How to choose bouquets for different occasions, festivals, and objects?

Article published at: Mar 29, 2024 Article author: Alex Hui
不同場合、節日、對象,如何選擇花束?
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Sending flowers is an art! Different flower varieties represent different meanings. In response to different occasions, festivals, and the status of the recipient, sending out flower bouquets that match the situation can better convey emotions and blessings, deliver surprises, and enhance the atmosphere.

The most common flower sending questions: What flowers to send to your mother or female elders in the family on Mother's Day? What flowers are appropriate to send to friends and family at their graduation ceremony? How to choose a bouquet for birthday flowers? ...

Let the florist introduce the most popular flower varieties and the meanings of different colors, and help you choose the right bouquet for different occasions.

carnation bouquet

carnation bouquet

Carnation is known as the flower of the gods. According to legend, carnations bloomed from Mary's tears when Jesus was crucified. It turns out that different colors of carnations have different meanings. Overall, carnations represent female love, pride, beauty and obsession. In Hong Kong, it is most common to give carnations on Mother’s Day.

  • Pink carnation: symbolizes mother's love and represents the Mother's Day flower.
  • Light red carnation: Shows admiration.
  • Crimson carnation: depicts deep love, especially love from women.
  • Purple carnation: Symbolizes unpredictability and also symbolizes the elegance and nobility of the mother.
  • White carnation: indicates pure love and luck.
  • Striped carnation: expresses rejection or regret
  • Yellow carnation: indicates rejection or disappointment

►Mother ’s Day bouquet recommendation

tulip bouquet

tulip bouquet

Tulips are one of the most popular and loved flowers in spring and are one of the popular Mother's Day flower gifts. Tulips are native to Türkiye, but are world-famous in the Netherlands. Tulips represent perfect love, represent elegance, and can be used to express a declaration of love. Tulips also embody fame, and different colors of tulips have the following meanings.

  • Pink tulips: represent care and love
  • Purple tulips: represent nobility
  • Red tulips: closely associated with deep love
  • Yellow tulip: for hopeless love
  • White Tulips: Offering Forgiveness
  • Violet Tulip: Loyalty

lily bouquet

lily bouquet

The lily embodies exquisite beauty and is a symbol of motherhood. In the West, lilies are often given as Easter gifts because Easter represents the Virgin Mary. Since Greek times, lilies have been associated with the Virgin Mary and chastity. In Hong Kong, lily bouquets are most commonly given on Mother's Day and elders' birthdays. They are also suitable to congratulate family and friends on their promotions, graduations...

  • White lilies: Symbolize modesty and chastity, making them a popular bouquet for brides.
  • Orange lily: represents passion.
  • Yellow lily: embodies joy, while lily of the valley embodies sweetness.
  • Pink lily: pure and lovely.

rose bouquet

rose bouquet

Rose is one of the symbols of love, known as the "flower of love", and is a representative Valentine's Day bouquet and proposal bouquet . In literature, roses also often symbolize love and beauty; from a Christian perspective, roses are a symbol of heaven and harmony in the world. What kind of love a rose represents depends on the color.

  • Red roses: Suitable for couples in love. Also symbolizes desire, devotion or admiration.
  • Crimson rose: expresses sadness.
  • White Rose: Depicts chastity, purity and new beginnings.
  • Yellow Rose: Expresses feelings of friendship, care and joy. They are platonic roses and have nothing to do with romance.
  • Pink roses: Used to express gratitude.
  • Orange roses: Used to convey romantic passion and to compliment each other’s beauty.
  • Purple rose: means love at first sight.
  • Blue Rose: is very rare and cannot be obtained through natural means. Therefore, it represents fantasy and cannot be realized.
  • Green rose: represents harmony and fertility, a gift from nature. It also means eternal youth.
  • Black Roses: Just as their color is dark, their emotion is mysterious. They are meant to be unique.

 The meaning of sending different numbers of roses

hydrangea bouquet

hydrangea bouquet

Hydrangea, also known as hydrangea, hydrangea, snowball, etc., is native to Japan and mainland China. Hydrangea is a common garden flower. Its umbel is like a snowball, surrounded by oval green leaves. Therefore, hydrangea in Japan represents family unity and harmony, and also symbolizes gratitude and sincere gratitude. Hydrangeas have always been popular due to their variety of cut flower varieties and colors. In Hong Kong, it is quite common and appropriate to send hydrangeas to celebrate dating anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, and the woman’s birthday.

forget me not bouquet

forget me not bouquet

Forget-Me-Not The Forget-Me-Not flower symbolizes true love. "Forget-Me-Not Flower" is a medium "true blue". As the name suggests, they are used to decorate gifts in the hope that the recipient will not forget the giver. It also symbolizes loyal love and memories.

sunflower bouquet

sunflower bouquet

Known as the third anniversary flower, the sunflower represents worship and pure thought, and is also a symbol of devoted love. The sunny nature of sunflowers makes them a good gift, most suitable for giving to family and friends on graduation or promotion occasions to send congratulations and blessings. Therefore, sunflower bouquets are the most popular graduation bouquets .


In addition to fresh flowers, preserved flowers /preserved flowers have also become popular in Hong Kong in recent years, which are suitable for birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, Mother's Day gifts, etc. Here’s another flower gift choice for everyone.

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