Best New Year Flowers

If you are struggling with finding the right flowers to mark this occasion, keep reading. Here you will find the best flowers and gift ideas to celebrate New Year’s.

New Year’s Flowers

Any flower could be a good New Year’s flower. This fact is true for any holiday really. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, all holidays can be celebrated with any flower. Some flowers are more suited to specific holidays than others, though. For Christmas, it is the poinsettia, for Thanksgiving the sunflower, and for Halloween, it is the Black Dahlia.

The problem many people have with New Year’s is that not much grows during the winter in cold climates. If you are lucky enough to live in a place that stays warm in January, congratulations. Your northern neighbors are jealous. But, those people who live in cold climates may struggle to find flowers at the beginning of January.

We offer a major solution to this problem by providing farm fresh flowers all year round. Our forty-eight family-owned farms are sustainable and Rainforest Alliance certified. Many are located in Central and South America, which means most flowers can be delivered fresh to your door anytime.

That brings us back to the initial problem, however: What are the best flowers for New Year’s? Below you’ll find our top four picks.

1) Roses

The first flower we want to highlight is the rose. Roses are probably most famous as part of Valentine’s Day celebrations. They have been associated with love and romance for centuries. In fact, the red rose was associated with Aphrodite, the goddess of love, during the Greek era. That symbolism was then brought into the Roman pantheon of gods and goddesses. The rose for the Romans was associated with Venus, their goddess of love.

Early Christians associated the rose, especially the red rose, with the Virgin Mary. Eastern cultures have also long associated the rose with romance and love. It makes sense that the rose would be so popular. It has an amazing smell and feels lovely against a person’s skin.

As the meanings of flowers have evolved throughout the centuries, roses have retained their association with love. The different colors of rose allow you to tweak the meaning.

So, why roses for the New Year’s? Roses work great as a gift for a loved one during any season. There are seemingly infinite options. Roses are also used as a main feature of the Rose Parade, Tournament of Roses, and Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, every year. These events have been a New Year’s Day fixture since 1890, as part of a treasured New Year’s Day tradition, roses make a perfect New Year’s flower.

2) Lily

Another great flower for New Year’s is the lily. Lilies are often associated with spring. Depending on the type of lily, they may bloom from early spring to fall. Adding lilies to your New Year’s bouquet may seem like wishful thinking, but there is no better way to conjure spring than with this flower.

Lilies are a great choice for New Year’s because of their traditional meaning. They can mean pure, passion, and rebirth. It is no wonder, with these meanings, that the lily is also a popular Easter flower. The rebirth meaning fits best with New Year’s. This is the time for new beginnings.

Lilies, like roses, come in a wide variety of colors. White is the most traditional. But, you will be able to find lilies in almost any color imaginable. This ensures that you can easily match your New Year’s bouquet to a color scheme. Because they are a large flower, lilies are also a good focal point for a flower arrangement. For a colorful and eye-catching New Year’s bouquet, try something like our Pretty In Pink.