Home » Wedding Ideas » Flowers
Wedding Flowers
Often it doesn’t occur to us till the last moment that how important the flower bouquet is. The bridal bouquet will remain the centerpiece of attraction just like the bride herself. But the prevalent assumption is that you can simply pick and choose the wedding flowers at the last moment. But, it is needless to say that it is completely a bad idea. Flowers are of greater significance than simply being carried by the bride. That is why it is often said-‘say it with flowers’.
Different wedding flowers have different significance and they are often said to bring in either good luck or bad omen. Since you would definitely don’t want your wedding to be clouded by the wrong choice of flowers you would be interested in reading through the write-up.
Wedding flowers and their different meanings
Wedding flowers aren’t just item of decoration rather different flowers carry different meanings. For a long time lovers have used roses to carry messages to their sweethearts. The tradition of sending flowers to women by their lovers can be traced back even before the time history was written. Flowers therefore carry a message with them.
Ever since the Victorian era wedding flowers became significant for wedding ceremonies. It was a very conservative time and it was then considered improper of a man to confide a woman about his feelings towards her openly. Flowers then became the mode of conveying message. People then started sending flowers carrying special messages. It became so popular that the recipients too had no difficulties in understanding the messages carried by the flowers.
Roses
Roses were always associated with love. Different colors of the flower is said to carry different meanings. Red rose is always a symbol of love. When a man presents a red rose to a woman she immediately understands his feelings towards her. Roses therefore make a great choice for bridal bouquet.
Different colors of roses have different meanings
A white rose is a sign of innocence, beauty and purity that every bride wants to portray on her wedding day. Scarlet roses send the message of passion and love and the bride carrying red roses down the aisle wants to send the same message to her love. Ivy colored roses are known to convey the message of fidelity and bonding. It shows the promise of staying truthful to each other.
Pink roses symbolize thankfulness and couple carrying pink roses want to convey their thanks for finding each other in their lives. Roses of other colors too are favorite choices of brides. They also convey messages of love and passion.
Tulip
Tulip is a beautiful flower and it grows in abundance in cold climatic regions. Tulips grow in great amount in countries like Netherlands, North America and Australia. If you are having a spring wedding, you can choose tulips safely for your wedding bouquet. They come in wide range of colors- red, white and yellow are the most common colors. This beautiful flower wouldn’t only look good on the bouquet but would also convey your feelings towards the man of your life. Tulip promises of everlasting love and commitment. Red tulip is said to reflect pure love.
Daisies
Another popular choice of wedding flowers is daisies. The brilliant white and yellow combination depicts innocence and purity. Daises are known to bring smile on one’s lips. Although not many brides choose daisy on their wedding but it can make an excellent choice for wedding flower if you know that you are letting your partner know how true and pure your love is for him.
Daisies make excellent choice for summer weddings since it seems to reflect the cheerful mood of a bright summer day.
Calla lilies
Calla Lilies have got their name from the Greek word Kallos, which means beauty. Calla Lilies represent grace and beauty. Since early time it has been chosen by the bride who wants to mark the event with gracefulness. Lilies show sophistication and sincerity and decorating with calla lilies would let you create an ambience incomparable in elegance and sophistication.
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemums can make excellent wedding flowers. They are available in a wide range of vibrant colors. One can find many citing of the flower in the early texts and scriptures of different cultures. It is a common believe that petals of chrysanthemum symbolizes perfection. Hence, brides choose chrysanthemum as a promise for a perfect marriage.
Lilies
White lilies are the symbol of chastity and virtue. They were also the sign of Virgin Mary’s purity. As the different varieties of lilies become popular different meanings were also associated with them. Peruvian lilies represent friendship and devotion. The white stargazer lilies and pink stargazer lilies represent sympathy and prosperity respectively. Hence, lilies can be easily associated with the true meaning of a wedding association.
Orchid
In the recent time orchid has become really popular with the wedding bouquets. Even the wedding bouquet of Lady Diana contained orchid. Orchids are known to expresses beauty in general. However, different orchid has different meaning and are used in weddings to express different sentiments.
The flower of orchid signifies magnificence. In the Victorian era orchid was the symbol of luxury and splendor. It is also said to be the flower of 14th anniversary as a reminder of pure and uninterrupted affection.
Today wedding bouquets come in a wide range of choices. The florists have made wedding bouquets a leading fashion trend. Wedding bouquets can have one flower or a pleasant mix of several different flowers. It can contain the favorite flower of the bride as well. Some of the popular bouquet styles are-
The Posy Bouquet: The posy bouquet is round and small and very basic in its design. There are two popular forms of posy bouquet- one is lose and unstructured and the other is tightly wired.
The Nosegay Bouquet: A small bouquet that contains both flowers and ferns. Often the bouquet is designed on a tussie-mussie or a small metal vase. It was a popular wedding bouquet design during the Victorian time and is still popular.
The Biedermeier Bouquet: The Biedermeier bouquet has got a European influence where the flowers are tightly wired in a careful arrangement. Often the Biedermeier bouquet has a flower arrangement of two or more flowers.
The Arm Sheaf Bouquet: The arm sheaf bouquet became popular by the 90s. In the bouquet long stemmed flowers are arranged which the bride carries on her arm. It also became popular as Bernhardt bouquets after the name of the actress Sarah Bernhardt.
The arm sheaf flower can be arranged as single ended with the stems showing or double ended with no stems showing. Often the flowers are held together with ribbons and tulles. The common choices of flowers for arm sheaf bouquets are- calla lilies, gladiolus, orchids, delphiniums, long-stemmed roses and larkspur.
The Cascading shower: Probably the most popular example of the cascading style bouquet was the one of Lady Diana’s on her wedding. In this bouquet the flowers are arranged in a form to give it an appearance of a flowing stream. It was a popular flower arrangement during the Edwardian era and was popularized by Diana. The flowers used on her bouquet were- Gardenias, Stephanotis, Freesia, Odontoglossum Orchid, Earl Mountbatten Roses, Lily of the Valley, Ivy, Tradescantia, Veronica and Myrtle. Even today many brides prefer to have an extravagant cascading flower bouquet on their weddings.
The Crescent Bouquet: The crescent bouquet takes the shape of a half moon. The flowers are given the half moon arrangement with the use of a wire. Flowers of distinct patterns, colors are used to prepare the crescent bouquet. Orchid is a favorite choice of flower for this type of bouquet. Often ribbons, fern leaves and tulles are used for decoration.
Wedding bouquet: Factors to consider
Choosing the flower bouquet for your wedding isn’t as easy as it sounds. There are many factors to keep in mind while choosing the wedding bouquet. Some of the important factors are-
- Choice of florist
- Availability of florist in your wedding location if you are getting married away from home.
- Budget
- Wedding dress- the bouquet must match in color, shape and size of your wedding dress.
Many people tend to put off the idea of choosing the wedding flower till the last moment. But you may avoid doing so since it is not as easy as to pick a flower on the first sight. There are so many factors to consider from the type of flowers to the mix of flowers, design, florist and so on and so forth. Further, there are things to consider on how to decorate the wedding venue, the entrance, and the bouquets that bridesmaids and flower girls will carry. Since you will not want anything to dampen your spirit on that especial day, order for your wedding bouquet well in advance to avoid last minute inconveniences. Let your choice of wedding flower convey your true feelings.
Articles
COMMENTS