve never actually seen blooming during this month – at least not where I live - but it does happen to be one of my favourite flowers. It’s the delicate, fragrant, sweet pea.

My first memory of any flower is of sweet peas. When I was 6 years old, we had a trellis at the end of the garden where they grew. To this day, whenever I get even a whiff of the fragrance of sweet peas it takes me right back to that garden of my childhood. 

Part of the appeal of sweet peas is they combine an old-world charm with a simple, contemporary look. They were a favourite during the Victorian era and their popularity has never wavered. Here are five facts about sweet peas:

1 – They’re a very satisfying flower to grow. They look great in the garden but also make a wonderful cut flower;

2 -The vase life for sweet peas is about 5 days. Keeping them in a cooler place, changing the water every other day and re-cutting the stems may give you a few extra days;

3 – Don’t be fooled by their name – sweet peas are not edible;

4 – In the language of flowers, sweet peas mean thank you, appreciation, farewell or delicate pleasures. These meanings, combined with it being the flower for the month of April, means you have many gift-giving opportunities for sweet peas;  

5 – Sweet peas have a slender stem. The best way to display them is to put them in a vase with a narrow neck to support them.

The fragrance of sweet peas can provoke strong memories, so why not pick up a bunch and take a trip down memory lane. And if sweet peas aren’t part of your past, make them a part of your future and start that memory connection today.