There’s something about birth month flowers that feels so special to us at Page Petal. They speak to something we all have in common (a birthday, of course!) in a way that’s connected to the world around us. It’s part of why we wanted to start a collection of bookmarks inspired by birth month flowers. A little reminder to tuck in our pages of our presence ... and that we are all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Because who doesn’t need that reminder every now and again?
Since launching the collection, we’ve had customers tell us they’ve selected birth month flower bookmarks to honor such a range of occasions — the birth of a new baby, a loss of a loved one, a celebration of their own special day, or the birth month of someone they love. They’re some of our favorite gifts for birthdays, thank-yous, just because moments, and beyond. The best part? Every bookmark is handmade and one-of-a-kind, perfectly imperfect in its own way.
Explore the full collection of birth month flower bookmarks and the lovely meanings behind each flower. xoxo, Page Petal
Birth Month Flowers Bookmarks and Meanings
January Birth Month Flower: The Carnation
Carnations are among the few flowers with different meanings depending on color. For example, red symbolizes deep affection, white for purity, and pink represents gratitude and a mother's love.
Buy the January Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
February Birth Month Flower: Violets
February's birth flowers are violets (and sometimes primroses), symbolizing modesty, faithfulness, loyalty, and delicate love. Fun fact: Shakespeare fans might also be familiar with violets as frequent symbols in Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night.
Buy the February Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
March Birth Month Flower: Cherry Blossoms
While March's primary birth flower is the daffodil (often including jonquils), we chose to press Cherry Blossoms to reflect the renewal of spring and a season of fresh starts.
Buy the March Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
April Birth Month Flower: Daisy
The floral equivalent of sunshine! Daisies represent innocence, purity, new beginnings, and loyal love.
Buy the April Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
May Birth Month Flower: Lily of the Valley
The delicate, bell-shaped Lily of the Valley symbolizes sweetness, humility, purity, and the return of happiness. Fun literary fact: In French literature and tradition, it is tied to the arrival of spring and luck.
Buy the May Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
June Birth Month Flower: Rose
Ah, to be born in June! The rose symbolizes, you guessed it, love, beauty, and passion. And it's part of one of the most famous lines in literature in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet ... "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Buy the June Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
July Birth Month Flower: Larkspur
Larkspur represents positivity, strong love bonds, lightness of spirit, joy, and an open heart. Like carnations, colors have their own special meanings, with white representing happiness, blue for dignity and grace, pink for romance, and purple for first love.
Buy the July Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
August Birth Month Flower: Poppy
Poppy represents remembrance, imagination, peace, and resilience. It is also the name of one of our all-time favorite fictional characters, Poppy Wright from Emily Henry's The People We Meet on Vacation.
Buy the August Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
September Birth Month Flower: Aster
Asters represent wisdom, faith, patience, love, and elegance. In Greek mythology, the flowers are said to have bloomed from Astraea, the goddess of justice, when she cried.
Buy the September Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
October Birth Month Flower: Cosmo
Cosmos symbolize harmony, peace, balance and enduring love. Their name comes from the Greek word for “ordered universe,” a nod to their neatly arranged, daisy-like petals in shades of pink, white and orange.
Buy the October Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
November Birth Month Flower: Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums, or "mums," represent joy, longevity, loyalty, and optimism. As you probably know from Trader Joe's selection during the fall, they thrive in autumn with vibrant hues from gold to red, pink, white, and purple. And while we're on the subject, we highly recommend John Steinbeck's short story The Chrysanthemums.
Buy the November Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
December Birth Month Flower: Pink Narcissus
Narcissus evokes rebirth, new beginnings, and inner reflection. And beyond looking beautiful, they also smell oh so lovely too.
Buy the December Birth Month Flower Bookmark.
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