Choosing Your Wedding Flowers
The Right Wedding Flowers For Your Bridal Bouquet.
Traditionally, the bridal bouquet consists of white or cream flowers like stephanotis, sweet peaks, lilies of the valley, orchids, roses, carnations or gardenias. The classic and timeless white bridal bouquet consisting of lily of the valley and orchids is still a popular choice for brides who want an all-traditional wedding. If you are budget conscious, choose flowers that are in season and readily available. Fresh cut flowers are not mandatory and you can find a lot of places in your city where you can rent elegant potted plants, flowers or trees. Fragrance is also a crucial criterion; scented bouquets are becoming a rage. Some of these fragrant flowers include peonies, gardenias, stephanotis and tuberoses.
The Right Florist For Your Bridal Bouquet Wedding Flowers.
For busy brides, a good florist is an asset, a godsend who will contribute towards the smooth proceedings of your wedding flower arrangements. Bay Tree Florists will be able to assist you in selecting the appropriate flowers to complement your colour scheme and style of wedding and in selecting your bridal bouquet.
We would encourage you to view samples of our work, and discuss services and prices according to your budget. We will then discuss your wedding details at length, describing the style of your dress, your attendants’ attire and the theme of the ceremony. It would be of great assistance if you were to bring a sample of fabric from the bride's dress to ourselves to assist us in getting the best possible set of matching colours. It would also be of great assistance if we could have a photograph of your wedding gown, as well as a fabric swatch of the attendants’ dresses. Even if the bride has a white wedding dress, this will come handy as whites can vary in their shade and intensity or when picking bouquets for bridesmaids.
The perfect bridal bouquet is designed to complement the bride and her gown. Traditionally the bride's bouquet composed of white flowers to symbolize purity and innocence. The white bouquet is still a favourite; though many prefer colours that complement both the dress patterns the general colour scheme and theme of the wedding.