35 Best Easter Flowers To Celebrate the Holiday and Fill Your Home With the Beauty of Spring

Bring the glory of springtime beauty and joy into your home.

Along with winter holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, Easter Sunday is a time for friends and family to gather around the table (and maybe even go hunting for Easter eggs after the meal, especially if there are young children involved). While every family has its own assortment of traditional dishes, there's often another traditional element to a decorated table: the centerpiece of Easter flowers.

Since most of us are more than ready to send the winter chill packing, the Easter centerpiece gives us a chance to celebrate the bright colors (yellow, purple, pink, white and more) in the unique, fragrant flowers of spring. Here are dozens of flowers to consider for your Easter dinner centerpiece, or a gift to or from the hostess. There are also a few that you can see on a walk because they're in full, majestic bloom around Easter.

If you're not hosting an Easter gathering this year, a floral arrangement can also dress up your office space, decorate a church sanctuary, or brighten a friend's day when you hand-deliver them as a gift. We hope our 35 favorite Easter flowers inspire you. Warmer days are coming! Spring is here and Christ is risen!

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35 Best Easter Flowers

1. Easter Lily

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There's no better place to start than with the Easter lily. With their trumpet-like bloom, they proclaim springtime to all.

2. Lily of the Valley

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Another wonderful flower consideration for easter is the fragrant lily of the valley. Their blooms look like dainty white bells. A classic hymn, written by Charles W. Fry, references Jesus Christ as "the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, He's the greatest of ten thousand to my soul."

3. Tulip

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Another springtime fixture, bright and colorful tulip bulbs bloom into bell-shaped blossoms, so with these, we're ringing in springtime. They're often one of the first flowers to come up out of the ground, so a good declaration of new life springing forth.

4. Daffodil

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In many regions, these yellow or white beauties often peek out of the ground first. In fact, in England, the liturgical season of Lent and the arrival of these flowers are so intertwined, they're known as "Lent lilies."

5. Crocus

The liturgical color for Easter Sunday is purple, signifying royalty. Celebrate the resurrection of the King of kings with the bright and bold purple of the crocus flower.

6. Roses

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Known as the "queen of flowers," an arrangement of roses feels appropriate for any holiday, and if you select traditional spring colors, like peach, pink, yellow, purple and sage green, you've also created a beautiful, seasonally-appropriate arrangement.

7. Lilac

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The pretty colors we find in a variety of lilacs lend themselves perfectly to a spring bouquet. Lilacs are quite fragrant too. If you can find the Scentara Pura variety, it's known to have the strongest fragrance.

8. Carnation

Carnations are a popular cut flower worldwide. Their ruffled petals fill out a vase nicely. They're a great selection for Easter because their history can be traced all the way back to Greek and Roman times, giving them a historic tie to the New Testament as well.

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9. Heaven Scent Jacob's Ladder

A colorful combination of fern-like foliage and a bluish-purple flower, this perennial plant is common in cooler climates and is all known as polemonium. The nod to the biblical character, Jacob, makes it an excellent selection for an Easter flower.

10. Illuminati Tower

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It's called a tower for a reason. This lush four-sided bush blooms hundreds of fragrant white flowers along towering branches (growing up to four or five feet) among dark green leaves. In a centerpiece, this would make a bold statement.

11. Pansy

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A thick bouquet of mixed pansies illustrates the promise of the outdoors coming back to life—no need for words. It's a cheery display without overpowering the rest of your table decor.

12. Hydrangea

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A vase with puffs of these floral beauties is almost guaranteed to get you compliments. Channel your inner Martha Stewart (she loves this flower) and order up a thick bouquet of hydrangeas.

13. Primrose

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In Latin, it literally means "first rose of the year," although it's not in the rose family. For the lover of words around your table, add this literary quote: "Primroses, the Spring may love them; Summer knows but little of them.” - William Wordsworth

14. Hyacinth

Originally, hyacinths were pale blue or violet in color. In fact, the word "hyacinth" is found in the Bible, not as a flower, but as a stone or the color of a stone. The jacinth (Greek) or Leshem (Hebrew) stone, perhaps referencing a sapphire, can be found in Exodus 28:19 and Revelation 21:20.

15. Easter Cactus

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This succulent is growing in popularity, alongside its relatives, the Thanksgiving cactus and Christmas cactus. It blooms at just the right time for Easter, and is a unique floral offering.

16. Orchid

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Orchids are one of the oldest flowering plants. Their blooms are colorful and give off a lovely scent. This quote will definitely get you thinking about going to church on Easter Sunday: "Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.” - Oscar Wilde

17. Sweet Alyssum

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Or "Sweet Alison." So maybe the perfect potted flower if that happens to be the name of your hostess. This plant offers small clusters of blossoms forming a tight bouquet of color.

18. Baby's Breath

This is an idea if you're going for understated elegance. Typically, these sprouts of white fill out a centerpiece or bouquet, but they really are gorgeous on their own.

19. Succulents

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These plants are very popular right now and would make a good hostess gift, or gift from a hostess. They're easy to decorate with and require little water or care.

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20. Iris

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The three long petals that make up an iris remind Christians of the importance of three in the faith; particularly the three members of the Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This makes the iris a good, symbolic centerpiece at Easter.

21. Gerber Daisy

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These bright and colorful daisies are actually named for eighteenth-century naturalist Traugott Gerber, a German botanist whose father was a Lutheran priest, although he passed away just before Traugott was born.

22. Wheatgrass

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For those of us who fondly remember getting Easter baskets as children, grass has always played a role in our Easter Sundays. Why not create an adult tradition where wheatgrass dons your table?

23. Viburnum

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The small viburnum blossoms are known for their pleasant smell (like clove or hints of vanilla, depending on the variety you select). They form tight clusters that look like miniature bouquets themselves, and sometimes they offer bonus berries for added color.

24. Bluebonnets

If you're ever in Texas in the spring, take in the splendor of bluebonnets. The small town of Brenham, in particular, has fields, valleys and hills full of this state flower. If Easter falls just right, you can celebrate at the Bluebonnet Festival, which takes place in April in nearby Chappell Hill, Texas.

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25. Poppies

Wildflowers, such as the California poppy, are gorgeous spring bouquets. They're in bloom from March until early May, so right in that Easter window.

26. Fireweed

Also known as rosebay willow herb or wickup, you can find this flowering plant in many parts of the world. It is a tall wildflower that grows in open meadows, along streams, roadsides, perimeters of wooded areas, and even as a carpet in meadows. Not only would a few stalks look beautiful in a jar, it's also an edible flower you could add to recipes.

27. Rocky Mountain Wildflowers

Natives to Colorado don't necessarily have to bring flowers home for Easter dinner. Instead, they might enjoy an afternoon hike, taking in flowers such as this field of wildflowers.

28. English Rose

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These large roses resemble colored cabbage. The lush flowers, also known as David Austin roses, look classic and smell amazing.

29. Geranium

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Fun Fact: The most popular flower in Victorian gardens was the geranium. Also known as cranesbill, this is a commonly gifted plant for both Easter and Mother's Day.

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30. Dahlia

These cut flowers are some of the longest-lasting, so you might just enjoy the loveliness of your bouquet until those "April showers bring May flowers." In the Victorian era, dahlias symbolized commitment and devotion, making them a welcome gesture of hospitality toward the loved ones seated around your table.

31. Petunia

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According to flowermeaning.com, "In Victorian weddings, they symbolize 'your company suits me.'" Hopefully the exact thing you would say about your dinner guests (both before they come and after they leave). Petunias aren't usually part of floral bouquets, but as a small potted plant, would make a good gift for guests.

32. Morning Glory

With trumpet-like flowers and heart-shaped leaves, these flowers bloom in the mornings, only to close again in the afternoon. It reminds me of the Easter morning sunrise services of my childhood—full of activity in the morning, and worn out by the time the last Easter egg was found.

33. Hellebore

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This flower is such an early bloomer, it is recognizable by other seasonal names: winter rose, Christmas rose and Lenten rose. They slightly resemble a wild rose in their look, but despite their name or look, they're not closely related to the rose family.

34. Azalea

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This flowering bush is a native plant in many parts of the world, including regions of Asia, America and Europe. It comes in a variety of colors and its blooms are delicate and dainty looking.

35. Peonies

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Big, fluffy and fun! These flowers have been cultivated for centuries in both China and Europe, originally grown for their medicinal qualities. Fun fact: It's the state flower of Indiana.

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