A Guide to Seasonal Flowers — Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter
Every flower has its own season. All-season flowers like Roses and Gerberas handle a bouquet's fundamentals, but a single stem that blooms only in its season breathes a sense of time into the whole arrangement. Know the season-limited materials and you can make a bouquet that could exist at no other moment than now.
Spring — the pastels of beginnings
Spring's limited materials are the Sweet Pea (Sweet memories), Blue Hyacinth (Calm love), Cherry Blossom Branch (A pure heart), and Purple Iris (Good news). A season with pastels and cool tones in equal measure, it allows both a cheerful picnic bouquet and a calm spring one.
One Cherry Blossom Branch plus Pink Tulips and Sweet Pea, and the Spring Picnic theme is complete just like that.
Summer — cool blues and hardy flowers
Summer brings the Purple Lisianthus (Unchanging love), Agapanthus (A love letter), and Rose of Sharon (Unwavering devotion). Hardy flowers that endure the heat, they share a thread of constancy running through their meanings.
Tie them with cool-toned all-season materials like Blue Hydrangea and Delphinium and you have a crisp blue bouquet for the Summer Getaway theme.
Autumn — the season of warm tones and plumes
Autumn's materials are the Orange Chrysanthemum (A sincere heart) and Pampas Grass (Quiet love). Bundle them with warm all-season flowers like Sunflowers and Dahlias and a bouquet the color of an autumn-dusk stroll is complete.
The feathered plumes of pampas hold their shape after drying, which makes an autumn bouquet easy to keep long as a dried arrangement.
Winter — the contrast of snow and a red heart
Winter is the season of the Red Camellia (I love only you), Cotton (A mother's love), and Plum Blossom Branch (Noble integrity). The contrast of white Cotton against Red Camellia is a scene only a winter bouquet can hold.
The Winter Gift theme calls for a calm composition with neutrals (white·green) at least half — Cotton, Baby's Breath, and Eucalyptus make a steady foundation.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons reverse
Bear in mind that in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, South America, and so on) the seasons are offset by six months — July in Sydney is winter. Flowyric's region setting flips its seasonal recommendations to match the hemisphere, so keep it in mind when choosing flowers to send someone far away.
Seasonal flowers at a glance
Spring
- Purple Iris — Good news
- Sweet Pea — Sweet memories
- Blue Hyacinth — Calm love
- Cherry Blossom Branch — A pure heart