Archive for the Seasonal Wedding Flowers Category

Springtime is a spectacular season for weddings and is traditionally linked with rebirth and new beginnings. Ideal weather and a wide variety of spring wedding flowers make the temperate months between March and May the most popular with brides.

Nature replaces the drab of winter with budding leaves and vibrant blooms to offer a number of choices in spring wedding flower colors and combinations.

Save Money On Spring Wedding Flowers

When planning your spring wedding it is worth remembering that Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are two of the busiest florists’ days of the year.  As a result of the demand created by these holidays, the cost of spring wedding flowers may increase one and a half to two times the normal price during these peak periods.

From small, delicate blooms, to bold architectural flowers, you will likely find just what you are looking for with an online wholesale wedding flower supplier. Wholesale vendors like The Grower’s Box can offer a larger selection of equal or higher quality spring wedding flowers and at significantly lower prices than retail florists.

Below are the most popular spring wedding flowers broken into categories by cost:

Cheap Spring Wedding Flowers

Tulip: Carnations: Poms:

Delphinium: Roses: Bells of Ireland:

Other options include the Daffodil, Anemone, and Lilac.

Moderate Cost Spring Wedding Flowers

Calla Lily: Orchid:

Gerbera Daisies: Tulip:

Other options include Waxflower and Hyacinth.

Expensive Spring Wedding Flowers

Lily of the Valley: Protea:

Casa Blanca Lily: Star Gazer Lily:

Choosing Spring Wedding Flower Colors

Colorful bouquets and centerpieces of vivid colors are popular choices for spring weddings. You can choose from a myriad of bright and bold colors to create dramatic color and emotion.  The abundance of spring flower types and colors at cheaper prices gives you the opportunity to create a number of stunning arrangements for the occasion.

Alternatively, many brides choose pastel colors such as pink, lavender, baby blue, lemon yellow, and soft greens as a beautiful complement to the season. By keeping your colors balanced you may combine from two to five different spring wedding flower colors for a tasteful arrangement.

Popular Spring Wedding Flowers at The Grower’s Box

The season offers a huge selection of Spring wedding flowers in just the right varieties and colors to fit your budget.  Be sure to choose a reputable supplier to ensure your blooms are beautiful for your special day.

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.

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.