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Top 47 Flower Tattoos for Guys [2022 Inspiration Guide]

Top 47 Flower Tattoos for Guys [2022 Inspiration Guide]

  • Next Luxury / Style, Tattoo Ideas
  • by — Jono Elderton

Flower Tattoos

When it comes to flower tattoos for men, illustrated men of the past might have dismissed them as being a staple of femininity in tattoo art. However, the truth is that gender stereotyping in the world of ink is being obliterated daily – we don’t care if you’re a man or woman as long as you rock cool tattoos.

The latest flower tattoo design ideas are often masculine in meaning and inspiration, which is why they’re a focal point for the 50+ best tattoo ideas. With all sorts of different plants available to help in creating your inspirational tattoo design, each flower can be a distinctive bloom of beautiful significance.

Read on for a selection of 47 awesome flower tattoo design ideas that can help you decide on your next tattoo.

1. Lotus Flower Tattoo Ideas

This lotus flower tattoo design on the upper arm is done in black and gray with some tribal patterns and incorporated into a bigger piece of body art.

Flower Tribal Tattoo Designs For Arms For Men On Sleeve

A full sleeve Japanese style tattoo with lotus flowers as the focal theme includes geometrical patterns contoured and unshaded, filled and shaded, given a hint of color, and then brought to life in various sizes and forms. This exquisite sacred flower emerges from a murky pond. Lotus flower tattoos are known to symbolize purity, truth, faith, harmony, and spiritual awakening.

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2. Chrysanthemum Tattoo Design

A black and gray Japanese flower tattoo for guys. This is the chrysanthemum, the king of flowers in Japanese culture, taking centerstage.

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3. Peony Tattoo Ideas

For the sportsman who wants to immortalize his playing number on his arm with a tattoo, with added details such as maple leaves and peonies, this flower tattoo idea can be explored.

The peony flower is believed to be named after Paeon, the Greek physician of the gods. This flower symbolizes healing and protection for the athlete or even just for the regular dude who loves to dabble in sports every now and then.

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This beautiful flower design for guys in Japanese-inspired tattoo art is centered on a blooming peony in purple and red, with its leaves serving as a background. This is a neck tattoo taking on a delicate and beautiful subject matter which is perfect for its placement. The peony is a symbol of good fortune, wealth, and prosperity in Japanese mythology.

Flower Tattoos On Men

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4. Black and Gray Flower Sleeve Tattoo Design

An ethereal black and gray floral tattoo design hugging the lower arm is exquisitely beautiful and must have taken quite a long time to complete. The contrast and definition of this illustration have been softened to give the flowers a delicate personality.

Men's Flower Tattoos

The delicate rosebud adds a hint of warmth to this navigation piece in muted black and gray ink. I like the white flower ink flourishes used to help round out the design. This theme is usually done for safe passage. A flower detail is added to the compass to give tribute to the women in the family and their sacrifices while their partners are away.

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5. Cherry Blossom Tattoo Art

Known as “sakura” in Japanese, the cherry blossom represents beauty and serves as a constant reminder of how fragile life can be. The blooms are short-lived, lasting only around two weeks before these fall from the trees.

Men's Chest Flower Tattoos

The extremely charming cherry blossoms spread out in this half sleeve Japanese tattoo design. This is a water piece combined with this gentle flower in a powerful and vibrant piece of body art.

Men's Ocean Half Sleeve Flower Tattoo

This Japanese flower tattoo design features cherry blossoms scattered throughout the leg with an inclusion of the tiger at the base. This pink and yellow flower, which blooms during springtime in Japan, is important and an integral part of their culture.

The cherry blossom is celebrated in Japan, with the people holding picnics under the trees while the blooms last. A cherry blossom tattoo is often used to pair off with any masculine tattoos to provide harmony since “sakura” is also a symbol of femininity and grace.

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6. Linework Flower Tattoos

If you prefer minimalist floral tattoos, the linework style could work for you. There’s nothing simple about line art, though. It takes a skilled tattoo artist to ink clear precise lines, especially for floral tattoos with intricate designs.

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7. Color Japanese Flower Tattoo Art

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Flower Sleeve Tattoos For Men

This is a fully inked sleeve that extends to the hand and features the portrait of a woman in black and gray interpretation. This is a popular concept to immortalize a memory through a portrait tattoo surrounded with various flower details to give it a garden vibe. Skulls were added to this tattoo art to add to its mournful theme.

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This is a cool tattoo sleeve and chest tattoo combination in the Japanese style. I like the use of solid gray ink given a touch of brightening by softly colored pink “sakura.” The colorful “hannya” mask and skull on each side of the chest work fantastically in contrast to the bright flowers.

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8. Rose Tattoo Art

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This is a stunning watercolor tattoo of a stylized interpretation of the skull and a single red rose. It is always interesting to encounter contrasting themes, wherein one symbolizes beauty while the other has a dark meaning and symbolizes death. The flower can be an offering to a loved one who has moved on. This is a subtle way of viewing the meaning of this beautiful shoulder tattoo.

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A gorgeous piece of vibrant rose tattoos on the shoulder extending until the upper back of the canvas. It is a stunning illustration of roses, with the leaves serving as the background. The delicately shaded petals blend seamlessly with the rest of the artwork. 

Shoulder Flower Tattoos For Men

This is a dark piece of a flower tattoo for guys featuring the delicate rose in black ink and muted beige tones for contrast.

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The red rose is widely considered a symbol of enduring love and beauty. For a gentleman to wear roses on his forearm means it is his symbol of balance. In this creation, red is celebrated as the chosen color for the couple of roses which could mean passionate love for a woman or the women he holds dear in his heart.

Red Rose Flower Tattoos For Men

The key to this piece of body art is the hand tattoo aspect. It’s a classic black and gray style piece, given a more unique cast by its placement on the hand. Hand tattoos are becoming more popular; however, if you have some misgivings about a permanently visible piece, I can recommend the use of a temporary tattoo as a means to test out the idea before fully committing to it.

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In this piece, the heart is superimposed with a fully blossomed rose in deep blushing pink with a few crimson red contours. This tattoo has a dark theme vibe surrounding this delicate flower taking into consideration the black background. This must have a personal and emotional meaning to the wearer.

Men's Forearm Flower Tattoos

The beautiful fully blossomed rose, featured solo, looks haunting and chilling as the red tone chosen for this piece is closely similar to the color of the blood. Thorns are known to be a distinct and unique added feature of roses. Oftentimes, it is regarded as a sacrifice, which could mean that attaining or maintaining beauty entails an equal amount of sacrifice.

Same thing in life. Every form of success is a corresponding amount of challenges. This is a picture perfect inkwork that reveals the deep commitment of the tattoo artist to his craft.

Multi-Color Rose Flower Tattoo Ideas For Men

Flower Tattoo Ideas For Men

9. Japanese Style Black and Gray Tattoo

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A sweet flower-themed bicep, chest, and shoulder tattoo. The central themes are the hannya mask and the Buddha image on the upper arm; however, the work is tied together by the supporting designs of a lotus flower and waves in negative space.

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Flower Tattoo FAQs

What are the most popular flower tattoo ideas?

A selection of the most popular flower tattoo inspiration for men includes:

  • Rose ink
  • Lotus flower
  • Cherry blossom
  • Peony
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Poppies

Roses. The rose is a symbol adorned for powerful men – soldiers, sailors, even athletes, wear rose tattoo for immortal love, passion, romance and sexuality. In Tarot, the playing cards of the 15th century, it symbolizes hope and new beginnings.

Lotus flower. The lotus which has ties to the Hindu religion as “Padma”. It’s eight petals represent purity, though some associate them with enlightenment through knowledge and a deep understanding for life. You’ll notice most designs feature different colors including white, blue, purple, pink, and red to fulfill a different purpose.

Cherry blossoms. Also known as Sakura the cherry blossom is a take on a Japanese style and culture. They are referred to as “Mono no aware”. The plant itself has a brief bloom, with delicate flowers that are carried along by the wind before touching the ground.

Peony. The Peony is believed to be named after Paeon, the Greek physician of the gods. This flower symbolizes healing and protection nd is popular within a variety of different tattoo styles

Chrysanthemum. The Chrysanthemum flower that is often associated with Japanese style too. It signifies cheerfulness, simplicity, and fulfillment. However, it also plays a role in Chinese culture and is given during times of congratulations and best wishes.

Poppies. After WWI, the disturbed soil of battlefields and trenches across northern France and Belgium could be seen growing wild with poppy flowers. As they sprang up so do a new meaning; poppy flowers would become a symbol to commemorate the fallen.

Can men have flower tattoos?

David Beckham, a global celebrity and former superstar football player who is adorned with iconic tattoos dedicated to his religion, family and career. This hunk of a man added a rose to his growing collection of tattoos on his neck right above a dedication, “Pretty Lady”, then underneath it says, “Harper”. A love offering for his daughter.

Adam Levine, People’s magazine 2013 Sexiest Man Alive, has a sleeve tattoo decorated with flowers on both arms. One is dedicated to his mom, the other arm dedicated to his craft. It is manly to be inked with flowers. It can be the main theme or subject matter or perhaps will serve ornamental to the main subject, it is a versatile and meaningful symbol that a man should explore.

Can a guy get a rose tattoo?

It is certainly cool for a guy to be tattooed with a single gorgeous rose or a bouquet of them. He can even customize it according to the color of his choice, whichever is more meaningful to him. He can choose a dark red or black or a combination of both. He can even be more adventurous and select the trendy blue rose. It is up to him and tattoo artist to collaborate on the design and symbolic meaning of his tattoo.

A rose added with thorns, one of its unique and identifiable features, brings forth the balance of life. Success and sacrifice, beauty and pain, love and hate, happy and sad, to name a few life’s amazing contradictions.

The aesthetic beauty of rose flower is certainly appealing enough for the gentlemen who would like to pay homage to his partner. It is a thrilling concept to get a micro, minimalist tattoo of a rose placed somewhere it can be hidden so as not to catch unnecessary attention, if this is an issue for whatever reason, dedicated to his lover. Romance is a classic, universal and undying theme.

Did you enjoy these floral tattoo examples? If you are keen to discover other popular tattoos for men click on the links below for more cool tattoos:

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Jono Elderton

Writer

Jono writes about booze and tattoos for Next Luxury, having spent nearly two decades experiencing both in a variety of situations around the globe.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing from Deakin University.

Jono writes about booze and tattoos for Next Luxury, having spent nearly two decades experiencing both in a variety of situations around the globe.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing from Deakin University.

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