Wedding and bouquet flowers

Wedding flowers can be arranged for your special day as soon as you have decided on the colours and themes for your wedding. It’s a good idea to coordinate all aspects of your wedding, from the dresses to the invites, from the reception venue to the flowers. The bridal bouquet flowers are the finishing touches to any wedding and creating them with all other aspects of your big day in mind will ensure they create the perfect effect.

Most flowers are now available all year round, although some flowers do have a definite seasonal availability. The most popular flowers for wedding designs are Roses, and these come in a range of colours and sizes, so there is sure to be a colour to compliment your chosen scheme. Red roses are a true romantic favourite and the addition of roses to any of your bouquets will give a classic romantic feel.

Lilys are also a popular choice, and as with roses, these are available in a variety of colours and types. Oriental lilies are available in pinks, whites, creams, cerise and two tone. Asiatic lilys are a smaller headed flower and are available in white, cream, pink, peach, yellow and orange. Calla lilys or Zantedishia lilys are a firm favourite with brides and can achieve a really modern feel. Because of their simple form they are classic bouquet flowers which can make for an exceptionally striking bouquet. They are available in different sizes, and come in cream, white, lemon, pink, peach, purple and orange/gold.

There are two main types of bridal bouquets, hand-tied style and bouquets made into a holder, these can be shower/teardrop styles or posies, or modern designs. Hand-tied bouquets can be over the arm styles, all-round posy styles, trailing waterfall styles and simple, limited flower styles. Either type of bouquets can be the same for the bride and smaller ones for the bridesmaids, or the bride can have a different style bouquet to the bridesmaids.

For the bride’s flowers, it is often popular to include some diamantes, crystals or jewels into some of the flowers, if the bride has such details on her dress, it adds a special detail to the main bouquet. The bridesmaids can also have some included and even the grooms buttonhole, to compliment the other flowers.

Hand-tied bouquets, can be finished with a ribbon bow to match the dresses and flowers, or raffia/ribbon band, or the stems can be bound partway or fully with ribbon, which is very popular, this can be finished with diamante or pearl pin detail.

A key component of wedding flowers, buttonholes are usually provided for the main wedding party, such as groom, best man, ushers, mothers and fathers. These are usually created to compliment the bridal bouquets, with roses and calla lilys being popular choices for these people. Carnations are a good choice for other guests. Some people prefer neutral colours so they will match any outfit, while others prefer their favourite flowers, such as orchids or freesia which can be mixed colours.

Bouquet flowers

Last Update: 3rd April 2007