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.

 

Flower: Curly Willow

Common names:

Colors: natural and assorted spray painted colors.

Natural season: year round.

Fun Fact: commonly used as décor for homes, corporate events, and weddings.

 

Flower: Phalaenopsis Orchids

Common names: moth orchid

Colors: white, pink, lavender, and yellow.

Natural season: late spring and summer.

Fun Fact: there are about 60 species of phalaenopsis orchids, and over 50 man made hybrids.

 

Flower: Dendrobium Orchids

Common names: Singapore orchid.

Colors: white, pink, lavender, yellow, and lime.

Natural season: spring

Fun Fact: the dendrobium orchid is actually a hybrid variety of the gorgeous vanda orchid.

 

Flower: Mokara Orchids

Common names:

Colors: yellow, orange, red, purple, and pink.

Natural season: spring and fall.

Fun Fact: Mokara orchids are a hybrid of arachnis, ascocentrum and vanda orchids.

 

Flower: Stephanotis

Common names: wax flower, and Madagascar chaplet flower.

Colors: white.

Natural season: spring, summer, and early autumn.

Fun Fact: the light and delicate stephanotis flower is native to Madagascar and its name is derived from the Greek words for crown of ears.

 

Flower: Gardenia

Common names: cape jasmine.

Colors: white.

Natural season: late spring and summer.

Fun Fact: this divine smelling flower is native to China and some varieties are also native to South Africa.

 

Flower: Cymbidium Orchid

Common names:

Colors: white, pink, red, orange, yellow, cream, lime, purple, mauve, and several other varieties.

Natural season: from late summer in hothouses, from winter to late spring in natural conditions.

Fun Fact: cymbidiums have been cultivated for thousands of years, especially in ancient China.

 

Flower: Gypsophila

Common names: baby’s breath, and million stars.

Colors: pink and white.

Natural season: spring, summer, and early autumn.

Fun Fact: this flower is native to Eastern Europe, and has made a huge comeback in floral wedding décor.

 

Flower: Chrysanthemum

Common names: painted daisy, pockets, mums, buttons, Paris daisy, and spider mum.

Colors: a wide variety of colors.

Natural season: autumn and early winter.

Fun Fact: the Chinese cultivated this flower in 500 BC. it was thought to have many powers, and was used for headache ailments, festive drinks, and for salads.

 

Flower: Carnation

Common names: dianthus, pinks, gillyflower, sweet william, sim, spray, chinensini, egan, micro, and Indian pink.

Colors: a wide variety of colors and variegations.

Natural season: all year round.

Fun Fact: a pink carnation is a symbol of woman’s love, while a red carnation represents divine love.

 

Flower: Rose

Common names: rosa.

Colors: a wide variety of colors and variegations.

Natural season: all year round (hothouse varieties), and spring, summer, and autumn (garden varieties)

Fun Fact: roses are the most popular bridal flower, and have about 250 species.

 

 

Flower: Tulip

Common names: tulipa, turban lily, and parrot tulip.

Colors: a wide variety of colors and variegations.

Natural season: late winter and spring (available commercially from glasshouses year round)

Fun Fact: tulips are popular garden plants in eastern and western cultures, however the tulip was a symbol of paradise on earth and had almost a divine status in Turkish cultures.

 

Flower: Sweetpea

Common names: lathyrus

Colors: pink, mauve, yellow, cream, peach, purple, and burgundy.

Natural season: late winter, spring, and summer.

Fun Fact: these common wedding flowers were the rage in the Victorian era, and were a favorite of Queen Alexandra in Edwardian times.

 

Flower: Ranunculus

Common names: turban buttercup, and buttercup.

Colors: wide variety of colors.

Natural season: late winter and spring.

Fun Fact: these lovely and delicate flowers are very poisonous to livestock.

 

Flower: Peony

Common names: paeonia, and tree peony.

Colors: pink, white, speckled, yellow, light pink, dark pink, burgundy, and red.

Natural season: late spring.

Fun Fact: these splendid blooms are some of the most sought after flowers for bridal flowers, yet have a short availability window.

 

Flower: Lisianthus

Common names: eustoma, prairie gentian, tulip gentian, and lissie.

Colors: dark purple, light purple, mauve, pink, white, cream, yellow, and several variegations.

Natural season: late spring and summer.

Fun Fact: lisianthus is an American wildflower and is native to North America.

 

Flower: Hypericum

Common names: St. Johns wart, rose of Sharon, berries, Aaron’s beard, and Chinese

Colors: yellow (flowers), red, lime, pink, coral, orange (berries)

Natural season: spring and summer.

Fun Fact: in Australia, hypericum are so abundant, they are seen as a type of weed.

 

Flower: Hydrangea

Common names:

Colors: white, pink, mauve, blue, dark pink, and burgundy.

Natural season: late spring, summer, and early autumn.

Fun Fact: hydrangea love to drink a lot of water, hence the origin of its name is derived from the Greek word for water.

 

Flower: Gerbera

Common names: Transvaal daisy, Barberton daisy, and African daisy.

Colors: a wide variety of colors and variegations.

Natural season: spring.

Fun Fact: white gerberas symbolize innocence, orange represents sunshine, and yellow means try a little harder.

 

Flower: Freesia

Common names:

Colors: ivory with yellow center, pink, dark pink, mauve, dark purple, white, and burgundy.

Natural season: late winter and spring.

Fun Fact: freesia was not known outside South Africa until the mid 1950’s, and is now loved and sold all over the world.

 

Flower: Dahlia

Common names:

Colors: wide range of colors available.

Natural season: summer.

Fun Fact: dahlia’s have also been used for healing and medicinal uses, such as prescribed to diabetics before insulin was invented.

 

Flower: Calla Lily

Common names: arum lily, lily of the Nile, pig lily, and zantedeschia.

Colors: pink, white, orange, red, dark purple, green, and yellow.

Natural season: spring and summer.

Fun Fact: calla lilies are native to South Africa, and are commonly called the pig lily.

 

Flower: Artemisia

Common names: lambs ear, dusty miller, and lacey dusty miller.

Colors: silver/green

Natural season: summer, spring, and fall.

Fun Fact: although  wintery in appearance, the dusty miller plant loves a lot of sunlight and a warm climate.