Most Popular Wedding Flowers – 2

Posted on March 21, 2011 by admin

Wedding flowers and there importance is something which is nothing to be discussed because every one knows it very well. In first part of this blog we discussed about few flowers that are most popular among all flowers used in weddings. Here is the list of few more.

Roses:

Among all flowers, roses are the classic one adopted for the weddings. If you will look you will find a mind boggling variety of roses in different colors, shapes and sizes. The very romantic environment is brought to your wedding if you adopt rose wedding theme. Roses are available in variety of colors like:

Red Roses
Pink Roses
Dark Pink Roses
Yellow Roses
Burgundy Roses
Blue Roses
Purple Roses
White Roses
Yellow and Red Roses
Light Pink Roses
Peach Roses
Orange Roses
Black Roses
Green Roses
Lavender Roses

Tulips:

Tulips are widely chosen by many brides as wedding flowers because there is a huge variety of about 500 species available with plenty of colors and availability round the year. Tulips are available in following colors:

Red Tulips
White Tulips
Yellow Tulips
Lavender Tulips
Purple Tulips
Stripped Tulips

Hydrangeas:

Hydrangeas are very elegant and stylish flowers that are becoming very popular with the brides these days. Hydrangeas turn out to be perfect choice in retro or vintage themed weddings. They mix well and easily with other flowers too so it’s easy for you to use Hydrangeas with other flowers if you want to add up. The colors hydrangeas available in are:

Blue Hydrangeas
White Hydrangeas
Lime green Hydrangeas
Purple Hydrangeas
Pink Hydrangeas
Lilac Hydrangeas
Brown Hydrangeas

These were few of the wedding flowers which are very commonly chosen by people. Well it is not necessary at all that you stick to any one flower for your bouquet or centerpieces making it the wedding theme, you can mix up two or three of these flowers that compliment each other well.

Most Popular Wedding Flowers

Posted on March 20, 2011 by admin

Wedding can be said to be gone perfect only when it appears chic and beautiful to the bride and groom and to the guests too. Flowers play a very vital role in the perfection of décor in church and at the reception area both. In a wedding flowers are needed for bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, centerpieces, boutonnieres and over all decoration of the hall. Here is the list of some very commonly used wedding flowers which are often used for setting up the wedding themes too.

Calla Lilies:

Calla lily in white is the most commonly adopted lower for wedding by brides as it sends the message of magnificence and beauty with purity and innocence. Calla lily wedding flowers are not only beautiful; they just ooze a sophisticated elegance that you don’t find in other flowers. There are calla lilies available in variety of sizes and it is not always the larger variety that suits for the bridal bouquets the mini- callas are a good option for a petite bride. Other calla lilies used in flower arrangements and centerpieces are near black callas “schwarzwalder”, mango callas and the bright yellow ones like “golden star”.

Gerberas:

Gerberas turn out to be the best choice because they are available easily round the year and in plenty of colors so the brides more often remain happy with this choice of flowers. Gerberas are also called the gerbera daisies and are the simplest form of flowers. Gerbera daisies are available in shades of following colors:

white
cream
yellow
orange
pink
lilac
purple
red
brown
salmon
bicolor

Orchids:

If you want to go for the robust flowers, that appear delicate than your choice should be the Cymbidium Orchids. Cymbidium Orchids have all the capabilities to make a wonderful bouquet for bride and bridesmaid. These are best in another regard too that they can survive for long easily without water so if you know you’ll be getting late your wedding day this is going to be the perfect choice. These are available in the colors;

white
yellow
pink
pale green

Phalaenopsis orchids are a good choice to bring in an additional wow factor to the flower arrangements.

Keep looking out for the second part of this blog in which you can get to know about more flowers that are used for weddings so you can choose the perfect one for you.

Wedding Flowers & Their Colors

Posted on March 17, 2011 by admin

Wedding is the grandest day in life of any person and the couple getting married that day wants to make everything happen perfectly on this special day. Mostly people adopt some color theme for the wedding and the decorations are than done in accordance to it. Flowers can never be forgotten when it comes to wedding no matter in what part of world it is taking place. Flowers are must to be part of the wedding ceremony. Here is list of some flowers used in wedding of different colors with the meanings as to what message they deliver so you can choose out the perfect ones for your wedding.

Red Wedding Flowers:

A white wedding dress and a red rose’s bouquet always send the perfect message of Romance, passion and sensuality. Other red flowers that people like to consider in their bouquet include:

Anthuriums
Gerberas
Freesias
Tulips
Alstroemeria

For centerpieces and ceremony flowers you can use Amaryllis and Gladioli.

White wedding Flowers:

White wedding flowers are a classic choice for your big day. White symbolizes purity and innocence. If you choose white flowers you can be sure about the perfect match because white mixes well with other colors. Like red roses white roses are also very popular in hand tied bouquets.

Other White flowers used in bouquets are:

Tulips
Lily of Valley
Stephanotis

For centerpieces and other decorations:

Amaryllis
Lisianthus
Lilac
Roses
Tulips
Gladioli
Peony
Anemone
Calla lilies

Pink Wedding Flowers:

If you chose the pink color as theme for your wedding the red, maroon and purple all flowers would make a lovely combination with light and dark pink flowers. The list of pink flowers for bouquets is here:

Pink roses
Pink gerberas
Cymbidium orchid
Tulips,
Nerine
Freesias

For centerpieces mostly the shades of pinks are used with other colors like lilac, whites, and reds. They also appear great with dark green plant material.

Pink gerberas
Cymbidium orchid
Tulips
Nerine
Freesias

Yellow Wedding Flowers:

If you chose yellow as color theme for your wedding it will make all the things go soothing and subtle with a friendly environment. For Bouquet of bride the yellow roses turn out to be the perfect and it is great if the variety called Vanilla sky is found. Other yellow rose’s varieties are sphinx and ilios. On the other hand yellow Tulips also look great in bouquets.

For centerpieces the yellow flowers that work well are:

Lilies
Tulips
Daffodils
Gerberas

There are still many colors left to be discovered, keep your fingers crossed and wait for the next blog.

Wedding Flowers

Posted on December 6, 2010 by admin

Wedding flowers is something without which a wedding is incomplete from decoration and traditional point of view both. Wedding flowers used in decoration for bridal bouquets or in any mean during the wedding set the tone of the day that can provide with a beautiful color theme too. Asian and western wedding are celebrated differently according to religious and regional differences and so does the events and flowers and colors attached to them differ. In western wedding mostly the white, pink and yellow flowers are used for decorations and bridal bouquets. While each day of eastern wedding goes on with a different color a day named Maiyoun or Henna is celebrated before wedding day and the yellow color is associated to these days, for wedding red color that is taken mostly through red roses is chosen and finally the reception day is full of colors sometimes they are bright and vibrant and sometimes the cool tones of lighter shades. So no matter what the place, country or religion is for wedding flowers are something most necessary.

The flowers used in weddings can range from real cut flowers to handmade and home made flowers or even the silk flowers. It completely depends over the choice of celebrating family or decorator. Flowers used in Weddings are generally in form of bouquets for Brides and Bridesmaids, Pomanders, Corsages, Headdresses, thank you bouquets, and cake decorations. For the Groom, Best Man, Groomsmen, Mothers, Grandmothers, and all those in between Flower Corsages, Boutonnieres and Buttonholes are ideal.

Available Wedding Flowers in Different Seasons:

1.   Flowers Available in Every Season:
First of all we’ll get a list of flowers that are easily available whole year round. These flowers include Baby’s Breath, Bachelor’s Button, Calla lilies, Carnations, Delphiniums, Gardenias, Heather, Lily of the valley, Orchids, Proteas, Roses, Scabiosas, etc. A good number of flowers definitely and mostly roses, baby’s breath, Orchids and Lily of the valley are used commonly in weddings all around.

2.   Spring Wedding Flowers:
Spring definitely a season of widest variety of flowers available so here goes the list; Anemones, Bells of Ireland, Boronia, Casablanca Lily, Daffodils, Delphiniums, Hyacinths, Lilacs, Narcissi, Peonies, Ranunculi, Stargazer Lilies, Sweet peas, Tulips, Waxflowers, etc.

3.   Summer Wedding Flowers:
Strangely although spring is season of more flowering but when it comes to wedding flowers particularly you can find more in summers, like; Alstroemerias, Bells of Ireland, Chrysanthemums, English lavenders, Forget me nots, Freesia, Gerbera daisies, Hydrangeas, Irises, Larkspurs, Liatrises, Lilies (Asiatic and Oriental), Lisianthus, Matsumoto Asters, Monte Casino Asters, Queen Anne’s Laces, Snapdragons, Solidastors, Statices, Stephanotis, Stock flowers, Sunflowers, Tuberoses, Yarrows, Zinnias, etc.

4.   Autumn Wedding Flowers:
Few of the wedding flowers are available in autumn and they are Asters, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, Marigolds, Sttices, Zinnias, etc.

5.   Winter Wedding Flowers:
Wedding flowers that you can find in winters are Amaryllis, Anemones, Bells of Ireland, Camellias, Casablanca lilies, Cosmos, Daffodils, Forget me nots, Hollies, Jasmines, Narcissus, Poinsettias, Ranunculus, Stargazer lilies, Stars of Bethlehem, Sweet peas, Tulips, Wax flowers, etc.

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