Congratulations Flowers

Surprising someone with a beautiful bouquet of blooms is a great way to say congratulations to a friend of a family member. Asides from putting a smile on their face, flowers add an instant injection of colour to the home or office environment, while bringing cheer to the lives of your nearest and dearest.

What flowers symbolise congratulations

Numerous blooms can be used to congratulate someone for an achievement, although some are more popular options than others. The flowers below all carry congratulatory symbolism, just in different ways.

• Roses: These blooms are traditionally associated with love and romance, however, different colours convey entirely different meanings including that of rejoicing.
• Yellow roses: These flowers symbolise friendship and are certain to boost the mood of the recipient!
• Orange roses: They express feelings of energy, passion, enthusiasm, and gratitude, which makes them a great congratulatory flower.
• Irises: These flowers are a sign of hope, admiration, courage, and faith – they’re a perfect way to cheer on or congratulate a friend who has just received a promotion or attained a big accomplishment.
• Peruvian lilies: These blooms signal friendship and devotion.
• Heather: This flower is traditionally given to those who you want to wish good luck, however, they also stand for admiration. If you admire someone for achieving something, gift them a bouquet containing heather.
• Gladiolus: This flower stands for infatuation, strength and integrity. They come in a variety of hues, including pretty shades of pink, purple, red, yellow, green and orange.
• Tulips: Most associate this variant of bloom with deep love, however, certain shades symbolise celebration.
• Yellow tulips: These happy flowers express cheerful thoughts and as such, are the perfect blooms to gift those celebrating anything from an engagement to a baby shower.
• Pink tulips: A symbol of happiness and confidence, a great option for those who have just bagged a new job or passed an exam.

What colour do flowers say congratulations?

Bright, bold hues are great options to choose when it comes to congratulatory blooms. Here are a few of our favourite congratulatory shades that are sure to get noticed…

• Red Flowers: This vibrant, zealous hue demands to be noticed. Traditionally, red is the shade of love and romance, however, red blooms are also symbolic of courage, respect, constancy and admiration, which makes them a great option to consider when saying congratulations.
• Pink Flowers: Pastel pink hues promote feelings of happiness and love. A great bloom to gift a loved one who is celebrating an achievement – no matter how large or how small.
• Blue Flowers: Blue blooms convey feelings of serenity and openness. A bouquet containing blue flowers is a good option to gift those who have just achieved a promotion, as they’ve likely worked very hard to get it. These blooms will bring a sense of peacefulness to their home or office.
• White Flowers: White flowers can mean reverence. Depending on the type of flowers you choose, a bouquet of white bloom can be a bold and brilliant gesture.
• Yellow Flowers: Yellow flowers bring cheer and happiness. They’re symbolic of the bonds of friendship, as well as the taste of success and pride.
• Lavender Flowers: These blooms represent feelings of refinement. When added to the modern bouquet, they’re another good option for those searching for celebratory blooms.
• Orange Flowers: Orange is bright, energetic and bloom, that is both passionate and brimming with life. Orange blooms make great celebratory flowers as they are symbolic of enthusiasm, excitement and exuberance.
• Green Flowers: Green blooms and plants represent optimism and renewal. They’re a great option to gift those you want to wish good fortune upon.
• Purple Flowers: Purple is a royal hue, and purple flowers represent dignity, tradition and success. A bouquet containing purple flowers is therefore symbolic of admiration and adoration.

Why send flowers to congratulate someone?

Beautiful floral displays and arrangements are one of the most genuine and earnest ways to both congratulate and acknowledge your nearest and dearest’s special achievements and impactful moments.

Blooms have long been associated with victorious celebrations, whether it’s a new job, welcoming a new baby into the world, buying a home or passing a test, they have become a symbol of both congratulations and victory.

How did flowers and congratulations become so entwined?

In Ancient Greece, elite athletes were once awarded wreaths fashioned out of olive leaves, which they would sport on their heads to mark their victories.

The tradition of sending flowers didn’t, in fact, begin until the 18th century when they were first introduced by Charles II of Sweden. He adopted floral arrangements as a way to pass on non-verbal messages.

Each bloom brandished a specific meaning, just as each variant and colour do so today. This age-old custom has continued ever since and many still send flowers and plants to express sentiments of respect, esteem, and congratulations.

Flowers boast an assortment of meanings. From the hue to the type of flower to the style of the arrangement, each bouquet is proficient in conveying a wide range of feelings.

Whether you wish to congratulate a colleague on a promotion, a friend on passing an exam, or a family member on a job well done, flowers are the perfect gift to give. You can even send them further afield, which makes bouquets a hassle-free way to say congratulations to someone living in a different city or even overseas.

Many of today’s online florists deliver all over the world, with some offering free and same or next day delivery. Simply order them online and send them to your chosen address.

If you’re worried about the recipient being in, opt for letterbox flowers instead, this way they’ll arrive home to a box of blooms complete with instructions on how to care for them and display them.

With so many blooms, hues and styles to choose from, there is a flower arrangement to suit all! Just be sure to give plenty of thought to the symbolism you wish to convey so as to ensure your congratulatory flowers have the desired effect!