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Birth Flower by Month: Find Your Birth Flower
Find your birth flower by month, from January's carnation and snowdrop to December's narcissus and holly, with colours and a share card.
Birth Flower by Month: Find Your Birth Flower: Shows a common US/UK pairing of birth flowers for each month, with colour variants and original summaries of traditional language-of-flowers meanings. Simple flower drawings accompany the results and the twelve-month overview. Download a card with both flower names, then explore the matching birthstones or your life path number. Lists and symbolic meanings vary by country and publication. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
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All twelve months
Drawings are stylised symbols. Flower colours and traditional meanings vary by species, cultivar and country.
Month pairings and regional variation
The Old Farmer's Almanac birth-flower guide (https://www.almanac.com/content/birth-month-flowers-and-their-meanings) describes widely used month flowers and their traditional associations. This page presents a common two-flower selection; secondary flowers, including November's peony, vary between lists. There is no governing authority for birth flowers.
January pairs carnation and snowdrop, while December pairs narcissus and holly. Holly is shown as its familiar leafy sprig with berries; the berries are not flowers. The drawings are original stylised symbols rather than botanical illustrations.
Language of flowers
Kate Greenaway's 1884 Language of Flowers is a public-domain example of Victorian floriography, available through Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31591). It illustrates the historical practice of assigning symbolic meanings to plants. Month assignments and meanings have changed over time.
The meanings on this page are original short summaries of common cultural associations, not quotations. Colours are illustrative: species, cultivars and local traditions can differ.
How to use it
- Choose your birth month or enter a birth date.
- Explore both flowers, common colour variants and traditional meanings.
- Download your card or follow the birthday combo links.
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Your number and birth date stay in your browser. Share cards do not include your birth date.
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Frequently asked questions
Where do birth flowers come from?
Birth-flower lists draw on seasonal associations and the language of flowers, especially Victorian floriography. The modern month pairings do not come from one universal historical calendar. Lists and meanings vary by country and publication.
Why are there two flowers for each month?
Many popular lists give a primary and a secondary flower, combining different seasonal or cultural associations. Secondary flowers are especially variable. This page uses one common pairing, including daffodil and jonquil for March, which are closely related narcissus types.
Are Japanese and Chinese flower calendars the same?
Japanese and Chinese flower calendars also exist, including traditions based on seasons, months or individual dates. Their assignments and meanings differ from this US/UK month list. They are not calculated on this page.
What does a birth-month bouquet mean?
A bouquet can refer to a person's birth month or a traditional flower association. The colour, local custom and personal meaning can change the interpretation. These meanings are cultural conventions rather than fixed messages.
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