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Choosing wedding flowers for your special day can be tricky, especially when you don’t know what’s in season! Although, the Winter months are less frequent for wedding floral arrangements. The photos you get when having an outdoor wedding are so magical and elegant! Here are 10 great flower choices to consider when thinking of your Summer wedding flowers
1- ANEMONE
Anemone flowers are so much fun – they come in various color and bloom in winter when an extra splash of color is welcome.
Anemone flowers are sometimes called the windflower. They have medium-long stems and petals that flower in a variety of colors. The petals are small and round and most flower heads have about five or six petals. They keep growing even after they’re cut, but have no scent. Even though, Anemone flowers have a bold and distinctive look, they are actually quite delicate. But the flower is a bit temperamental, and prone to wilting. They need fresh water regularly and will help them last a bit longer.
They are available year round, and spectacular in wedding flower Summer arrangements.
Change water regularly. Anemones are thirsty flowers and so you will have to top up water or better still change it regularly. A change of water will prevent bacterial build up and so will make flowers last longer.
They come in a variety of colors, white, white with black centers, fuchsia, red, wine and purple.
2- RANUNCULUS
Ranunculus, also known as buttercups, are are popular choice in floral arrangements for its delicate rose-like features that fill any bridal bouquet or centerpiece with lovely texture and elegance. They are brightly colored, layers dainty, paper-thin petals, ample blooms and symbolism rooted in love.
The Ranunculus beauty is hard to resist, and why many adore them. The voluminous blooms are long-lasting and can be of different types. Ranunculus come in many varieties. The largest variety is the Ranunculus Clooney Hanoi, with a lovely soft pink and white blooms. Each flower is long-lasting and as beautiful as garden roses and peonies. It opens fully, revealing a green eye at the center.
Overall, Ranunculus comes in a wide variety of colors of white, cream, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, bicolors. They make great boutonnieres, and is perfect for the Summer bouquet!
3- Snapdragon
Snapdragon is grow in spikes, each bursting with tube-shaped flowers which look like puffy lips and come in red, pink, orange, peach, yellow, purple, yellow, and white. Although they may look tough, snapdragons are quite sensitive and should be handled with care. Use a floral preservative, as Snapdragons love sugar prolong their vase life and boost color. Trim the stems every other day and only remove only the leaves that fall below the waterline, otherwise removing them all will stimulate the flowers to fall off. Refresh the water and floral preservative as well. To keep spikes from bending toward the light once in an arrangement, just break off the tips.
4- Garden rose
Roses are known throughout the world as a symbol of love and romance. English garden roses, bloom with masses of pastel roses. If you aren’t fond of the standard rose variety, the Garden Roses are larger and have more petals than standard roses. This gives them a lush, fluffy, similar to that of a Peony. Peonies are often popular wedding flowers, but are generally not available during the summer months, which is prime wedding season.
Garden roses are exquisite, and generally have an abundant amount of petals and open up in a variety of ways. They come in a variety of colors. White, cream, beige, yellow, peach, pink, red, and purple.
Garden roses have a glorious fragrance and the scent is as unmatched. These are our go-to blooms when we are designing for weddings and they take your winter wedding bouquet to the next level and I highly recommend them for floral arrangements.
5- Clematis
Clematis are most known for their beauty as climbing vines, but they will certainly grace your centerpiece and bridal bouquet and I use them a lot! The star-like flowers bloom in a variety of colors of white, pink, red, burgundy, blue or lavender and purple.
With proper care, they can last 2 weeks or longer. Keep them out of direct sunlight, since it will cause the blooms to wither more quickly. Also, make sure they are given fresh water daily.
6- Carnation
Carnations are the 2nd to roses as far as popularity goes for a cut flowers. The flowers have delicate ruffled edges and a sweet and spicy fragrance that is strong but sweet. The flowers will outlast almost any other type of cut flower in arrangements, bouquets, and any other uses for cut flowers. They come in a variety of colors; white, pink, yellow, lavender, beige, peach, purple and red. The smaller variety are great for filler flowers and boutonnieres. With their long stems and extremely long vase life make them an ideal cut flower for any wedding floral arrangement.
7- Astilbe
Astilbe has beautiful spiky clusters of flowers. Flower colors include white, pink, red, and purple. The flowers are stiff, upright stems.
Their leaves and feathery blooms are a great way to add texture and interest to your wedding flower arrangements!
8- standard rose
Roses are the a popular flower and are loved by most. Long-stemmed roses are usually hybrid-tea types that have long dramatic stems with a single large flower and a pointed, tightly wrapped bud before reaching full bloom. Available in hundreds of varieties, come in a ton of color palettes, with the more popular ones being yellow, pink, peach, white, cream and red. Some of my favorite roses to use is the Quicksand rose or a blush or white rose in winter floral arrangements. Allowing them to fully open gives a more dramatic look.
9- lisanthus
The Lisianthus, known as Texas bluebell, Prairie gentian, Poor man’s rose and Lira de San Pedro, is native to the Continental US. The Lisianthus comes in a variety of colors including lavender, peach purple, pink, green, light brown and white.
Lisianthus’ relaxed ruffles make adoring companions or even stand-ins for other flowers with similar shapes. Their lack of fragrance makes them ideal for the allergy-prone. Single-petaled Lisianthus look a lot like tulips and poppies, while double-petaled varieties are similar to a smaller version of roses and peonies.
As the flower opens, the ruffled petals give the flower charm of a wild rose. The multi-branched stems have several buds that open.
Lisianthus offers a unique design that will make any winter arrangement romantic and has pretty long vase life and make excellent corsage and boutonnieres!
10-Stock
Stock is a fragrant, spiky flower. Their double flowers are wide and appear in close clusters of ruffled blooms and fresh, cloves-and-greenery scent and widely used in wedding floral arrangements. They are a texture line flower and give great dimension to your bridal bouquet and other flower arrangements. They come in a wide range of colors, from white, light yellow, peach, pink, lavender, and purple.
In general, a lot of these flowers are available during other seasons, but the most popular for Spring wedding flowers. You can’t go wrong with any of the fun Spring colors that any of the flowers have to offer.