Birth flowers · Month 1
January birth flower: the carnation
devotion that shows up
The carnation is the flower of steady, practical love. Not the grand gesture, the one that keeps turning up. Pink carnations have meant a mother's love for centuries, red says admiration, and white stands for pure affection and good luck. January's other flower, the snowdrop, pushes through frozen ground, which is its own kind of promise: hope arrives before the weather does.
If you were born in January
People born in January tend to be the dependable one in the group, the person others call when something has gone wrong. The carnation suits them because it is the flower that lasts longest in the vase, long after the showier blooms have given up.
When people send it
Carnations are the classic January birthday flower and the traditional first-wedding-anniversary bloom.
Send a January birth flower bouquet
Build a free digital bouquet with their birth flower in it, add a note, and send it as a private page with their name on it. No account, no cost.
Create a carnation bouquet 💐What is the January birth flower?
The January birth flower is the carnation, with the snowdrop as the month's second traditional flower. The carnation means devotion that shows up.
What does the carnation symbolise?
The carnation is the flower of steady, practical love. Not the grand gesture, the one that keeps turning up. Pink carnations have meant a mother's love for centuries, red says admiration, and white stands for pure affection and good luck. January's other flower, the snowdrop, pushes through frozen ground, which is its own kind of promise: hope arrives before the weather does.
Can I send a January birth flower bouquet online?
Yes. On DigitalBouquet you can build a free digital bouquet around the carnation and send it as a private page with their name on it. It takes about a minute and costs nothing.
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