Flowers for your Wedding

How to Choose Your Flowers

You should choose your wedding flowers based on the following factors:

1-The formality of your wedding. The more formal the wedding, the more formal the flowers such as formal bouquets, which are traditionally all white and generally one type of flower.

2-The time of day. For an evening wedding, for example, white or brightly colored flowers stand out, especially if the ceremony is held in candlelight.

3-The colors you and the bridal party will be wearing and the color of the table linens. I have had brides actually plan their bridal party colors around the flowers they love.

4-The Season. Flowers in season not only will be the fresher but will last longer and cost less, because they don't have to be shipped from far away.

5-The Interior Design of the wedding site and reception site. A church with a high ceiling, for example, demands taller plants.

6-Whether the site is indoors or out. If you are marrying outdoors, you may need to supplement a blooming spring or summer garden site with only a few flower arrangements here and there and bouquets boutonnieres, and corsages.

7- The unifying theme of your wedding. Are you planning a country-style wedding with baskets overflowing wildflowers and simple bouquets? Or do you favor a traditional formal celebration and see understated elegance carried throughout from attire to decorating? Do you have a color scheme in mind? Or are you considering all white flowers and decorations? Will you have accessory themes? Are you making floral choices based on as much fragrance as on color and texture? If you are having a real theme wedding, you will want flowers and decorations that match the theme.