Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wedding Flowers

The Flowers will be one of the most photographed details of your wedding, so it's important to pick wedding centerpieces and wedding bouquets that truly fit your wedding style.

What’s hot now in wedding flowers and wedding decorations?
  
Less is more.
Gone are the days of floral arrangements adorned with excess filler flowers. Today’s brides opt for a more natural look to their wedding flowers.


Bold Colors.
Gone are the days of adhering to light pastels and muted shades in wedding decorations. Today’s brides are opting for bold and interesting pairings of colors in their wedding flowers and floral schemes. Not afraid of mixing purples and orange’s, the post-millennium color palette is expanding.

  
More than flowers.
One of the hot trends in wedding flowers is arrangements that include fruits, herbs and even veggies as a  fun approach. Their naturally vibrant colors coincide with the daring color trend.
Wood is also grate for inspiration.



Flowers should be arround 10% of your budget.
If you’re getting married around a holiday ,when your designer will not just be busy, but flower prices will be quite high or if you want particular flower that doesn’t happen to be in season you probably going to spend more. Unless you have some room in your budget be prepared to compromise somewhere along the line.



Give yourself some time to choose before booking.
It’s good to start research on your florists early, at least six months before your event.


Before choosing the flowers you want you shoud choose your wedding color palette. What type of wedding do you want? From casual and rustic to formal and glamorous,you need to find flowers acording youre style.

Here’s an overview of some great flowers and fillers to use for your reference.
 


Italian Ruscus
A widely used greenery filler.




Bells of Ireland
A great filler with a fantastic green shade and a lot of interesting shape and texture.





Craspedia
A ball-shaped  filler that adds interest and color to any bouquet.





Hypericum Berry
A fantastic and trendy filler that works double time.





Lily of the Valley
A flower that is increasingly used alone in multiples in simple modern bouquets.
Its bell shaped white flowers are elegant and delicate. It has a sweet fragrance.



Peony
The flower has a sweet fragrance and romantic look, making it an incredibly popular wedding flower.
The peak season is late spring and early summer.




Lisianthus
The flower body comes in two forms: single and double.




Orchid
They haveelegance and graphic simplicity. Orchids make a great accent for destination
and summer weddings, though they have no limited season availability.




Dahlia
The dahlia comes in a wide variety of colors, pinks, purples, reds, oranges and yellows.
They are in season during mid to late summer.




Gardenia
Usually comes in a shade of white or a very pale yellow.
The peak season of these flowers is mid-spring through mid-summer.





Freesia
Freesia comes in a variety of pinks, purples, reds, as well as orange, yellow, and white.




Hyacinth
A flower with many blooms in red, pink, white, orange, yellow, violet, or blue.




Gerbera Daisy
A great flower for a more casual bouquet.
Gerbera daisies come in  yellow, orange, pink, red, and white.




Hydrangea
They can add a lot of texture to a bouquet.
They come in red, blue, purple, and pink.



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