Thinking about Flowers for Your Big Day? Here Are Some Recommendations from a Wedding Florist

When it comes to your wedding, flowers are just as important as the wedding music, cake, and dress. Wedding flowers are not just mere ornaments. Instead, they symbolize beauty and purity, just like the bride.

That said, the type of flower that you would go with for your wedding day has to be meaningful. It would also be great if the color of the flowers will blend well with the wedding dress as well as the wedding theme.

Finding the perfect flower can be quite a daunting task especially if you don’t know which varieties to consider. To help you with that, here are some flowers that a wedding florist would highly recommend to feature at any wedding. They are lovely. They are elegant. Most of all, they can all be arranged into a lovely wedding bouquet.

Roses

Roses are perhaps the most popular flowers that get featured in weddings. A rose, after all, is a symbol of both love and beauty. What’s great about roses is that they are available in more than 3,000 varieties so you can be sure to find one that’s just perfect for your big day. These flowers come in both single as well as bicolor varieties. You can also choose to go for the tipped roses or striped roses, depending on what goes better for your theme.

For weddings, there are three main types of roses that are often recommended by florists. First are the hybrid tea roses. These are the classic, commercial roses that you would often see at your local flower shop. There are also garden roses that are known to be bushy and have open heads. Meanwhile, spray roses are quite loved for their natural, garden-grown look. This means this kind of rose often has five to ten small heads on each stem.

Calla Lily

Admit it, there’s nothing more dramatic than a simple bouquet of calla lilies accompanying your walk down the aisle. These trumpet shaped blossoms originated from Africa and are said to symbolize magnificent beauty. Generally, there are two types of calla lilies that you can choose from. There’s the large headed variety with the long and smooth stem that’s perfect for use in presentation style bouquets as well as tall floral arrangements. There’s also the miniature variety that’s perfect for boutonnieres, nosegays and yes, wedding bouquets. For weddings, a creamy ivory calla lily is typically preferred. You may want to keep in mind though that they also come in a number of other colors such as mauve pink, orange, dark purple and yellow.

Tulip

As far as flowers go, tulips are one of the most elegant varieties around. They are perfect to feature at weddings since they symbolize happy years together as well as “consuming love.” Tulips are easy to work with since they are quite versatile and can be used in wedding bouquets, table arrangements and boutonnieres. They also come in a wide array of colors so that you can surely find one that would match the wedding dress and theme. In fact, if you are looking for light colored flowers, tulips come in peach, pink, and yellow. But if you want something that’s more vibrant, you can opt for tulips in red, purple or magenta shades.

Rannunculus

If you happen to be on a budget, one good alternative to roses is the rannunculus. Symbolizing charm and attractiveness, this mildly scented flower variety has been growing in popularity across weddings for good reason. For starters, it can be easily used in wedding bouquets, nosegays and boutonnieres. There’s also a wide variety of colors that you can choose from, including pink, orange, yellow and white.

Consider these types of flowers for your wedding. If you’re having a hard time choosing which one you like best, go with the one that holds the most meaning for you and your future spouse. Say, with the flower that he gave you on your first date. Meanwhile, you can also ask your florist about the possibility of making an arrangement out of a few of them so that choosing won’t be so hard.

Sources:

Ranunculus Flower: Its Meanings & Symbolism, flowermeaning.com

Significance and meaning of wedding flowers, easyweddings.com.au

10 Tried-And-True Wedding Flowers (and Why They’re Great), theknot.com