How to Include Birth Month Flowers in Your Wedding

From luxe ballroom soirées to laid-back, beachfront bashes, flowers are one detail that will single-handedly elevate any wedding. Brimming with color, texture, and natural beauty, blooms have the capacity to transform your venue into a lush, garden-like oasis. While any blossom will bring an upscale flair to your celebration, if you want to incorporate even more meaning into your big day, consider using birth flowers, flowers that represent each month of the year and have a specific, special meaning associated with it. 

Whether you decorate your nuptials with flowers that correspond to your own birth month, your partner’s, a family member’s, or a deceased loved one’s, including them in your wedding will add a personal, sentimental flair filled with profound meaning. Whatever route you choose, the décor possibilities are endless: Deck out your locale with these blooms or add a subtle touch, whether it’s accenting your bouquet with the flower or integrating a hint into your reception centerpieces.

Since several months have two birth flowers, Celia Laurent, owner and lead designer of House of Jeanne Flowers, mentions that the variety adds flexibility to your design, which is heightened by the numerous naturally-occurring color options available to you. However, she warns that not every blossom will be accessible year-round, so be sure to work closely with your floral designer to help bring your vision to life.

Below, find every birth flower by month, along with its meaning. Plus, we discuss different ways to incorporate birth flowers into your wedding.

How to Include Birth Flowers in Your Wedding

In order to create a notable impact, you’ll have to use birth flowers wisely. For example, large, hardy blooms are a better fit for installations, whereas petite, fragile ones are better suited for smaller designs. Plus, it's important to consider how these birth flowers will accentuate your aesthetic and work with other coexisting details. To help you decide how to integrate these blossoms accordingly, here are some suggestions. 

Bouquet

Adding birth flowers to your bouquet will make your walk down the aisle even more special. While buds, like bright daffodils, will provide the perfect accent to larger showstoppers, others, such as vibrant poppies, will make a beautiful focal point, according to Laurent. If your birth flower is a lily of the valley, this option is a wonderful choice for a single-flower bouquet.

Boutonnière

Like the bridal bouquet, integrating birth flowers into your boutonnière will keep a piece of you or a loved one with you throughout the day. Fragile birth flowers that are smaller in size, such as snowdrops, are strong candidates for boutonnières. If your birth flower is larger and more attention-grabbing, such as a rose, you can also create a floral accessory that centers around that bloom.

Ceremony Arrangements

Flowers are a decoration that couples call on time and time again for their ceremony setup. For those whose birth flower is a larkspur or gladiolus, due to their tall, long appearance, they'll bring height to your aisle. If a sturdy variety, like a chrysanthemum, is your birth month’s bloom, consider integrating it into your floral arch, arbor, chuppah, or mandap.

Seating Chart

If you’re thinking about adorning your seating chart or escort card display with floral arrangements, birth flowers will inject a sentimental flair. Fluffy, multi-petal buds, like roses, work for ground assortments that flank the sign or hanging installations that border it. Sweet peas and lily of the valley are also stunning accompaniments to larger blossoms.

Bar Accents

Placing vases of buds on your bar is another way to enact birth flowers at your wedding. Think: Daisies, roses, narcissus, and more. If you want to emphasize contrast, vary the heights by combining round blooms with tall ones, such as larkspur or gladiolus (if those are your respective blossoms).

Centerpieces

Whether they’re at the center of your sweetheart table, your guest tables, or a lounge coffee table, so many birth flowers lend themselves to wedding reception centerpieces. For instance, since fluffy carnations take up a lot of space, rely on them as your main blossom, and look to smaller varieties, such as lily of the valley, daisies, and violets, as accents.

Hanging Installations

Overhead installations may not be in guests’ direct field of view, but adding a meaningful bloom to your ceiling will bring a special touch to every corner of the room. Birth flowers, such as carnations and asters, won’t wilt or fall apart, so they’re great candidates for this decoration.

Cake

Want to adorn your cake with fresh buds? Birth flowers also work here. Not only will roses, violets, and chrysanthemums increase the aesthetic appeal of your confection, but they’re also non-toxic and safe to place on food.

Every Birth Flower by Month

If you're wondering which birth flower corresponds to your birth month or that of a friend, family member, or someone close who has passed away, here is a complete list. Plus, we highlight their meaning.