Appropriate Funeral Flowers

When a loved one passes away, people often want to send their condolences and sympathies. Quite often there is uncertainty as to the best way to do this, particularly when it comes to sending flowers. Knowing which flowers or plants are appropriate to send can be confusing.

Updated 1 year ago

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There is also some confusion between sympathy and funeral flowers.
Funeral flowers are sent to the funeral home to honour or remember the deceased. Funeral
flowers should always be addressed to the funeral parlour with the details of the
deceased and their funeral so that the funeral home knows where the flowers need to
go.

Funeral flowers can also be taken to the grave - however, this tends to be more for family
members. Some families will request no flowers, which should be respected.

Sympathy flowers are different. These are the flowers that you send to your friend or relative
who is grieving to remind them that you are there for them and thinking of them in their time
of grief. Flowers represent community support and are also seen as recognition of a life that
has been lived. It is thought that sending flowers for grief dates back as far as the 18th
Century when flowers were first sent as a way of expressing feelings.
For more information and advice on funeral and sympathy flowers, we recommend talking to
Emma at Purple Orchid Florists. Emma and her team offer a caring service and can advise
you on the best flowers to send to a funeral or for sympathy.
www.purple-orchid.co.uk/