Handmade ceramic birth flowers for all 12 months by Chive — wall art
for every birthday, shaped without molds in Toronto

Birth Flower Collection — Ceramic Wall Flowers

The calendar assigns the flower. The kiln makes it permanent.

Birth flower ceramics turn a birth month into permanent wall art: twelve months, twelve hand-painted ceramic flowers, from January’s snowdrop to December’s narcissus. Each one is designed in Toronto, fired at the studio, and hangs flat on a single screw — a personal gift the calendar chose first.

Twelve months, twelve flowers · Hand-painted ceramic · Hangs on one screw · Ships gift-ready to 40+ countries · Stocked at Smithsonian Gardens
Twelve months, twelve flowers · Hand-painted ceramic · Hangs on one screw · Ships gift-ready to 40+ countries · Stocked at Smithsonian Gardens

Every month has a birth flower, and this collection makes each one permanent: a hand-painted ceramic wall flower for January’s snowdrop through December’s narcissus. The flower is assigned by the calendar, which makes it the rare personal gift that requires no guessing — look up the month, and the choice is made. Each piece is designed in Toronto, fired at the studio, and mounts on a single small screw with hardware included.

A birth flower ceramic works alone — one month, one flower, one wall — or as a growing set: a family wall with one flower per birthday, a couple’s pair, a grandmother’s grid of grandchildren. Because the twelve designs share a palette logic with the wider Chive range, they mix cleanly into larger arrangements. Cut birth flowers last the week of the birthday. These hold the month, on the wall, permanently, which is closer to what the tradition meant.

February birth flower ceramic primrose in Chive gift box, Valentine's Day gift idea, beautiful packaging no wrapping needed, ships worldwide

Birth Flower Chart All 12 Months

The birth flower chart, all 12 months, as this collection makes them: January snowdrop, February primrose, March daffodil, April daisy, May hawthorn, June rose, July water lily, August poppy, September aster, October marigold, November chrysanthemum, December narcissus. Each entry on the chart exists here as a hand-painted ceramic — the month’s flower, fired and glazed, ready to hang. Find the month in the grid above; the chart does the rest.

Birthday Gift Ideas for Her

Birthday gift ideas for her usually stall at the same three defaults. A birth flower ceramic skips the stall: her month determines the flower, the studio hand-paints it, and the gift arrives ready to hang with one screw. It is personal without requiring intelligence-gathering, permanent without being furniture, and specific in the way that makes a gift feel researched. The month did the research. The giver gets the credit.

Chive birth flower ceramics are stocked at Smithsonian Gardens and the New York Botanical Garden, among the 200+ art galleries and botanical institutions worldwide carrying the studio’s work. Chive Studio has designed ceramic wall flowers in Toronto since 2004; each of the twelve birth flowers is hand-painted and fired at the studio, and ships gift-ready to more than 40 countries.

Reviewed by Todd Newgren, co-founder · Updated August 2026

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Frequently asked questions about the Birth Flower Collection

January Snowdrop, February Primrose, March Daffodil, April Daisy, May Hawthorn, June Rose, July Water Lily, August Poppy, September Aster, October Marigold, November Chrysanthemum, December Narcissus — the birth flower for each month is represented in this collection as a hand-painted ceramic wall sculpture. Twelve months, twelve flowers, each one designed and fired at the studio. The calendar assigns the flower. The kiln makes it permanent.

What is the birth flower for each month? 

What is my birth flower?

Find your birth month above — what is my birth flower is answered by the calendar: January is Snowdrop, February is Primrose, and so on through December’s Narcissus. Each ceramic in this collection corresponds to one month and is designed to hang on a wall as a permanent, personal marker. The flower was assigned before you were born. The ceramic makes the assignment tangible for the first time. 

What are good white elephant gift ideas?

A ceramic birth flower from this collection — white elephant gift ideas work when the gift is unusual enough to provoke a reaction and well-made enough to be genuinely wanted. A hand-painted ceramic wall flower hits both marks. It needs no sizing, hangs with a single screw, and gives the recipient a permanent piece of art rather than a novelty with a two-week shelf life. The reveal gets the reaction. The ceramic gets the wall. 

What are good gift ideas for a mother in law?

A ceramic birth flower in her birth month — a gift for mother in law that is personal without being presumptuous. The flower is determined by the calendar, so the choice is factual rather than speculative. Hand-painted, wall-mounted, and permanent. It says you looked up the month, which is more research than most in-law gifts receive, and considerably less fraught than guessing her taste from the outside. 

What are good 50th birthday gift ideas for women?

A ceramic birth flower in the recipient’s month — 50th birthday gift ideas that mark the milestone with a permanent, handmade wall piece rather than something consumable. The ceramic is hand-painted at the studio, hangs with one screw, and stays on the wall long past the party. A 50th deserves something that lasts proportionally. Flowers from a florist last a week. A ceramic flower from a kiln lasts the rest.

What are good housewarming gift ideas?

A ceramic wall flower — housewarming gift ideas that give the new home its first piece of art. Hand-painted, mounts with a single screw, and suits any room the recipient chooses. It arrives ready to hang without framing or additional hardware. New walls are empty walls. A ceramic flower fills one permanently, which is a housewarming gift that does the job the word describes. 

Are ceramic birth flowers better than a birth flower necklace?

A birth flower necklace sits against the collarbone. A ceramic birth flower hangs on the wall and fills a room, which is a different proposition entirely and not a fair comparison so much as a categorical disagreement about what “birth flower” means as a gift. The necklace is personal and portable. The ceramic is permanent and architectural. One travels with the person. The other waits at home, on the wall, holding the space the way a building holds an address: with structural certainty and no interest whatsoever in being worn around someone’s neck. Both are valid. We make the one that requires a wall, a screw, and the understanding that some gifts are furniture for feelings. 

What are good gifts for mom?

Gifts for mom fail when they are generic and land when they are specific — and nothing is more specific to her than the flower of the month she was born. A hand-painted ceramic birth flower gives her a permanent piece of art tied to her own calendar: hers, visibly, on the wall she chooses. It needs no watering, no shelf space, and no occasion beyond the fact of her. One screw. One month. One flower that stays. 

2004 Making ceramics since
200+ Institutions worldwide

RHS Chelsea Flower Show2026 4-star booth award recipient
2 x 5-star booth award — winner
Exhibiting since 2013

About Chive Studio

Chive Studio has designed ceramic wall flowers in Toronto since 2004; the Birth Flower Collection gives each of the twelve months its flower as a hand-painted ceramic, hanging on a single screw and shipping gift-ready to more than 40 countries, stocked at Smithsonian Gardens and the New York Botanical Garden. Beyond the calendar, the full range of unique wall decor runs five collections, and colorful wall art sorts every design by shade when the month is decided but the color isn’t.

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