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Planning & Inspiration

The Traditional Meanings of Flowers That You May Not Know

Certainly wedding bouquets contain some of the most beautiful flowers in the world. This is reason enough to want to include them in your floral arrangements. You probably already know that beautiful flowers carry more weight to them than simply being aesthetically pleasing. What you may not know, however, is that some of your favorite flowers carry some intriguing meanings.

From ProFlowers.com:

The Victorian Era ushered in a time of proper etiquette among the upper class in England during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901). Among the many rules and customs, there were expected behaviors that prohibited outright flirtations, questions, or conversations between others.

Although the use of flowers to convey messages had been used in Persia and the Middle East, it was during the Victorian Era and the publication of flower dictionaries explaining the meaning of plants, flowers and herbs, that the tradition began to spread throughout England. Soon it became popular to use flowers to send secretive messages. Though often portrayed to relay positive messages of interest, affection and love, flowers could also send a negative message and at times, the same flower could have opposite meanings depending on how it was arranged or delivered.

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Planning & Inspiration

Types of Wedding Flowers, Part 2

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. We have had a great response to our photos of common types of wedding flowers that we posted the other week and wanted to follow up with some additional information on each type of flower, with some fun facts! Enjoy!

Flower: Manzanita branches

Common names:

Colors: natural red, sandblasted, and assorted spray painted colors.

Natural season: dried, year round.

Fun Fact: There are 106 species of manzanita branches.

 

Flower: Anemone

Common names: wind poppy, wind flower, and lily of the field.

Colors: white, pink, red, mauve, burgundy, red, and purple.

Natural season: autumn and spring.

Fun Fact: the name anemone is derived from the Greek word for wind anemos, hence it’s nickname, the wind flower. Read More

Planning & Inspiration

Types of Wedding Flowers

Sometimes it is hard to share your vision of your wedding flower design ideas with your florist without knowing the names of any flowers. Here is a basic guide to common wedding flowers, so that you can get an idea of the shapes and textures you prefer!

Calla Lilies

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Roses

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Spray Roses

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Garden Roses

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Peonies

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Dahlias

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Hydrangea

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Sweet peas

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Snapdragon

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Carnations

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Anemones

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Tulips

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Freesias

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Gardenias

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Curly Willow

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Ranunculus

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Dendrobium Orchids

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Phalenopsis Orchids

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Cymbidium Orchids

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Gypsophila

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Planning & Inspiration

A Remembrance of Spring

We just got these beautiful photos back from a wedding we did in May. The bride chose a romantic combination of blush pinks and white. Her primary flowers were Peonies which we accented with Stock and Roses. So many brides love Peonies since they are such a soft, romantic bloom. If you are lucky enough to be getting married in May there’s no better choice!