Best Flowers for New Beginnings
Nature provides us with plenty of symbols of new beginnings — bare tree branches that become lush canopies, bird eggs hatching in their nests, and of course, bunches of flowers coming into bloom. But did you know that there are some flowers that represent new beginnings specifically? If you know someone in your life who is about to undergo a life change (whether good, bad, or neutral), the flowers we’ll be spotlighting today would make the perfect gift. Flowers are also an amazing gift and symbol of… initiating change and reconciliation, such as making amends and extending an olive branch after a disagreement.
This article will be your guide to blooms of fresh starts, filling you in on what flowers represent new beginnings and which ones would be best to send.
New Beginnings to Celebrate with Flowers
Here are some reasons and occasions of where sending “new beginning” flowers can be a thoughtful gesture:
New Job or Career Change: Celebrate someone starting a new professional chapter or launching a business. Flowers are the perfect way to show our support for their entrepreneurial venture.
Moving to a New Home: Congratulate them on their fresh start in a new space.
Starting a Family: Welcome a new baby or celebrate adoption. Flowers are a perfect way to express your happiness, make someone feel special, welcome, or even express your readiness to support.
Marriage or Engagement: Flowers are the perfect way to express happiness and support for the beginning of their life together.
Recovery from Illness: Flowers are an elegant and thoughtful way to acknowledge their journey toward health and renewal.
Graduation: Celebrate the end of studies and the start of a new, important life chapter.
Retirement: A bouquet of flowers will be a great way to honour the beginning of a well-earned chapter and recognition of their achievements.
Personal Milestones: Such as completing a personal goal, moving on from a difficult time, or embracing a new lifestyle.
Rekindled Relationships or Reconciliation: Flowers are a powerful too to express willingness to talk through past difference and disagreements and the will to rebuild a relationship with someone.
Flowers can symbolise hope, encouragement, and celebration for all these moments of transformation and growth.
Colours that Symbolise New Beginnings
When it comes to picking a bouquet you’re not only choosing the type of flower, but also the colour of the flower. And, certain colours also represent certain things, including (you guessed it), new beginnings. So, what colour flowers signify fresh starts and exciting life changes? Let’s dive in.
Yellow
Joy, sunshine, lightheartedness — all things associated with yellow flowers. They are also a symbol of exciting new beginnings. So, if there’s someone in your life who just got their dream job, a yellow bunch of blooms is a great way to say congrats.
Green
Though sometimes rare to come by, green flowers are the perfect complement to any other bloom. Their colour has come to represent resilience and good fortune, and due to green being the colour associated with mother nature, they tend to evoke feelings of growth, hope and rejuvenation.
Pink
Pink flowers can also commemorate exciting new beginnings. In Japanese culture, the colour has come to symbolise rebirth and the arrival of spring as cherry blossoms begin to return to the recently bare tree branches. In India, pink is closely associated with the Holi Festival, which honours the triumph of good over evil and the dawning of a new year.
Purple
For Christians, purple is a colour associated with Easter or Advent, the resurrection and birth of Christ. In New Age and Wiccan tradition, believers often wear purple attire to enhance their psychic abilities. Purple is a colour closely linked to spiritual renewal and new beginnings. Purple blooms may be a nice alternative choice from white flowers as a gift for a christenings or first holy communion.
White
White is the colour of purity and unwritten potential. White blooms really are the flowers to gift for any exciting new beginning — weddings, christenings, baby showers, even housewarmings.
Which Bloom is Best for New Beginnings?
Gifting someone a bouquet of flowers is the perfect way to commemorate and congratulate exciting life changes. Whether it's a white Orchid or a pink Gladiolus, taking the time to research and purchase flowers that specifically represent renewal and rebirth is a little touch that means a lot.
Whatever the occasion or celebration, understanding the language of flowers can elevate your gifting game. Consider using the blooms and colours mentioned above before you buy a bouquet celebrating your or your loved ones' new beginning.