Rundown on wedding flowers

Here’s a rundown on wedding flowers, covering everything from popular blooms to color palettes, meanings, and seasonal availability. Whether you’re planning for your client an extravagant celebration or an intimate city-hall ceremony, flowers play a significant role in every wedding. As a Hong Kong florist, theses are some points you should consider when guiding the bride and groom.

1. Bouquets

When it comes to bouquets, you have various options to match your style:

• Classic Round: Densely arranged flowers formed into a circle.

• Nosegay: A smaller, tightly packed arrangement, perfect for petite brides.

• Cascading: Loosely gathered with flowers draping downward, often trailing with greenery or ribbons.

• Hand-Tied: Casual and garden-inspired, tied with ribbon or fabric.

Consider bouquets for:

• Bride

• Maid/matron of honor

• Bridesmaids

• Flower girl (mini bouquet)

• Throwaway bouquet

2. Corsages

Elevate wrist corsages by choosing large flowers like gardenias or flat garden roses. Cover the elastic band with a ribbon. Corsages are ideal for:

• Mother of the bride

• Mother of the groom

• Grandmothers

3. Boutonnieres

Move beyond single roses! Boutonnieres now feature flowers paired with elements like seeded eucalyptus, berries, and small fruit. Consider them for:

• Groom

• Best man

• Groomsmen

• Ushers

• Grandfathers

• Ring bearer

4. Ceremony Arrangements

Let ceremony flowers do double-duty at the reception. Transport large arrangements to decorate the reception entryway or buffet table. Think about:

• Altar arrangements

• Aisle markers

• Reception entryway decor

5. Flower Colors and Meanings

• Blues and Purples:

  • Delphinium (also available in white, mauve, and peach)

  • Hydrangea (white, green, blue, assorted pinks)

  • Blue Thistle (prickly but excellent for boutonnieres)

  • Tweedia (sky blue and white)

  • Pansy (ideal for DIY centerpieces)

  • Muscari (grape hyacinths, also in white)

  • Water Lily (aquatic focal bloom)

  • Anthurium (stylish accent flower)

  • Stock (inexpensive filler, various colors)

  • Clematis (graceful star-shaped flower)

6. Seasonal Availability

• In-Season Blooms:

  • Choose flowers available locally during your wedding season for freshness and cost savings.

  • Examples: garden roses, ranunculi, succulents, amaryllis, anemones.

7. Budget-Friendly Options

• Mums and Carnations:

  • Affordable choices for bulk arrangements.

  • Available year-round.

8. Match Flowers to Your Style

• Airy and Garden-Inspired:

  • Clematis, sweet peas, garden roses, and peonies.

• Tropical:

  • Water lilies, anthuriums, and vibrant colors.

Wedding flowers should always reflect your client’s personality, theme, and love story.