Sympathy flowers provide a thoughtful way to express your condolences when a friend or loved one has lost someone they love. When a loved one is grieving a loss, it can be difficult to find the right words to say. It’s even more challenging if you’re not able to be with your loved one physically, but sending sympathy flowers from afar is one way to let them know you’re thinking of them.
Sympathy flowers offer the perfect pick-me-up during a difficult time and can even help reduce stress. And they convey all of your feeling of condolences and support without having to worry about finding the right words. Here are ten elegant and meaningful sympathy flower bouquets, along with some tips on how to choose the best ones for you.
How to Choose Sympathy Flowers
White flowers are commonly used in sympathy bouquets. Peace lilies, white carnations, white roses, and white daisies are often displayed in these bouquets. These flowers symbolize peace and serenity. They also celebrate the life of the one who passed and serve to honor their memory.
You may choose to have the flowers delivered to the funeral home or the home of the family of the deceased. In years past, you’d likely see rows of funeral wreaths during a visitation or memorial service. Today, many of the “traditional” rules have been relaxed and you’ll find much more causal flower arrangements at the funeral home, like many of those on this list. You can choose to go in on a larger arrangement or wreath with multiple people or keep it simple and stick to a single arrangement. Keep in mind that a casket spray or wreath is generally provided by the immediate family.
Top 10 Sympathy Flowers
If you’re not sure what type of sympathy flowers to send your loved one, we’ve got you covered. Here are 10 beautiful and elegant sympathy bouquets to send:
1. Deepest Sympathy FruitFlowers® Bouquet
This lovely bouquet features white and cream blooms nestled in gorgeous greenery. It comes paired with an assortment of strawberries covered in semisweet chocolate and topped with white chocolate drizzle.
Cost: $114.99
2. Cheesecake And Brownie Bouquet
This cheesecake and brownie bundle is a match made in heaven. Cheesecakes are topped with whipped frosting and strawberries and paired with two rich brownies. As if that wasn’t enough, it comes with a beautiful bouquet of premium fresh-cut blooms.
Cost: $74.99
3. Teleflora’s Hearts In Heaven Bouquet
This magnificent display of green and white blooms surrounds a keepsake angel’s wing with a sweet message of sympathy. The blooms include white spray roses, alstroemeria, gladioli, green carnations, and so much more.
Cost: $59.49
A beautiful way to send your sympathy to your loved one, this stunning arrangement features white lilies, alstroemeria, Queen Anne’s lace, and gorgeous greenery. It arrives in a keepsake glass cube vase.
Cost: $35.99
5. Teleflora’s Sapphire Skies Bouquet
This arrangement has been designed to soothe the soul and cheer the heart. It features crème roses, Asiatic lilies, and white carnations mixed with purple statice in a sapphire tinted cube.
Cost: $42.99
Express warmth and peace to your loved ones with this planted garden that comes in a keepsake container. It’s planted with plenty of kalanchoe, lush foliage plants, and a beautiful peace lily plant.
Cost: $55.25
With beautiful pastel tones, this bouquet brings a sense of peace and serenity. It’s made with peach roses, white lilies, peach carnations, and greenery, all surrounding a green echeveria succulent.
Cost: $39.99
The peace lily is a symbol of calm, peace, serenity, and balance. It’s the perfect gift for a time of loss to promote peace and well-being. This plant comes blooming with stunning white flowers in a keepsake basket that’s easy to care for.
Cost: $47.99
9. Eternal Affection Arrangement
This simple yet elegant bouquet offers up your sympathy better than words can provide. It features a mix of white carnations and Peruvian lilies beautifully arranged in a round woven basket.
Cost: $49.30
Express your condolences with this beautiful bouquet filled with white roses, monte casino, Asiatic lilies, and an assortment of greenery. It arrives in a clear glass topped off with a decorative ribbon.
Cost: $47.99
When your loved one is grieving the loss of a friend or family member, one of the best things you can do is to send a bouquet of sympathy flowers. Choose one of these sympathy bouquets to help convey your condolences and support.
Common Questions about Sympathy Flowers
What is the appropriate flower for sympathy?
Many flowers are appropriate for sympathy. Most commonly, flowers in cream, white, and other lighter shades such as light blue, light yellow, and light pink are selected, such as roses, lilies, orchids, carnations, hyacinths, daffodils, and forget-me-nots. Any flowers will be appreciated by the bereaved, but a thoughtful gesture is to send a bouquet featuring their loved one’s favorite flowers.
What color of flowers are for sympathy?
White is the most frequent color of flowers used in sympathy bouquets and arrangements. However, cream, light blue, light purple, light pink, and light yellow are also acceptable. You can even send a brightly colored flower bouquet for sympathy if it has a special meaning, such as for the loss of a person with a bright and cheerful personality or a bouquet featuring the decedent’s favorite flowers.
What is a sympathy bouquet?
A sympathy bouquet is a flower bouquet featuring flowers designed to bring comfort to those mourning the loss of a friend or loved one. Sympathy flowers can include any type of flowers and any colors if they’re meaningful to the family or the descendant. Generally, white, cream and lighter shades of pink, blue, purple, and yellow are chosen and tastefully arranged to bring comfort and peace to the bereaved.
How do you send sympathy flowers?
Edible Arrangements® is the best and easiest way to send sympathy flowers. Choose a bouquet of fresh-cut premium blooms in delicate white and cream paired with a box of gourmet desserts or chocolate covered fruits to send your condolences to a friend or loved one.
