Floriography, by Gina Margolies — Birth Month Flower Meaning

June’s Birthday Blossom is the beautiful rose.  So much has been said of the rose. Poets have sung its glories, painters have displayed its beauty, and Cupid has single-handedly made it the most popular flower in the world. The star of the show on Valentine’s Day and at weddings, a popular addition on cakes, and a common motif on consumer goods, it does not seem an exaggeration to say there are roses everywhere. In the Western world of today, the rose represents love. Given as a gift or populating a bridal bouquet, roses prompt us to matters of the heart....

July’s Birthday Blossom is the lovely larkspur. In floriography, the language of flowers we speak here at Birthday Blossoms HQ, larkspur represents ardent attachment. At Birthday Blossoms, we are ardently attached to a variety of things – flowers, of course, flip flops, sunsets, aperol spritzes, 4th of July, strawberries, and fireworks, at the moment. What are you ardently attached to on this first day of July?

May’s Birthday Blossom is the lovely lily of the valley, seen in the photo on a silk scarf. There are so many things to love about lily of the valley – the sweet white petals, the quiet beauty, the promise of summer to come. Our favorite lily of the valley fun fact is that in the Victorian era, when flowers spoke their own language, lily of the valley carried the message, “You have made my life complete.” What a lovely sentiment from May’s Birthday Blossom.

Happy Birthday to all our beloved April babies! Your Birthday Blossom is the adorable daisy, carrying a message of happiness, loyal friendship and, of course, springtime. Spring has not quite sprung here at Birthday Blossoms HQ, but it’s close. The cold streak of winter has been interrupted here and there, by a day last week when it was only slightly chilly, two days in a row when it was warm in the sun, and day before yesterday it reached seventy degrees for a few fleeting moments in the late afternoon. Spring in a technical sense is just about to meet...

We’re almost there! That sentence expresses how I feel every year, right about this time. March is a gateway to the glories of spring. Sure it can be cold and windy in March. In New York City, we can see snow. But we also see glimmerings, beckonings, whispering beautiful words. Spring is just around the corner. As I write this post, the official start of spring is two days away. But the whisperings started a few weeks ago, on those days when it was cold with moments when it wasn’t. Walking into a sunny spot and feeling the rays on...