This year we're celebrating life in the roaring twenties! Part of that celebration includes birthday flowers, which are those flowers that have become associated with the month in which a person was born. Birthday flowers have symbolic meanings attached to them (Floriography is the art of communicating a message through the flowers given to another person).
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| March - Daffodils |
For March, birthday flowers are daffodils, which symbolize rebirth, new beginnings, and prosperity. Less commonly they communicate creativity, energy, resilience, forgiveness and vitality. Daffodils are also used to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary. They are an early bloomer and their cheerful appearance can lift your spirits after months of rain or snow or gray skies. The colors of daffodils do not seem to have different meanings as other birthday flowers, such as carnations and violets. However, in general, yellow flowers symbolize joy and white flowers convey purity or innocence.
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| Cheerful daffodils brighten the kitchen in March |
One caveat is that all parts of daffodils are toxic to humans, dogs, cats, and horses. When daffodil stems are cut they release a sap that blocks other plants from taking up water, making them difficult to include in a mixed bouquet. They also release sugars that induce mold and bacterial growth. However, you can deter this by cutting and soaking daffodils separately for six hours before adding them to a bouquet. Daffodils have been used medicinally to induce vomiting and cause numbness, and the alkaloid it produces (galantamine) may slow the progression of Alzheimer's. I'm enjoying a few daffodils in the kitchen, and thinking of all the people I know who were born in March!
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