Selecting Funeral Flowers: Family Style, Personal Tribute, and Symbolic Meanings

Match the Family’s Tone

• Frugal/understated → modest arrangement.
• Extravagant → grand display.
• Free-spirited → creative, non-traditional.

Honor the Deceased

Religious, patriotic, or personal passions. Favorite colors welcome. Traditional flower meanings less observed today.

Venue Logistics

Casket sprays for viewings (usually family-purchased). Scale arrangement to space size.

Your Personal Expression

Your relationship guides choice. Symbolic options:

• Blue periwinkle: friendship
• Daffodil: regard
• Forget-me-not: true love, remembrance
• Red rose: passion
• Red + white rose: unity
• Lily: innocence, eternal rest
• Lilac: first love
• White rose: purity