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Mother's Day in Bangkok: jasmine on 12 August, lilies and roses in hand
Mother's Day in Bangkok falls on 12 August, the birthday of the late Queen Mother Sirikit, and after her death in October 2025 the cabinet kept the date as a yearly public holiday and National Mother's Day. The flower of the day is jasmine: mothers receive malai garlands strung from it. The bouquet that arrives beside a garland is put together from lilies, roses and hydrangea.
Jasmine for the day, lilies and roses for her vase
Jasmine itself is not in the catalogue here: it stays with the garland, strung and given by hand, and a bouquet is a separate gift that arrives alongside it rather than instead of it. What does fill the vase on Mother's Day in Bangkok is a mix drawn from lilies, sometimes paired with gerbera, hydrangea, lisianthus and roses in red and white.
Among the roses, two names stand out: eleven red French roses in one hand-tied bunch, and fifteen French roses called Jumilia. Here "French" refers to how the bloom is finished rather than to its variety, with outer petals bent back by hand to open the flower further than it would manage alone. On Jumilia that finish sits over a bud with a white base and a pink edge, one that holds in a vase for close to two weeks with daily care.
Two flowers worth ruling out belong to other occasions entirely. Lotus is kept for temples and offerings rather than for a gift at home, and tuberose is associated with funerals in Thailand. Neither suits a Mother's Day bouquet, whatever else is in it.
A box or a pot she can leave standing as it came
Thai custom has the gift offered with the right hand and, more often than not, opened only once the giver has gone. A format that does not need unwrapping and arranging into a vase suits that moment better than loose stems do.
A hat box or a basket of French roses or mixed blooms answers that need directly: both stand on a table as they arrive, stems already set in soaked foam, nothing to cut or arrange. The pot called Stefania works the same way from the other direction, as something that keeps going once the day itself is over. Whichever format she gets, the foam inside a box wants a thin stream of water over its whole surface every day, and the box itself is never tilted to one side.
Bangkok's heat and air-conditioned rooms are worth a thought before ordering, and flowers in Bangkok covers what that means for a bouquet indoors.
A foil heart balloon or a card beside the bouquet
On 12 August, Bangkok's busiest day for flowers, booking a few days ahead is what keeps a slot open on the flower delivery page.
A card or a balloon can go alongside the flowers, and that is where the real choice sits once the bouquet itself is picked. A card is free and can be signed or left blank. A helium balloon, including a foil heart, goes in at checkout as a balloon or a card. The foil balloon holds helium for several days, the latex version for about half a day.
For Mother's Day in Bangkok, a first choice comes down to roses for their colour, a box for a hotel room or an office desk, and a basket for a house where it can simply stand on the table.