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Winter weather can make planning a winter wedding challenging, but there are great winter wedding flowers available to make your day extra special and your venue stunning.

White with silver is a popular choice for winter weddings, as well as white with warm reds and greens. Here are our recommendations and photos of beautiful winter wedding flower options for DIY brides.

Primary Flowers:

All White or Red & White Roses:

White Hydrangea with Red or White Roses:

Red and White Carnations:

White Asiatic Lilies with Red/Burgundy Hypericum:

Cymbidium Orchids:

Accent Flowers:

Spider Mums:

Stephanotis (aka Madagascar Jasmine):

Foliage and Berries:

Holly:

Red/Burgundy Hypericum:

Mixed Christmas Greens (Noble Fir, Blueberry Juniper, Pine, Douglas Fir, and Incense Cedar:

Cymbidium Orchids

Budget:  Expensive

Available in white, pink, and pale green Cymbidium Orchids have long been revered as the most desirable and by far the most popular orchids in the world. These fall under the more costly category of wedding flowers, but are so beautiful that you can afford to just use one or two stems on each table and carry just a few stems as your bouquet.

Lilies and Stephanotis

Budget:  Medium

In addition to Asiatic Lilies, you may also consider Calla Lilies, which come in various colors and sizes. Oriental Lilies, Star Gazer Lilies, and Casa Blanca Lilies can be used with Stephanotis blooms to create a magical bouquet.  Adding green & burgundy Hypericum to a white lily wedding arrangement also creates a magical winter wedding effect. You get a lot of wedding flower “volume” with lilies, which make great choices for medium budget weddings while not sacrificing much on style and elegance.

Gerbera Daisies, Tulips, Chrysanthemums, and Roses

Budget:  Frugal

There is a wide selection of winter wedding flowers available thanks to greenhouse flower growers and growing farms in warmer regions of the world. Now you can have virtually any wedding flower to transform your venue into a colorful masterpiece and at significantly lower costs than in the past. Choose from deep colors or bright cheerful ones to warm the day at cheap wholesale prices.

Have fun with it and most of all enjoy your Winter Wonderland wedding.

If you are searching for summer wedding flowers, rest easy and know that you have a world of options open to you.  From traditional favorites to exotic tropicals, the summer season offers a huge selection of colors and flower varieties.

In addition to a tremendous assortment, you will also find relief at the cash register.  Flower prices have a tendency to fluctuate significantly from the fall through the spring, especially around holidays. Once Mother’s Day passes, flower farms drop their prices, which is a great time to find excellent deals on wedding flowers.

Vibrant and fun colors are frequently chosen for summer wedding flowers along with some of these popular types of flowers:

For fillers take advantage of the season to break away from the ordinary Baby’s Breath and Leather Leaf.  Explore these fillers and greens options for your summer wedding flowers:

Queen Anne’s Lace or Green Mist: Bells of Ireland:

Solidago: Aster Montecasino:

You may also want to consider the following as you ponder the types of summer wedding flowers that are right for you:

Beach weddings typically encompass softer colors including whites, blues and yellows.  Blue Hydrangea, white roses and yellow Gerbera Daisies are excellent options to consider.

Early summer weddings are a great time to incorporate various shades of pinks, lavender and purple into your decorations.  Roses are some of the most traditional wedding flowers because their striking color and effect are hard to match.

Late summer weddings can take advantage of the transition to autumn by incorporating warm colors, such as strong yellows, oranges and reds, into your bouquets and wedding flower arrangements.  Think along the lines of red and orange Gerbera Daisies, Roses, Sunflowers and Snapdragons.

Tropical themed weddings are also quite popular during the summer months.  Tropical flowers tend to have bold shapes and dazzling colors that stand as striking contrasts on a lush green background.

Finally, you will also want to contemplate the number of flower varieties you wish to use.  Some popular choices and combinations offered at The Grower’s Box include:

•    Roses
•    Calla Lilies (alone, paired with roses, Asiatic lilies, or orchids)
•    Gerbera Daisies (alone or paired with roses)
•    Dendrobium Orchids (alone or paired with roses)
•    Hydrangea (alone, paired with roses, or accenting other flowers)
•    Asiatic Lilies (alone or accenting other flowers)
•    Petite Sunflowers

If you are doing your own arrangements, many online wholesale flower suppliers offer wedding packages with a variety of popular combinations, in addition to letting you create your own.  For example, one popular package of mixed summer wedding flowers brings together:

•    Oriental Lilies (your choice of color)
•    Asiatic Lilies (your choice of color)
•    Tulips (your choice of color)
•    Gerbera Daisies (your choice of color)
•    Telstar Iris
•    Sunflowers
•    Snapdragons
•    Solidago
•    Bupleurum

Summer is excellent for weddings offering a huge selection of flower varieties and colors at the best prices of the year. In fact, there may be just a few too many choices, but with a little diligence you should be able to find the ideal summer wedding flowers for your big day.

Thank you Delphine for the wonderful ideas on how to tie Craspedia into wedding flower bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages!

http://www.delphine-ephemera.com/delphine-ephemera/2009/7/21/flower-we-love-craspedia.html

Fall wedding flowers are all about color. Whether you are looking for flower varieties specific to the autumn season or traditional wedding flowers available year-round, the key is your color selection.  Specifically, fall wedding flowers include some combination of bright and muted colors, such as:

These beautiful colors are carried throughout the wedding decorations and are included in bridal bouquets, centerpieces, boutonnieres and corsages.

Fall traditionally marks the end of the harvest and the turning of the season. Warm days and cool evenings are a welcomed break from the heat of the summer and a popular time for weddings. Many brides choose this season for the more predictable weather and breathtaking landscapes of rich and warm colors.

If you are planning for a fall wedding, know that you have a world of flower options available to you. Fall is right behind spring in the number of different flowers in season. In addition, many popular varieties of spring wedding flowers make a second appearance as a result of cooler weather and a return to favorable growing conditions in late summer and early autumn.

In today’s market, flowers can be shipped directly from the flower farms for less than traditional distribution methods making most types of wedding flowers available year-round at no extra cost. Popular seasonal fall wedding flowers include:

	< Roses in various shades, including: • Dark Red • Peach • Salmon (shown left) • Cream • Orange • Yellow
Flame & purple Mini Calla Lilies >	< Hypericum: • Red • Orange • Burgundy • Yellow • Green
Asiatic Lilies > • Yellow • Orange (right) • Red or Burnt Orange • Peach

Yellow Red

Orange

Sunflowers > • Standard • Red (shown) • Teddy

< Antique Hydrangea in blue, green, pink, bronze & lavender (shown)

Chrysanthemums • Football mums > • Spider mums • Assorted poms • Button poms • Daisy poms

Iris >

Combinations of these flowers make stunning autumn bouquets and arrangements. Wrap stems in textured fabric, velvet sashes, or ribbons to further complement your color selections. These fall wedding flowers can stand alone or be accentuated with fillers and greens for added effect. Some fall filler green suggestions include:

• Green Button Poms • Bear Grass (left) • Solidago (right) • Bupleurum

Using fresh or freeze dried rose petals in fall colors will tie together your bouquets and arrangements throughout the venue. Like roses, freeze-dried and fresh rose petals are available in a variety of autumn colors:

• Dark Red • Peach • Salmon • Orange • Yellow • Red • Cream • Yellow/Red bi-color (shown)

Some other seasonal fall wedding flowers include:

Also, look through bridal magazines and internet pictures to get an understanding of the combinations that appeal to you. Bouquets and arrangements can be simple or complex depending upon the style of your ceremony. Visit your local florist and see first-hand the flowers, their size and texture; and, wherever possible, experiment first.

The Grower’s Box offers a number of packages featuring flower combinations ideal for fall weddings. If you are doing your own flowers you may wish to consider:

• Wedding-in-a-box 17 & 18: Sunflowers & Snapdragons (fall flowers & colors, shown) • Wedding-in-a-box 21 & 22: Roses & Gerbera Daisies (reds, yellows, bi-colors & oranges) • Wedding-in-a-box 23 & 24: Roses & Asiatic Lilies (orange, red, bi-color: yellow/red and yellow) • Wedding-in-a-box 9 and 7: Calla Lilies and Asiatic Lilies (orange Asiatic with white Calla)

Other possible combinations to consider:

• Asiatic Lilies and Hypericum
• Sunflowers, Iris, Solidago and Bupleurum
• Simple arrangements of Oriental Lilies Customer Pictures
• Roses, Tulips and Gerbera Daisies Customer Pictures

In addition, feel free to be creative and choose your own combinations. Wedding flower specialists are available to create custom packages with quantities to meet your needs.

It is also important to find a reputable company with whom to work. The sale of online wholesale wedding flowers is very competitive and The Grower’s Box strives to stand out by selling only the best floral products, combined with superior customer service, at very affordable prices.

The Grower’s Box is one of the industry-leading providers of wedding flowers. Tens of thousands of brides have purchased stunning wedding flowers for their ceremonies, receptions and bridal parties. Find fall wedding flowers, as well as a wide selection of other wedding flower packages, specifically designed with the DIY bride in mind, online at The Grower’s Box.

Grower’s Box,

Thank you once again for the wonderful service and beautiful flowers.

~ Virginia (http://colorinformal.blogspot.com/2010/03/im-working-on-wedding-and-this-is-just.html)

We wish to thank Virginia for sending us this beautiful picture of one of the stunning arrangements she made with flowers from The Grower’s Box.  The flowers included in the arrangement are: Hydrangea, Spray Roses, Star of Bethlehem, Spider Mums and vines from the yard.

Our extensive lineup of packages of DIY wedding flowers continues to grow with the introduction of our Wedding-In-A-Box: Mixed Flower Package!

This new package of wedding flowers is available in 2 different package sizes:

Wedding-In-A-Box: Mixed Flower Package (small)

Wedding-In-A-Box: Mixed Flower Package (large)

This package is assembled with an assortment of fresh cut California flowers and foliage including Oriental Lilies, Asiatic Lilies, Tulips, Gerbera Daisies, Iris, Sunflowers, Snapdragons, Solidago and Bupleurum.

Visit us online at www.growersbox.com for our complete listing of wholesale flowers and wedding flowers. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions about our wholesale flowers or wedding flowers.

A big ‘thank you’ to Catherine Duffy and Newsday for their recent article on ‘doing-it-yourself’.  The article highlights brides in the Long Island, NY area who opted to use their own creativity and talents to save money on their big day.  To view the article, please click on the following link:

‘Learn How To Create Your Own Bridal Bouquet’

The Grower’s Box offers a large online catalog of packages of premium wedding flowers which are perfect for the DIY (do-it-yourself) bride.  Our packages are designed around the needs of DIY brides and consist of many very popular varieties of wedding flowers including roses, orchids and calla lilies which are coupled with fillers and greens into very affordable packages.

Please do not hesitate to give us a call or send us an email if you have any questions about our packages of wedding flowers.

I would like to say ‘thanks’ to your company for all the wonderful service I received on my wedding day. I ordered 125 long stem red roses and 80 stems of white Asiatic Lilies for my wedding.  I just loved the idea of cutting out the middle man.  I have always been very skeptical about ordering from florists, every time I go in a shop everything just looks overpriced and they never had what I needed.  But just ordering them online to be delivered four days before my wedding was super easy to do.  I loved it.

On the Wednesday before my wedding I received 2 boxes of flowers.  I opened them up quickly because I wasn’t sure what to expect… but the wholesale flowers were beautiful.  We took the leaves off and placed them in buckets.  As the day went on, the flowers began to open up even more, and by Friday (the day we put the arrangements together), they looked better than if they came from a local florist.  I got so many compliments on the flowers from my guests.  I told each one of them about The Grower’s Box and I told them I would recommend you 100% for any and all events.

For any customers who are reading this testimonial and wondering if this company is truly right for you, they are.  The Grower’s Box is well worth your money.  I highly recommend The Grower’s Box.

~ Sarah

For some people, planning for wedding flowers can be a difficult and stressful time.  Questions about what type of flowers you will need and what style you are looking for are often the first major details to be ironed out.  One must decide whether they are looking for a more traditional versus contemporary style.  Maybe the decision is whether to go casual or elegant.  Whatever the decision you settle on, look to The Grower’s Box for a great selection of affordable packages of DIY wedding flowers.

The Grower’s Box offers one of the largest online selections of Wedding-In-A-Box packages.  These packages of fresh cut wedding flowers were designed with Do-It-Yourself (DIY) brides in mind.  Every package consists of popular varieties of fresh cut flowers paired together into affordable and practical packages.  Though our Wedding-In-A-Box packages are carefully thought out and are wildly popular, we understand that they are not perfect for everyone.  Our online catalog consists of a vast selection of packages of wholesale flowers which can be purchased individually to reflect your unique personality or special occasion.

Below are just a few examples of wedding flower ideas and decorations which can be accomplished with fresh cut flowers from The Grower’s Box:

Festive Outdoor Wedding - Approximately 200 guests
20″ red roses (100 stems), 20″ hot pink roses (100 stems), fancy grade carnations (350 stems), orange snapdragons (100 stems), mini-calla lilies (100 stems), mixed gerbera daisies (84 stems), assorted greens.

Bridal Bouquet: A hand-tied bouquet with red roses and carnations
Bridesmaids’ Bouquets: Hand-tied bouquets with clusters of red and hot pink roses
Groom’s Boutonniere: Two roses (red and hot pink)
Ceremony and Reception: Hot pink roses, orange snapdragons, calla lilies and mixed gerbera daisies in differing sizes of vases generate a joyful and exciting environment that will have your guests dancing the night away.

Elegant Formal Wedding - Approximately 100 guests
White oriental lilies (120 stems), white calla lilies (90 stems), 20″ white roses (100 stems), assorted greens

Bridal Bouquet: A cascading display of white Oriental lilies complemented with white roses.
Bridesmaids’ Bouquets: Single white calla lilies.
Groom’s Boutonniere: Two white roses.
Ceremony: Pew markers with white calla lilies and greens
Reception: Centerpieces with classic white Oriental Lilies in simple clear vases create a tranquil atmosphere.

Simple Traditional Wedding - Approximately 150 guests
20″ mixed pink roses (200 stems), 20″ cream roses (100 stems), Stargazer lilies (40 stems), blue delphinium (100 stems), Bells of Ireland (100 stems), white snapdragons (100 stems)

Bridal Bouquet: A cluster of light pink and cream roses.
Bridesmaids’ Bouquets: Hand-tied bouquets with Stargazer lilies and light pink roses.
Groom’s Boutonniere: A single light pink rose.
Ceremony: Large altar arrangements with blue delphinium, green Bells of Ireland, white snapdragons, and Stargazer lilies.
Reception: Centerpieces of roses in differing shades of pink and cream combined with Stargazer lilies and blue delphinium produce a stylish and welcoming mood.

As you plan and prepare for your wedding flowers, keep in mind that you have a world of options of fresh cut flowers available to you.  Above are just a few ideas of the limitless possibilities which are open to you.  Visit us online at www.growersbox.com to see our complete catalog of fresh-cut DIY wedding flowers.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.  Customer Service Representatives are available Monday - Friday, 9am-4pm (PST).  Call us toll free at 1.888.297.3000 or email us at sales@growersbox.com.