Wedding Flower Ideas

At most formal weddings, wedding flowers are carried, worn or used as wedding reception centrepieces - with a common theme, each arrangement complementary to each other.

There is no doubt that the bridal bouquet is the most important floral item of all the bridal flowers.

For after viewing the formal dresses of the bride and her bridesmaids, it is the bouquets of wedding flowers the ladies carry with them that the wedding guests notice next.

Then there are the flowers the other members of the wedding party are wearing as corsages or on their lapels – the groom and his attendants and the mothers and fathers of the bride and groom. But the greatest number of flowers ordered for the average formal wedding will be as decorations for the church and reception hall.

As far as possible, there should be a common theme with all the wedding flowers, at least with colour and type.

Many brides base their bridal bouquet ideas and preferences for wedding reception décor on their personal preferences if they have favourite flowers or a favourite colour. But they can be disappointed if they cannot get exactly what they had wanted.

For a start, flowers are seasonal with the most colourful varieties available in Spring and Summer. Brides often aim for those seasons, not only because of the more favourable weather but also because of the greater choice of wedding flowers for their bridal bouquets and the wedding center pieces.

While many brides leave the nitty gritty of wedding flower bouquets and arrangements up to the florist or reception house, most still want to have a say as much as their knowledge allows.

Colour seems to be the main concern for brides as flowers have to either match or complement the dresses of the bride and bridesmaids, and not clash with the groom's and groomsmens' outfits.

The Wedding Flowers Bouquet is the first concern for the bride and her bridesmaids for no matter how informal the wedding, even if it is a civil service, brides usually carry some sort of flower arrangement.

The word used a lot here is complementary, that is, fitting in or matching or at least not clashing with the dresses or the bride.

The bride pays a lot of attention in choosing the colour and design of her maids' dresses, in consultation with the girls, and those choices take into account the shape and colouring of the girls.

Likewise, the design and colour of the bride's dress, if white is not chosen. But often brides do not take into account their compatibility with their floral arrangement – especially when it comes to size,- for bigger is not necessarily better.

A wedding flower bouquet should not overpower the bride or her dress. The dress is the main feature and flowers should complement,not take over.

If a bride is petite, she should go with a small arrangement, such as a bridal posy of wedding flowers.

Flowers most suitable for a wedding posy are miniature roses, which come in an array of colours from reds to pinks, yellows, orange and white, as welll as hebe, daisies and freesias.

For taller brides, larger arrangements – either in width or length – would be more suitable. But do not let the flowers detract from the dresses of the bride or bridesmaids.

Colours should not clash with the maids' dresses – or the bride's, even if she wears white. So, what would conflict with white? Well, white would. That is because there are many subtle shades of this non-colour which you do not realise until you put two different whites together.

You may think you have a pure white wedding dress and it will look that way to other people, but a bouquet of white flowers, or predominantly white flowers, can show up the dress to be a cream or even greyish version of white. So, if you want any white flowers in your arrangement, have other colours dominate and put the white flowers in the middle of the bridal bouquet.

As for wedding reception decorations, white flowers are fine, although a mixture of colours that complement the bridesmaids' dresses also brighten up the tables.

So, colour, shape and availability are what mostly rules a bride's choice of flowers but there also is another factor – the meanings of flowers, for the truly romantic woman.