Saturday, November 1, 2008

Wedding Flowers ideas


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No wedding is complete without the wedding flowers and in this post I am going to tell you lots of wedding flowers ideas and tips.

As far as wedding flowers go you can have flowers which are based on the season win which you are having the wedding namely the

Fall wedding flowers or the autumn wedding flowers
Summer wedding flowers and the spring wedding flowers.

The fall colors are much deeper in hue and mostly are in deep red or orange.

In fact based most colors are based on the fall foliage that you see in the area. Most colors in the fall will be deep reds, copper and gold.

The best flowers for the fall season are the calla lilies and of course the whites can work in any season be it winter or summer.

If you are planning a wedding and are on a budget the go for the budget silk wedding flowers and if that you want a little more better quality then go for the pink or white silk wedding flowers. The best part is that they can be vey much easily preserved than fresh flowers.

The wedding flowers are needed for three or four different types of things which are the wedding bouquets, the wedding centerpieces, bridal bouquets as well as the boutonnieres.
Next comes the best wedding color combinations and these can be vary depending upon your style and kind of theme you are selecting for the wedding.

Of course as far as the color of the wedding flowers goes the most favorite colors of the wedding flowers are

Pink flowers

Red flowers

Orange flowers

Blue wedding flowers

Green flowers

Yellow flowers

Purple flowers

White flowers

You can actually select some different colors too for wedding flowers but the problem with that is that these then become like custom colors and the florist can charge you a lot more than the usual cost of the flowers. So if you are looking for wedding flower ideas then make sure that you do not go very much crazy about whacky ideas as that adds to the cost.

Then the next wedding flower idea is to select the flower which should be the main flower of the wedding and my list of the most commonly used blooms is

Stock
Sunflower
Alstroemeria
Bouvardia
Calla Lily
Camellia
Zinnia
Carnation
Chrysanthemum
Cockscomb
Parrot Tulip
Peony
Cornflower
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Iris
Lily of the Valley
Lisianthus
Orchid
Dahlia
Daisy
Ornithogalum
Phlox
Queen Anne's Lace
Ranunculus
Rose
Scabiosa
Stephanotis
Amaryllis
Anemone
Sweet Pea
Tuberose
Tweedia
Veronica
Cosmos
Daffodil
Delphinium
Dutch Tulip
Freesia
French Tulip
Gardenia
Gerbera
Gladiolus

You can pick the wedding flowers out of the above list if you like or the florist can help you get some designer species or hybrid special varieties of flowers. I would suggest that you should actually go with the seasonal variety or the most commonly used varieties as otherwise the cost of wedding flowers can be very much.

Also make sure that you have the contract with florist properly worded so that he is does not charge something outside the contract.

As a wedding flower idea it is best not get bogged down by the variety but it should be delicate balance between your dreams and the budget and the flowers availability.