--adapted from For Your Wedding: Flowers by Tracy Guth

The Victorians assigned each month of the year its own flower, and wearing or carrying the right bloom for your wedding date was believed to bring good luck:


  • January: snowdrop
  • February: primrose
  • March: jonquil
  • April: sweet pea
  • May: lily of the valley
  • June: rose
  • July: larkspur
  • August: poppy
  • September: morning glory
  • October: cosmos
  • November: chrysanthemum
  • December: holly

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