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Graduation in Bangalore: flowers in colour, passed with the right hand
At graduation in Bangalore, a gift, flowers included, is handed over with the right hand or with both, and the price tag comes off before it ever reaches anyone's palm. So the bouquet is chosen first for colour and for a size that is easy to take and pass on, and then for what goes home to the family.
Lavender, peach or mixed roses: a graduation bouquet in colour
In India bright colours suit a festive occasion, and a graduation bouquet follows the same rule rather than fading into the background. The rose counts among the country's festive flowers, which is why roses are the natural base of a graduation bouquet here.
Lavender is the first colour to try. The 11 Lavender Spray Roses keep it compact and light, while the 15 Peony Lavender Roses are peony-shaped, a look that most often comes from David Austin's English varieties and similar roses.
Peach tones and mixed roses are the second path, for a graduate who would rather skip lavender altogether. One combination is worth avoiding on its own: lilies, chrysanthemums and white roses are linked with mourning in India, so a bouquet kept entirely white needs a second colour mixed through it.
Since a gift passes from hand to hand, a compact bouquet is easier to take and hand over at the ceremony than a large arrangement that needs both arms to carry.
Spray roses answer that brief: several small heads on one stem keep the bouquet light without making it look thin. A small bouquet of spray roses is one example of that format.
Lilies need a separate word of warning. Their pollen stains light fabric in a mark that is hard to lift, so once a lily opens, pull the anthers off before it goes near a pale kurta or sari. If fresh pollen has already landed on the cloth, lifting it off with tape works; rubbing does not.
Each bouquet is made to order and photographed before the courier sets off, and that photo is also the point to ask for a different size.
After the ceremony: flowers that wait at home in Bangalore
What goes home to the family doesn't need to survive being carried through a crowd, so a box, a basket or a floral handbag suits that trip better than a hand-tied bunch. The 25 Mixed Roses in a Box needs no hands to carry it, and a basket stands on a table or a shelf without needing a vase.
For the longest life in a vase afterwards, the 51 Jumilia in Airy Wrapping is the pick. Its buds open up to seven centimetres across, white at the base and pink along the edge. With good care they last up to two weeks in a vase, while most roses last about a week.
Bangalore's heat and rain change how long any of this lasts indoors, and how to order from abroad is explained on the flowers in Bangalore page. Graduation flower delivery in Bangalore is free to the city centre and charged at a fixed rate to other zones, with the amount shown before payment goes through; see the delivery terms.
A first choice for graduation in Bangalore often starts with colour: roses cover most of the lavender-to-peach range on their own. Where a single bloom feels calmer than a mix, mono bouquets keep to one flower from start to finish. For the trip home, flowers in boxes and flower baskets both travel without needing a hand free to hold them.