May Popular Holiday Flowers

May 1 :
Holiday: May Day
Flower: Flower Garlands, Lilac
May Day decoration, traced to pagan ceremonies celebrating the beginning of summer. Couples would go "a-Maying" after midnight, taking branches from trees and decorating them with garlands of flowers. Upon returning home soon after sunrise, the garlands would be placed over doors and windows. According to American frontier folklore, a young girl who wears a white dogwood blossom on this morning will learn the Christian name of her future husband when she meets the first man wearing a white hat that day. ~Lilac~ Also known as "May-flower." Tradition says not to wear lilac (except on May Day); giving your betrothed lilacs indicated the engagement was off! May Lily-of-the-Valley. Also known as "May-lily." May Hawthorn. Also called "May-bloom" or "May-tree". In ancient Greece, Hawthorn was used for marriage torches, and brides would wear crowns of hawthorn during the wedding ceremony.

May 1 :
Holiday: Lei Day
Flower: Lei Flower
Lei Day, an annual celebration in Hawaii since 1928. "Lei Day is May Day" with celebrations and contests for the leis of flower blossoms, seed, and leaves.

May 2 :
Holiday:St. Athanasius
Flower: Tansy
It is also used to flavor Lenten cakes.

May 8 :
Holiday: Mother's Day
Flower: Carnation
In 1907 a Pink Carnation became the symbol of Mother's love and was chosen as the emblem of Mother's Day.

May 13 :
Holiday: The Tulip Time Festival
Flower: Tulips
The Tulip Time Festival in Holland, is an annual four-day celebration of Tulips. Originated in 1927