The Guardian Angel feast day is October 2.
The liturgical color is white. How could it be anything else? In the gospel, these creatures of light and intellectual clarity are described as clothed in white.
As for church or home devotional flowers for this day, white flowers seem most appropriate. Any bloom available from the list of white flowers in my post on the topic would be good. My own preference would be for white delphinium (above), if available, because it brings to mind not only height and light but motion.
As for prayers, the basic Angel of God prayer would seem to be a must, along with expressions of gratitude for the many years of angelic assistance and petitions for the grace to discern and follow our Guardian's promptings.
But aside from mental conversation with our own Guardian, I think it would be fitting to reflect on what angels are and are not. There is a lot of silliness out there with an emphasis on cherubs and girlish angel images. I do not think those images properly represent these brilliant and powerful beings!
There is a very good article at Tradition in Action that puts this matter in perspective.
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