Imagine bidding adieu to your friends or colleagues with a beautiful bouquet and seeing them share an everlasting smile in return.
Flowers make perfect gifts for any occasion, be it a wedding, proposal for marriage, friendship, or farewell.
Since this is the last time you meet your friends around you or colleagues at the office, make it unforgettable with thoughtful surprises.
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Beautiful Farewell Flowers for Colleagues & Relatives
Different flowers and their vivid shades symbolize various meanings in one culture and the other; hence, you should know about them beforehand.
Check out some of the most heartfelt and meaningful flowers and their colors, which make perfect farewell gifts.
1. Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums or Mums are popular plants originating from East Asia and Europe’s temperate climate, where they bloom from September to November.
These flowers bloom in fall and boast different shades, gold, red, orange, yellow, or white, based on their variety.
The full blooms signify lasting friendship, comfort, and good health, which may be the thing you want to wish for your parting friends.
However, be careful about presenting one as a farewell gift to a Northeastern European friend, where the flower signifies death and sympathy.
Did you know Mums first grew in China about 3,000 years ago and have been an integral part of Chinese culture?
In fact, Chrysanthemums is consumed as an aromatic tea and condiment in meals.
2. Roses
Did you know wild Roses have been found in existence for over 30 million years? However, it was only domesticated some 2,500 years ago.
Red Roses symbolize romance, while white and yellow Roses symbolize friendship, happiness, and prosperity.
They will begin blooming in late spring and rebloom throughout summer and fall.
Consider making a lovely bouquet of white and yellow Roses as farewell flowers for colleagues and even for the boss.
The black roses symbolize death, rebirth, and hope, which makes them perfect as farewell funeral flowers.
Have you ever wondered why Rose bushes have thorns?
3. Orchids
Orchid flowers begin blooming in fall and thrive in spring and summer.
Growing orchid plants help to reduce mental stress, improve air quality, and focus.
Therefore, the orchid flower would make a lovely parting gift symbolizing support, guidance, thoughtfulness, and refinement.
However, be wary about colors as purple Orchids express respect while yellow suggests friendship and wishes.
If your Orchid flowers are dropping, find out causes and solutions.
4. Peonies
Do you know elegant Peonies blossoms symbolize luck, honor, and prosperity?
Used since the time of the Tang dynasty of China in the 7th BCE, Peonies are regarded as highly royal and prosperous flowers.
Peonies resemble Rose blooms when you look at them closely, making them very intriguing flowers.
With over 70 different species, Peonies are found around Asia, Europe, and Western North America.
5. Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria is a popular flower from South America that flourish every spring and summer.
As they bloom, the flowers bear rich shades of purple, pink, white, yellow, red, orange, and rust.
Native to many parts of Mexico, Australia, and the U.S., these flowers symbolize devotion and friendship. Therefore, they would make perfect farewell party flowers.
6. Calla Lilies
Presenting lilies are beautiful ways to bid farewell to your loved ones.
Do you know brightly colored Calla Lilies have always been used as farewell gifts?
They may work best when mixed with other flowers to create a bouquet.
Calla Lilies also represent humbleness and devotion and are often grown indoors to purify the air.
You can choose classic white, yellow, orange, pink, Rose, and lavender shades.
Is your Calla Lily drooping? Find out how to make them bloom.
7. Cymbidium
Cymbidiums are unique-looking flowers that grow on the Himalayas’ foothills in excellent conditions.
Also known as boat Orchids, they are best associated with goodbye, making them perfect farewell flowers for colleagues.
These flower bloom from autumn to spring, making them perfect off-season flower gifts.
However, the long, thin stem and delicate petals may look like they could be easily blown away.
Therefore, they are better gifted as farewell flowers bouquets.
Did you know the Cymbidium is often given as a farewell gift in Chinese culture?
8. Sunflower
Sunflowers make the perfect farewell gift as it is known for being happy flowers, symbolizing love, beauty, and longevity.
Native to many warm regions in North and South America, they bloom throughout summer, tracking the sun.
However, beware of choosing giant Sunflowers as the parting gifts because they are pretty cumbersome to travel with.
If you wish to add a unique touch to your farewell gift, consider choosing orange-blooming Sunflower Soraya.
Learn about deadheading Sunflowers to keep them blooming.
9. Hydrangea
Hydrangea, commonly called Hortensia, is a beautiful flowering plant native to many parts of Asia and the Americas.
Also known as “morning flowers,” Hydrangeas make perfect farewell flowers thanks to their unique colors, shape, and meaning.
Hydrangea flowers signify hope, peace, and healing.
The flower blooms as a bouquet, where many flowers are packed in a single stem.
In Japanese culture, Hydrangeas are offered as “get well soon” flowers and are sometimes associated with apologies and forgiveness.
Therefore, Hydrangeas may be the best farewell flowers if you seek apologies or wish for good health.
10. Freesias
Freesias are delicate flowers with rich fragrances and shades, often gifted as bouquet flowers.
They originally came from the Cape colony in South Africa and are also known as Cape lily-of-the-valley.
The bright yellow-to-orange shade makes it a vibrant plant. Therefore, this flower has been associated with hope and longevity.
In the Victorian era, Freesias were often gifted to bedridden patients hoping for quick recovery.
Wrapping Up
You can never go wrong with farewell flower gifts because they are accessible and affordable.
However, beware of the type of flowers and shades you choose because not all flowers symbolize farewell.
Use this guide as a reference to find some of the best farewell flowers for colleagues and friends.
